Here's how the following 6 Independents have changed their schedules over the past few years. The comparison is between 1986-87 and 1990-91 since I don't have most of the 1991-92 schedules. Great West Hockey Conference teams in 1986-87 are considered Independents for this study since their conference didn't get an automatic bid to the NCAAs and they played an Independent-type schedule. Only Alaska-Fairbanks had not altered its schedule makeup significantly; UAF played 5 fewer conference teams and the same number of non-DivI games in 1990-91 despite playing three fewer games overall. Don't forget that Merrimack and St Cloud were also Independents in 1986-87 (1987-88 for St Cloud, DivIII before that) and are now in conferences, so they have also improved their schedules. Air Force GP Conf Ind DivI NonI 1986-87 29 7 8 15 14 1990-91 32 16 8 24 8 Alabama-Huntsville GP Conf Ind DivI NonI 1987-88 29 2 11 13 16 (First DivI year was 1987-88) 1990-91 32 8 18 26 6 Alaska-Anchorage GP Conf Ind DivI NonI 1986-87 33 8 16 24 9 (GWHC) 1990-91 43 24 14 38 5 Alaska-Fairbanks GP Conf Ind DivI NonI 1986-87 38 12 16 28 10 (GWHC) 1990-91 35 7 18 25 10 Kent State GP Conf Ind DivI NonI 1987-88 30 0 9 9 39 1990-91 35 14 12 26 9 Notre Dame GP Conf Ind DivI NonI 1986-87 29 2 9 11 18 1990-91 33 7 14 21 12