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 |
| Minnesota | 5i Minnesota Recent Games Won Fri, Nov 22 @ N.Dame 6-3 Won Sat, Nov 23 @ N.Dame 5-3 Tie Fri, Nov 29 vs Alaska 1-1 Won Sat, Nov 30 vs Alaska 5-2 Fri, Dec 06 vs Michigan Sat, Dec 07 vs Michigan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 22% | 28% | 34% | 15% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Michigan State | 4 Michigan State Recent Games Won Fri, Nov 15 vs N.Dame 8-3 Won Sat, Nov 16 vs N.Dame 4-3 Won Fri, Nov 29 vs Lindenwood 4-0 Won Sun, Dec 01 vs Lindenwood 2-0 Fri, Dec 06 @ Wisconsin Sat, Dec 07 @ Wisconsin |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 45% | 31% | 20% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Michigan | 3 Michigan Recent Games Lost Fri, Nov 29 @ Western Michigan 1-4 Won Sat, Nov 30 vs Western Michigan 2-1 Fri, Dec 06 @ Minnesota Sat, Dec 07 @ Minnesota |
1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 32% | 33% | 26% | 9% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Wisconsin | 2 Wisconsin Recent Games Won Fri, Nov 15 @ Penn State 5-4 Won Sat, Nov 16 @ Penn State 6-3 Won Fri, Nov 29 vs Anchorage 7-1 Tie Sat, Nov 30 vs Anchorage 1-1 Fri, Dec 06 vs Michigan State Sat, Dec 07 vs Michigan State |
1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | <1% | <1% | 1% | 8% | 34% | 38% | 19% |
| Ohio State | 1 Ohio State Recent Games Won Fri, Nov 15 @ Lindenwood 5-2 Won Sat, Nov 16 @ Lindenwood 3-2 Lost Fri, Nov 29 @ Princeton 1-3 Lost Sat, Nov 30 @ Princeton 1-3 Thu, Dec 05 vs Penn State Fri, Dec 06 vs Penn State |
1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2% | 8% | 18% | 45% | 16% | 8% | 3% |
| Notre Dame | 0 Notre Dame Recent Games Won Fri, Nov 29 @ Harvard 5-2 Lost Sat, Nov 30 @ Boston University 3-4 Fri, Dec 13 @ Ohio State Sat, Dec 14 @ Ohio State |
1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | <1% | <1% | 1% | 10% | 25% | 27% | 37% |
| Penn State | 0 Penn State Recent Games Lost Fri, Nov 22 vs Michigan 5-6 Lost Sat, Nov 23 vs Michigan 6-10 Won Tue, Nov 26 vs Colgate 3-2 Won Wed, Nov 27 vs Colgate 7-1 Thu, Dec 05 @ Ohio State Fri, Dec 06 @ Ohio State |
0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | <1% | <1% | 1% | 9% | 23% | 26% | 40% |
| Record | Total | Home (10%) |
Away (90%) |
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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 | <1% | |||||||
| (5)Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 27% | 5% | 21% |
| (1)Minnesota | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24% | <1% | 24% |
| (3)Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22% | <1% | 22% |
| (2)Michigan State | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19% | <1% | 19% |
| (4)Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| (6)Notre Dame | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Elimination | X | |||||||
| Week Wk | Opponent | Score | Home / Away | Date / Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Minnesota (13‑2‑1) |
1‑3 | Away | Fri Nov 1, 8:00 pm |
| 5 | Minnesota (13‑2‑1) |
0‑1 | Away | Sat Nov 2, 8:00 pm |
| 7 | Wisconsin (5‑8‑1) |
4‑5 (OT) | Home | Fri Nov 15, 7:00 pm |
| 7 | Wisconsin (5‑8‑1) |
3‑6 | Home | Sat Nov 16, 7:30 pm |
| 8 | Michigan (10‑3‑1) |
5‑6 | Home | Fri Nov 22, 7:00 pm |
| 8 | Michigan (10‑3‑1) |
6‑10 | Home | Sat Nov 23, 7:30 pm |
| 10 | Ohio State (9‑4‑1) |
Away | Thu Dec 5, 7:30 pm | |
| 10 | Ohio State (9‑4‑1) |
Away | Fri Dec 6, 7:00 pm | |
| 14 | Notre Dame (6‑10) |
Away | Fri Jan 3, 8:30 pm | |
| 14 | Notre Dame (6‑10) |
Away | Sun Jan 5, 5:00 pm | |
| 15 | Michigan State (11‑1) |
Home | Fri Jan 10, 7:00 pm | |
| 15 | Michigan State (11‑1) |
Home | Sat Jan 11, 6:00 pm | |
| 17 | Ohio State (9‑4‑1) |
Home | Fri Jan 24, 7:00 pm | |
| 17 | Ohio State (9‑4‑1) |
Home | Sat Jan 25, 5:00 pm | |
| 18 | Michigan (10‑3‑1) |
Away | Fri Jan 31, 7:00 pm | |
| 18 | Michigan (10‑3‑1) |
Away | Sat Feb 1, 6:00 pm | |
| 19 | Wisconsin (5‑8‑1) |
Away | Fri Feb 7, 8:00 pm | |
| 19 | Wisconsin (5‑8‑1) |
Away | Sat Feb 8, 7:00 pm | |
| 20 | Notre Dame (6‑10) |
Home | Fri Feb 14, 7:00 pm | |
| 20 | Notre Dame (6‑10) |
Home | Sat Feb 15, 5:00 pm | |
| 21 | Michigan State (11‑1) |
Away | Fri Feb 21, 6:00 pm | |
| 21 | Michigan State (11‑1) |
Away | Sat Feb 22, 6:00 pm | |
| 22 | Minnesota (13‑2‑1) |
Home | Fri Feb 28, 8:30 pm | |
| 22 | Minnesota (13‑2‑1) |
Home | Sat Mar 1, 8:00 pm |
| Week Wk | Opponent | Conference | Score | Home / Away | Date / Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska (4‑7‑3) |
NCAA IndependentsInd. | 4‑3 (OT) | Away | Sat Oct 5, 11:07 pm |
| 1 | Alaska (4‑7‑3) |
NCAA IndependentsInd. | 5‑0 | Away | Sun Oct 6, 9:07 pm |
| 2 | Quinnipiac (6‑6‑1) |
ECACECAC | 2‑3 | Away | Sat Oct 12, 7:00 pm |
| 4 | St. Lawrence (4‑11) |
ECACECAC | 3‑2 | Home | Fri Oct 25, 7:00 pm |
| 4 | St. Lawrence (4‑11) |
ECACECAC | 3‑1 | Home | Sat Oct 26, 4:00 pm |
| 9 | Colgate (7‑7‑2) |
ECACECAC | 3‑2 | Home | Tue Nov 26, 6:00 pm |
| 9 | Colgate (7‑7‑2) |
ECACECAC | 7‑1 | Home | Wed Nov 27, 4:30 pm |
| 11 | Army (5‑9) |
AtlanticAtlantic | Home | Thu Dec 12, 8:30 pm | |
| 16 | Canisius (4‑8‑1) |
AtlanticAtlantic | Home | Fri Jan 17, 7:00 pm | |
| 16 | Canisius (4‑8‑1) |
AtlanticAtlantic | Home | Sat Jan 18, 5:00 pm |