Where are the Penn State Nittany Lions going to finish in the regular season standings and be seeded in the post season tournament? The Penn State standings table presents the probabilities of the Nittany Lions winning different finishing spots. All future unplayed conference games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.
| Record | Regular Season Finish | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | WRi Schedule Content Wins in Regulation ----- Hover/Touch Content Recent Games |
WOSi Wins in OT and SO |
LOSi Loses in OT and SO |
LRi Loses in Regulation |
GPi Games Played 24 game season |
Ptsi Pts = 3*WR + 2*WOS + 1*LOS + 0*LR |
1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 |
| Michigan | 5i Michigan Recent Games Won Fri, Nov 21 vs Ohio State 5-2 Won Sat, Nov 22 vs Ohio State 8-1 Won Fri, Nov 28 @ Harvard 5-1 Won Sat, Nov 29 @ Harvard 4-3 Fri, Dec 05 @ Michigan State |
1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 34% | 30% | 23% | 11% | 3% | <1% | <1% |
| Wisconsin | 4 Wisconsin Recent Games Lost Fri, Nov 14 vs Ohio State 1-5 Won Sat, Nov 15 vs Ohio State 6-5 Won Fri, Nov 21 @ Michigan State 5-4 Won Sat, Nov 22 @ Michigan State 2-1 Fri, Dec 05 @ N.Dame Sat, Dec 06 @ N.Dame |
2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 42% | 32% | 17% | 8% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Penn State | 4 Penn State Recent Games Lost Fri, Nov 14 vs Michigan 1-7 Won Sat, Nov 15 vs Michigan 4-2 Lost Fri, Nov 21 @ Minnesota 2-3 Won Sat, Nov 22 @ Minnesota 2-1 Sat, Jan 03 @ RIT |
0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6% | 13% | 24% | 39% | 15% | 3% | <1% |
| Michigan State | 3 Michigan State Recent Games Lost Fri, Nov 21 vs Wisconsin 4-5 Lost Sat, Nov 22 vs Wisconsin 1-2 Won Wed, Nov 26 vs Colgate 5-2 Won Fri, Nov 28 vs Colgate 4-1 Fri, Dec 05 vs Michigan |
1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18% | 23% | 28% | 21% | 9% | 2% | <1% |
| Minnesota | 3 Minnesota Recent Games Won Fri, Nov 21 vs Penn State 3-2 Lost Sat, Nov 22 vs Penn State 1-2 Lost Sat, Nov 29 @ Denver 6-5 Thu, Dec 04 @ Ohio State Fri, Dec 05 @ Ohio State |
0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1% | 2% | 6% | 14% | 39% | 30% | 8% |
| Ohio State | 1 Ohio State Recent Games Lost Fri, Nov 21 @ Michigan 2-5 Lost Sat, Nov 22 @ Michigan 1-8 Lost Fri, Nov 28 @ Arizona St. 2-3 Lost Sat, Nov 29 @ Arizona St. 3-4 Thu, Dec 04 vs Minnesota Fri, Dec 05 vs Minnesota |
0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 27% | 41% | 22% |
| Notre Dame | 0 Notre Dame Recent Games Won Wed, Nov 26 @ Merrimack 5-4 Lost Fri, Nov 28 @ Boston College 3-5 Fri, Dec 05 vs Wisconsin Sat, Dec 06 vs Wisconsin |
0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 23% | 70% |
| Record | Total | Home (75%) |
Away (19%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | WRi Wins in Regulation |
WOSi Wins in OT and SO |
LOSi Losses in OT and SO |
LRi Losses in Regulation |
Ptsi Pts = 3*WR + 2*WOS + 1*LOS + 0*LR |
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| Bye | 6% | |||||||
| (5)Minnesota | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 35% | 28% | 7% |
| (6)Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 30% | 26% | 3% |
| (7)Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18% | 17% | 1% |
| (4)Michigan State | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7% | 3% | 4% |
| (1)Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 3% | 1% | 3% |
| (2)Wisconsin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1% | <1% | 1% |
| Elimination | X | |||||||
| Week Wk | Opponent | Score | Home / Away | Date / Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Ohio State (5‑9) |
3‑2 | Away | Thu Oct 30, 6:30 pm |
| 5 | Ohio State (5‑9) |
4‑3 | Away | Fri Oct 31 |
| 6 | Michigan State (11‑3) |
1‑2 (OT) | Away | Fri Nov 7, 7:00 pm |
| 6 | Michigan State (11‑3) |
0‑5 | Away | Sat Nov 8, 4:00 pm |
| 7 | Michigan (15‑3) |
1‑7 | Home | Fri Nov 14, 7:00 pm |
| 7 | Michigan (15‑3) |
4‑2 | Home | Sat Nov 15, 6:00 pm |
| 8 | Minnesota (6‑9‑2) |
2‑3 | Away | Fri Nov 21, 8:00 pm |
| 8 | Minnesota (6‑9‑2) |
2‑1 | Away | Sat Nov 22, 8:00 pm |
| 15 | Minnesota (6‑9‑2) |
Home | Fri Jan 9, 6:00 pm | |
| 15 | Minnesota (6‑9‑2) |
Home | Sat Jan 10, 6:00 pm | |
| 16 | Notre Dame (4‑9‑1) |
Home | Fri Jan 16, 7:00 pm | |
| 16 | Notre Dame (4‑9‑1) |
Home | Sat Jan 17, 8:00 pm | |
| 17 | Wisconsin (10‑2‑2) |
Away | Fri Jan 23, 8:00 pm | |
| 17 | Wisconsin (10‑2‑2) |
Away | Sat Jan 24, 8:30 pm | |
| 18 | Michigan State (11‑3) |
Home | Fri Jan 30, TBD | |
| 18 | Michigan State (11‑3) |
Home | Sat Jan 31, TBD | |
| 20 | Michigan (15‑3) |
Away | Fri Feb 13, 6:30 pm | |
| 20 | Michigan (15‑3) |
Away | Sat Feb 14, 5:00 pm | |
| 21 | Ohio State (5‑9) |
Home | Fri Feb 20, 8:30 pm | |
| 21 | Ohio State (5‑9) |
Home | Sat Feb 21, 8:00 pm | |
| 22 | Notre Dame (4‑9‑1) |
Away | Fri Feb 27, 7:00 pm | |
| 22 | Notre Dame (4‑9‑1) |
Away | Sat Feb 28, TBD | |
| 23 | Wisconsin (10‑2‑2) |
Home | Thu Mar 5, 7:00 pm | |
| 23 | Wisconsin (10‑2‑2) |
Home | Fri Mar 6, 7:00 pm |
| Week Wk | Opponent | Conference | Score | Home / Away | Date / Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona St. (7‑8‑1) |
NCHCNCHC | 6‑3 | Away | Fri Oct 3 |
| 1 | Arizona St. (7‑8‑1) |
NCHCNCHC | 4‑2 | Away | Sat Oct 4 |
| 2 | Clarkson (5‑11) |
ECACECAC | 4‑6 | Home | Thu Oct 9 |
| 2 | Clarkson (5‑11) |
ECACECAC | 5‑2 | Home | Fri Oct 10 |
| 3 | Long Island (6‑9) |
NCAA IndependentsInd. | 5‑4 (OT) | Home | Fri Oct 17 |
| 3 | Long Island (6‑9) |
NCAA IndependentsInd. | 3‑0 | Home | Sat Oct 18 |
| 4 | Stonehill (1‑13‑1) |
NCAA IndependentsInd. | 3‑2 | Home | Fri Oct 24, 7:00 pm |
| 4 | Stonehill (1‑13‑1) |
NCAA IndependentsInd. | 4‑2 | Home | Sat Oct 25, 6:00 pm |
| 14 | RIT (9‑6) |
AtlanticAtl. | Away | Sat Jan 3, 7:05 pm | |
| 14 | RIT (9‑6) |
AtlanticAtl. | Home | Sun Jan 4, 5:00 pm |