The Penn State men’s hockey season has yet to begin, but the Nittany Lions might be ranked too high.
USCHO.com released its initial preseason men’s hockey rankings Monday afternoon and put the Nittany Lions in the top-ten.
The Nittany Lions were the highest ranked team in the Big Ten and No. 9 overall in the country, the program's highest preseason ranking in history.
Meanwhile, fellow Big Ten programs Ohio State (No.10), Michigan (No.12), Minnesota (No.14) and Notre Dame (No.20) are all ranked below Penn State.
Coming off a 2019-20 season where the Nittany Lions finished 20-10-4 overall and 12-8-4 in conference play, this year’s Penn State team lost 11 key players from the prior season’s unit.