I 100% plan on including ACHA schools as guests on ROMs. The question is just scope right now.
Right now I have mapped out:
- U. of Arizona, who will be playing an exhibition game against ASU this year
- UNLV, who *nearly beat* UAA last year
- Liberty, who regularly plays D1 teams and has a few wins
- Minot State, who plays Colorado Col. and Denver this year
- Robert Morris, but they seem to be playing in AH next year, so don't count that if they do
- The NE10 conference (the only D2 hockey conference in the country), as a majority of AH is a member of this conference for other sports and they have expressed interest in going D1.
I have thought about:
- Some of the ACHA D1/2 expansion candidates with conference ties, like Penn (ECAC via Ivies), Navy (AH via military academies), Ohio (CCHA via MAC), Alabama-Huntsville (Independent in previous life as a NCAA D1 team)
- I'm a sucker for college football... so maybe a small lil ROM featuring SEC/B12/ACC schools with ACHA teams. There is growing interest via events like UNC vs NC State Outdoor game and UGA building an arena on campus.