# 2024–25 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season

The 2024–25 Big Ten men's ice hockey season is the 35th season of play for the Big Ten Conference's men's ice hockey division and will take place during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season began on October 4, 2024, and conclude on March 9, 2025.

## Standings

2024–25 Big Ten ice hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #1 Michigan State † | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 92 | 60 | 35 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 122 | 70 |
| #5 Minnesota † | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 87 | 62 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 150 | 96 |
| #9 Ohio State | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 72 | 62 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 121 | 94 |
| #16 Michigan | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 76 | 83 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 112 | 118 |
| #13 Penn State | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 78 | 88 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 130 | 114 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 64 | 77 | 37 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 108 | 110 |
| Notre Dame | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 60 | 97 | 38 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 102 | 127 |
| Championship: March 22, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 15, 2025 |||||||||||||||||||

## Head coaches
### Records

| Team | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | Big Ten record |
| Michigan | Brandon Naurato | 3 | 49–27–6 | 23–21–4 |
| Michigan State | Adam Nightingale | 3 | 43–28–5 | 26–18–4 |
| Minnesota | Bob Motzko | 7 | 136–71–17 | 86–41–15 |
| Notre Dame | Jeff Jackson | 20 | 407–266–73 | 85–66–15 |
| Ohio State | Steve Rohlik | 12 | 197–163–43 | 94–105–22 |
| Penn State | Guy Gadowsky | 14 | 196–172–28 | 95–117–19 |
| Wisconsin | Mike Hastings | 2 | 26–12–2 | 16–7–1 |

## Preseason
### Preseason Big Ten poll

Big Ten conference standings were selected by conference head coaches on September 20, 2024.
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Michigan State |
| 2 | Minnesota |
| 3 | Michigan |
| 4 | Wisconsin |
| 5 | Notre Dame |
| 6 | Penn State |
| 7 | Ohio State |

### Preseason All-Big Ten

All-Big Ten Teams :
| First Team | Position | Second Team |
| Trey Augustine, Michigan State | G | Tommy Scarfone, Wisconsin |
| Ben Dexheimer, Wisconsin | D | Mike Koster, Minnesota |
| Sam Rinzel, Minnesota | D | Jacob Truscott, Michigan |
| Karsen Dorwart, Michigan State | F | Aiden Fink, Penn State |
| Isaac Howard, Michigan State | F | T. J. Hughes, Michigan |
| Jimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota | F | Matthew Wood, Minnesota |

## Ranking
### Pairwise

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Michigan | 22 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | - |
| Michigan State | 12 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Minnesota | 28 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Notre Dame | 28 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 42 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 45 | 42 | 45 | 38 | 38 | - |
| Ohio State | 28 | 47 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | - |
| Penn State | 12 | 34 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 41 | 48 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | - |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 54 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 45 | 37 | 41 | 42 | 31 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | - |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.