Coming off a split with the Spartans, Penn State (13-7-2) has a much tougher opponent this weekend when Ohio State (13-5-4) enters Hockey Valley. The Buckeyes are currently atop the Big Ten standings and are also No. 5 in the PairWise Rankings. If you scroll down the PairWise Rankings you will find Penn State sitting at 16. It is far too early to make much of the standings; the Lions started last week outside the top-10, beat MSU on Friday night and were No. 8 on Saturday morning. A loss to the Spartans dropped Guy Gadowsky’s squad into the final position to make the NCAA tournament were the season to end now. In reality a safe PairWise Ranking, in order to garner an at-large big to the NCAA tournament, is somewhere in the No. 12 or lower area. A few of the 16 bids will go to winners outside the…
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