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 |
| Wisconsin | 6i Wisconsin Recent Games Won Sun, Dec 28 vs Lake S. 3-2 Lost Mon, Dec 29 vs Western Michigan 1-4 Fri, Jan 09 vs Anchorage Sat, Jan 10 vs Anchorage |
2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 39% | 29% | 20% | 11% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Michigan | 6 Michigan Recent Games Won Fri, Dec 05 @ Michigan State 3-0 Lost Sat, Dec 06 vs Michigan State 1-3 Fri, Jan 09 vs N.Dame Sat, Jan 10 vs N.Dame |
1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 32% | 31% | 25% | 11% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Michigan State | 4 Michigan State Recent Games Won Sun, Dec 28 vs Ferris State 5-2 Won Mon, Dec 29 vs Michigan Tech 4-1 Fri, Jan 09 @ Ohio State Sat, Jan 10 @ Ohio State |
1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 22% | 26% | 28% | 18% | 5% | 1% | <1% |
| Penn State | 4 Penn State Recent Games Lost Sat, Jan 03 @ RIT 0-1 Won Sun, Jan 04 vs RIT 7-3 Fri, Jan 09 vs Minnesota Sat, Jan 10 vs Minnesota |
0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7% | 13% | 21% | 43% | 14% | 2% | <1% |
| Minnesota | 4 Minnesota Recent Games Won Sat, Nov 29 @ Denver 6-5 Won Thu, Dec 04 @ Ohio State 6-3 Lost Fri, Dec 05 @ Ohio State 5-6 Fri, Jan 09 @ Penn State Sat, Jan 10 @ Penn State |
0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | <1% | 2% | 5% | 15% | 55% | 21% | 1% |
| Ohio State | 1 Ohio State Recent Games Tie Fri, Jan 02 vs B. Green 2-2 Lost Sat, Jan 03 @ B. Green 3-5 Fri, Jan 09 vs Michigan State Sat, Jan 10 vs Michigan State |
1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 20% | 57% | 20% |
| Notre Dame | 0 Notre Dame Recent Games Lost Fri, Jan 02 vs Western Michigan 0-4 Lost Sat, Jan 03 @ Western Michigan 0-4 Fri, Jan 09 @ Michigan Sat, Jan 10 @ Michigan |
0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 19% | 79% |
| Record | Total | Home (76%) |
Away (17%) |
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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 | 7% | |||||||
| (5)Minnesota | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 44% | 34% | 10% |
| (6)Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 26% | 25% | 2% |
| (7)Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15% | 15% | <1% |
| (3)Michigan State | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| (2)Michigan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| (1)Wisconsin | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1% | <1% | 1% |
| Elimination | X | |||||||
| Week Wk | Opponent | Score | Home / Away | Date / Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Ohio State (6‑11‑1) |
3‑2 | Away | Thu Oct 30, 6:30 pm |
| 5 | Ohio State (6‑11‑1) |
4‑3 | Away | Fri Oct 31 |
| 6 | Michigan State (14‑4) |
1‑2 (OT) | Away | Fri Nov 7, 7:00 pm |
| 6 | Michigan State (14‑4) |
0‑5 | Away | Sat Nov 8, 4:00 pm |
| 7 | Michigan (16‑4) |
1‑7 | Home | Fri Nov 14, 7:00 pm |
| 7 | Michigan (16‑4) |
4‑2 | Home | Sat Nov 15, 6:00 pm |
| 8 | Minnesota (8‑10‑1) |
2‑3 | Away | Fri Nov 21, 8:00 pm |
| 8 | Minnesota (8‑10‑1) |
2‑1 | Away | Sat Nov 22, 8:00 pm |
| 15 | Minnesota (8‑10‑1) |
Home | Fri Jan 9, 6:00 pm | |
| 15 | Minnesota (8‑10‑1) |
Home | Sat Jan 10, 6:00 pm | |
| 16 | Notre Dame (4‑13‑1) |
Home | Fri Jan 16, 7:00 pm | |
| 16 | Notre Dame (4‑13‑1) |
Home | Sat Jan 17, 8:00 pm | |
| 17 | Wisconsin (13‑3‑2) |
Away | Fri Jan 23, 8:00 pm | |
| 17 | Wisconsin (13‑3‑2) |
Away | Sat Jan 24, 8:30 pm | |
| 18 | Michigan State (14‑4) |
Home | Fri Jan 30, 6:00 pm | |
| 18 | Michigan State (14‑4) |
Home | Sat Jan 31, 1:00 pm | |
| 20 | Michigan (16‑4) |
Away | Fri Feb 13, 6:30 pm | |
| 20 | Michigan (16‑4) |
Away | Sat Feb 14, 5:00 pm | |
| 21 | Ohio State (6‑11‑1) |
Home | Fri Feb 20, 8:30 pm | |
| 21 | Ohio State (6‑11‑1) |
Home | Sat Feb 21, 8:00 pm | |
| 22 | Notre Dame (4‑13‑1) |
Away | Fri Feb 27, 7:00 pm | |
| 22 | Notre Dame (4‑13‑1) |
Away | Sat Feb 28, TBD | |
| 23 | Wisconsin (13‑3‑2) |
Home | Thu Mar 5, 7:00 pm | |
| 23 | Wisconsin (13‑3‑2) |
Home | Fri Mar 6, 7:00 pm |
| Week Wk | Opponent | Conference | Score | Home / Away | Date / Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona St. (11‑10‑1) |
NCHCNCHC | 6‑3 | Away | Fri Oct 3 |
| 1 | Arizona St. (11‑10‑1) |
NCHCNCHC | 4‑2 | Away | Sat Oct 4 |
| 2 | Clarkson (9‑11) |
ECACECAC | 4‑6 | Home | Thu Oct 9 |
| 2 | Clarkson (9‑11) |
ECACECAC | 5‑2 | Home | Fri Oct 10 |
| 3 | Long Island (6‑12‑1) |
NCAA IndependentsInd. | 5‑4 (OT) | Home | Fri Oct 17 |
| 3 | Long Island (6‑12‑1) |
NCAA IndependentsInd. | 3‑0 | Home | Sat Oct 18 |
| 4 | Stonehill (4‑13‑2) |
NCAA IndependentsInd. | 3‑2 | Home | Fri Oct 24, 7:00 pm |
| 4 | Stonehill (4‑13‑2) |
NCAA IndependentsInd. | 4‑2 | Home | Sat Oct 25, 6:00 pm |
| 14 | RIT (11‑9) |
AtlanticAtl. | 0‑1 | Away | Sat Jan 3, 7:05 pm |
| 14 | RIT (11‑9) |
AtlanticAtl. | 7‑3 | Home | Sun Jan 4, 5:00 pm |