Penn State men's hockey starts its season on Oct. 3 on the road at Arizona State. According to the USCHO Preseason Poll, the Nittany Lions are the fifth best team in the country heading into the 2025-26 season. The USA Hockey Men's Poll Preseason results agree.
Penn State hockey is No. 5 on USA Hockey Poll
The USA Hockey poll released on Monday, Sept, 29 just days away from the beginning of the 2025-26 season. Unsurprisingly, the reigning national champions Western Michigan remained in the No. 1 spot. Now getting put up there with some of the best programs in college hockey, though, is Penn State who ranked above Boston College and earned one first-place vote as well in the preseason poll.