Fin’s College Hockey Report 11.20.25

by | Nov 20, 2025 | College Sports, Headlines, Hockey

BIG TEN STANDINGS AND SCHEDULE

(Numbers in parentheses are school’s rankings in this week’s USCHO.com media/USA Hockey-The Rink Live coaches polls):

                              Conference                                                    Overall

GP     Pts     W-L-T-SW-OW-OL             GF-GA         W-L-T GF-GA

(1/1) Michigan St.    4        11       4-0-0-0-1-0             14-3             9-1-0  37-14

(2/2) Michigan         6        11       4-2-0-0-1-0             24-19            11-3-0 70-31

(7/8) Wisconsin       6        11       4-2-0-0-1-0             26-20            8-2-2  48-29

(5/5) Penn State      6        10      3-3-0-0-0-1             13-21            10-4-0 47-42

(nr/nr) Minnesota    4        6        2-2-0-0-0-0             9-10             5-8-1  37-45

(rv/rv) Ohio State    4        4        1-3-0-0-0-1             15-14            5-5-0  33-24

(nr/nr) Notre Dame  6        1        0-6-0-0-0-1             7-21             3-8-1  31-40

THIS WEEK

Friday, Nov. 21

Ohio State at Michigan, 7 p.m.

Penn State at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Wisconsin at Michigan State, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 22

Wisconsin at Michigan State, 7 p.m.

Ohio State at Michigan, 7 p.m.

Penn State at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

UPCOMING

Wednesday, Nov. 26

Notre Dame at Merrimack, 4 p.m. (non-conference)

Colgate at Michigan State, 7 p.m. (non-conference)

Friday, Nov. 28

Notre Dame at Boston College, 1 p.m. (non-conference)

Ohio State at Arizona State, 5 p.m. (non-conference)

Michigan at Harvard, 7 p.m. (non-conference)

Colgate at Michigan State, 7 p.m. (non-conference)

Saturday, Nov. 29

Ohio State at Arizona State, 7 p.m. (non-conference)

Michigan at Harvard, 7 p.m. (non-conference)

Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m. (non-conference)

 

SCHEDULES FOR TOP 20 TEAMS IN USCHO.com MEDIA POLL AND OTHERS

  1. Michigan State (Big Ten) (9-1-0) vs. No. 7 Wisconsin Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 26 and 28 vs. Colgate.
  2. Michigan (Big Ten) (11-3-0) vs. Ohio State Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 28-29 at Harvard.
  3. Denver (NCHC) (8-3-1) (OT) at Arizona State Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 29 vs. Minnesota.
  4. Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) (11-3-0) at Colorado College Friday and Saturday. Next: Dec. 5-6 at No. 8 Western Michigan.
  5. Penn State (Big Ten) (10-4-0) at Minnesota Friday and Saturday. Next: Jan. 3 at RIT, Jan. 4 vs. RIT.
  6. North Dakota (NCHC) (8-4-0) vs. U.S. Under-18 Team (exhibition). Next: Nov. 28 at Bemidji State, Nov. 29 vs. Bemidji State.
  7. Wisconsin (Big Ten) (8-2-2) at No. 1 Michigan State Friday and Saturday. Next: Dec. 5-6 at Notre Dame.
  8. Western Michigan (NCHC) (7-5-0) at Omaha Friday and Saturday. Next: Dec. 5-6 vs. No. 4 Minnesota Duluth.
  9. Quinnipiac (ECAC) (7-3-2) vs. Clarkson Friday, vs. St. Lawrence Saturday. Next: Nov. 26 vs. Holy Cross, Nov. 29 vs. Stonehill.
  10. Maine (Hockey East) (7-4-1) at No. 15 Boston College Friday and Saturday. Next: Dec. 5-6 vs. New Hampshire.
  11. Connecticut (Hockey East) (6-4-2) at New Hampshire Friday, vs. New Hampshire Saturday. Next: Nov. 25 vs. Stonehill.
  12. Northeastern (Hockey East) (7-3-0) vs. No. 18 Boston University Friday, at No. 18 Boston University Saturday. Next: Nov. 29 vs. Brown.
  13. Dartmouth (ECAC) (6-0-0) is idle this weekend. Next: Nov. 28 vs. Vermont, Nov. 29 vs. Merrimack.
  14. Minnesota State (CCHA) (6-2-4) vs. Michigan Tech Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 28-29 at Northern Michigan.
  15. Boston College (Hockey East) (6-4-1) vs. No. 10 Maine Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 28 vs. Notre Dame.
  16. Providence (Hockey East) (5-4-2) vs. No. 17 Massachusetts Thursday, at No. 17 Massachusetts Saturday. Next: Nov. 28-29 at Colorado College.
  17. Massachusetts (Hockey East) (7-6-0) at No. 16 Providence Thursday, vs. No. 16 Providence Saturday. Next: Nov. 29 at Army.
  18. Boston University (Hockey East) (5-6-1) at No. 12 Northeastern Friday, vs. No. 12 Northeastern Saturday. Next: Nov. 29 vs. No. 19 Cornell at New York (Madison Square Garden).
  19. Cornell (ECAC) (4-2-0) vs. No. 20 Union Friday, vs. RPI Saturday. Next: Nov. 29 vs. No. 18 Boston University at New York (Madison Square Garden).
  20. Union (ECAC) (8-2-1) at No. 19 Cornell Friday, at Colgate Saturday. Next: Nov. 28 vs. Sacred Heart in Friendship Four at Belfast, Northern Ireland, Nov. 29 vs. Miami or RIT in Friendship Four at Belfast, Northern Ireland.

 

Others

Ohio State (Big Ten) (5-5-0) at No. 2 Michigan Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 28-29 at Arizona State.

Colorado College (NCHC) (6-5-1) vs. No. 4 Minnesota Duluth Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 28-29 vs. No. 16 Providence.

Michigan Tech (CCHA) (8-3-1) at No. 14 Minnesota State Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 28-29 vs. St. Thomas.

Omaha (NCHC) (5-5-0) vs. No. 8 Western Michigan Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 28-29 at Yale.

Harvard (ECAC) (4-1-1) at Vermont Saturday. Next: Nov. 28-29 vs. No. 2 Michigan.

Miami (NCHC) (7-3-0) vs. St. Cloud State Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 28 vs. RIT in Friendship Four at Belfast, Northern Ireland, Nov. 29 vs. No. 20 Union or Sacred Heart in Friendship Four at Belfast, Northern Ireland.

RIT (Atlantic Hockey) (9-2-0) at Niagara Tuesday, at Bentley Friday. Next: Nov. 28 vs. Miami in Friendship Four at Belfast, Northern Ireland, Nov. 29 vs. No. 20 Union or Sacred Heart in Friendship Four at Belfast, Northern Ireland.

St. Cloud State (NCHC) (6-6-0) at Miami Friday and Saturday. Next: Dec. 5-6 at No. 6 North Dakota.

Bemidji State (CCHA) (7-5-2) vs. Northern Michigan Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 28 vs. No. 6 North Dakota, Nov. 29 at No. 6 North Dakota.

Holy Cross (Atlantic Hockey) (7-5-1) vs. Alaska Anchorage Thursday, vs. Alaska Anchorage Sunday. Next: Nov. 26 at No. 9 Quinnipiac.

Arizona State (NCHC) (4-7-1) vs. No. 3 Denver Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 28-29 vs. Ohio State.

Bentley (Atlantic Hockey) (6-4-1) vs. RIT Friday. Next: Nov. 25 at Army, Nov. 29 vs. New Hampshire.

Minnesota (Big Ten) (5-8-1) vs. No. 5 Penn State Friday and Saturday. Next: Nov. 29 at No. 3 Denver.

Notre Dame (Big Ten) (3-8-1) is idle this weekend. Next: Nov. 26 at Merrimack, Nov. 28 at No. 15 Boston College.

 

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Tuesday, Nov. 18

Atlantic Hockey America

RIT at Niagara, 7 p.m.

Non-conference

Alaska Anchorage at Stonehill, 7 p.m.

 

Wednesday, Nov. 19

Non-conference

Alaska Anchorage at Brown, 7 p.m.

 

Thursday, Nov. 20

Hockey East Association

Massachusetts at Providence, 7 p.m.

Non-conference

Alaska Anchorage at Holy Cross, 7 p.m.

 

Friday, Nov. 21

Big Ten Conference

Ohio State at Michigan, 7 p.m.

Penn State at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Wisconsin at Michigan State, 8:30 p.m.

Hockey East Association

Connecticut at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.

Boston University at Northeastern, 7 p.m.

Maine at Boston College, 7 p.m.

NCHC

St. Cloud State at Miami, 7:05 p.m.

Western Michigan at Omaha, 8 p.m.

Minnesota Duluth at Colorado College, 9 p.m.

Denver at Arizona State, 9 p.m.

CCHA

Lake Superior State at Ferris State, 7 p.m.

Michigan Tech at Minnesota State, 8:07 p.m.

Bowling Green at St. Thomas, 8:07 p.m.

Northern Michigan at Bemidji State, 8:07 p.m.

ECAC

Yale at Brown, 7 p.m.

RPI at Colgate, 7 p.m.

Union at Cornell, 7 p.m.

St. Lawrence at Princeton, 7 p.m.

Clarkson at Quinnipiac, 7 p.m.

Atlantic Hockey America

Mercyhurst at Canisius, 7 p.m.

Air Force at Army, 7 p.m.

RIT at Bentley, 7 p.m.

Non-conference

Merrimack at Long Island, 7 p.m.

Robert Morris at Lindenwood, 8 p.m.

Exhibition

U.S. Under-18 Team at North Dakota, 8 p.m.

 

Saturday, Nov. 22

Big Ten Conference

Wisconsin at Michigan State, 7 p.m.

Ohio State at Michigan, 7 p.m.

Penn State at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Hockey East Association

New Hampshire at Connecticut, 6:30 p.m.

Northeastern at Boston University, 7 p.m.

Providence at Massachusetts, 7 p.m.

Maine at Boston College, 7 p.m.

NCHC

St. Cloud State at Miami, 6:05 p.m.

Denver at Arizona State, 7 p.m.

Minnesota Duluth at Colorado College, 8 p.m.

Western Michigan at Omaha, 8 p.m.

CCHA

Lake Superior State at Ferris State, 6 p.m.

Michigan Tech at Minnesota State, 7:07 p.m.

Bowling Green at St. Thomas, 7:07 p.m.

Northern Michigan at Bemidji State, 7:07 p.m.

ECAC

Union at Colgate, 7 p.m.

RPI at Cornell, 7 p.m.

Clarkson at Princeton, 7 p.m.

St. Lawrence at Quinnipiac, 7 p.m.

Brown at Yale, 7 p.m.

Atlantic Hockey America

Mercyhurst at Canisius, 7 p.m.

Air Force at Army, 7 p.m.

Non-conference

Long Island at Sacred Heart, 5 p.m.

Harvard at Vermont, 6 p.m.

Robert Morris at Lindenwood, 7 p.m.

 

Sunday, Nov. 23

Non-conference

Alaska Anchorage at Holy Cross, 2 p.m.

 

 

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