ECAC 2026 Predictions and Pre-season Polls Omnibus

[Trotsky]

"We will know
When it is time to know"

[BearLover]

Cornell is the 10th youngest team in the country. The only teams younger are entirely ones stocked with high end recruits: in order, BU (youngest), UMich, BC, MSU, Denver, Harvard, Minn, Providence, NoDak.

Amazingly, despite being young, Cornell is the heaviest team in the entire country. Our freshmen haven't even hit Teagle yet. We are also the second tallest team in the country, after UMass-Lowell.

[sezenack]

Posted my yearly ECAC preview this morning. I have Cornell 3rd, not as much scoring depth as past years but love the defense and Cournoyer in the net. Hope you all enjoy!

https://www.rpifieldhouse.com/p/ecac-preview-2025-26

[BearLover]

Posted my yearly ECAC preview this morning. I have Cornell 3rd, not as much scoring depth as past years but love the defense and Cournoyer in the net. Hope you all enjoy!

https://www.rpifieldhouse.com/p/ecac-preview-2025-26

I appreciate your good work as usual. The only thing missing is an explanation of how the model works.

I agree with you that Q is by far the best team in the league on paper. Cornell needs to figure out a way to compete with them in recruiting older players.

The reason to be more bullish on Cornell is that almost everyone had a down year last season. Castagna in particular was massively unlucky. I also just don't think the rest of the league is very good aside from Q.

I agree Harvard is underrated. Too much talent and they didn't lose much.

[Jim Hyla]

I agree Harvard is underrated. Too much talent and they didn't lose much.

Except that they almost always have too much talent and always seem to find a way to under utilize it.

[stereax]

I agree Harvard is underrated. Too much talent and they didn't lose much.

Except that they almost always have too much talent and always seem to find a way to under utilize it.

That's the best part.

[Trotsky]

Gradually filling in.  Keep em coming.

[ursusminor]

Gradually filling in.  Keep em coming.

TBRW on that page has Yale twice and no RPI.

[Trotsky]

Gradually filling in.  Keep em coming.

TBRW on that page has Yale twice and no RPI.

Sounds right...

Fixed.  Thank you.

[Trotsky]

USCHO:

01. Quinnipiac
02. Clarkson
03. Union
04. Cornell
05. Harvard
06. Colgate
07. Dartmouth
07. Princeton
09. Brown
10. RPI
11. St. Lawrence
12. Yale

[Trotsky]

CHN:

01. Quinnipiac
02. Cornell
03. Harvard
04. Dartmouth
05. Clarkson
05. Union
07. Colgate
08. Brown
09. Princeton
10. Yale
11. St. Lawrence
12. RPI

This required a little interpretation because their prediction as listed is not mathematically possible, but I think it's clear what they meant.

[Trotsky]

Everything College Hockey (ECH) NCAA Top 20 Prediction:

01. W. Michigan
02. Penn State
03. Michigan State
04. BU
05. BC
06. Maine
07. Denver
08. Connecticut
09. Michigan
10. Minnesota
11. Ohio State
12. Masachusetts
13. North Dakota
14. Arizona State
15. Providence
16. Cornell
17. Quinnipiac
18. Wisconsin
19. Northeastern
20. St. Thomas

[Al DeFlorio]

Everything College Hockey (ECH) NCAA Top 20 Prediction:

01. W. Michigan
02. Penn State
03. Michigan State
04. BU
05. BC
06. Maine
07. Denver
08. Connecticut
09. Michigan
10. Minnesota
11. Ohio State
12. Masachusetts
13. North Dakota
14. Arizona State
15. Providence
16. Cornell
17. Quinnipiac
18. Wisconsin
19. Northeastern
20. St. Thomas

Good to see they think we're better than St. Thomas!