December 14, 2025 - Champs App

ChampsRankELO: DI Women’s College Hockey

as of December 14, 2025

Rank	Team	ELO Rating	Games Played
1	Wisconsin	1700	20
2	Ohio State	1651	18
3	Penn State	1640	18
4	UConn	1621	18
5	Princeton	1621	15
6	Northeastern	1616	19
7	Minnesota	1607	18
8	Minnesota Duluth	1589	18
9	Quinnipiac	1578	20
10	Clarkson	1565	19
11	Minnesota State	1538	20
12	Mercyhurst	1534	22
13	Yale	1530	16
14	St. Cloud State	1525	20
15	Cornell	1519	16
16	Holy Cross	1518	21
17	Colgate	1516	20
18	Franklin Pierce	1514	19
19	St. Lawrence	1505	21
20	RIT	1504	22
21	Boston College	1503	20
22	Maine	1494	20
23	New Hampshire	1491	21
24	Vermont	1489	20
25	Robert Morris	1488	24
26	Brown	1486	16
27	Union	1483	20
28	Boston University	1482	18
29	Harvard	1481	14
30	Providence	1465	19
31	St. Thomas	1461	20
32	Stonehill	1459	19
33	Syracuse	1458	22
34	Saint Anselm	1457	20
35	Assumption	1456	20
36	RPI	1449	21
37	Dartmouth	1443	16
38	Lindenwood	1432	22
39	Bemidji State	1426	18
40	Merrimack	1405	18
41	LIU	1398	18
42	Post	1395	20
43	Sacred Heart	1359	18
44	Delaware	1351	20
45	Saint Michaels	1283	16

ChampsRankELO Rankings Comparison: December 7 vs December 14, 2025

The ChampsRankELO rankings were stable in positions, with all top 10 teams holding their spots from December 7 to December 14. However, every team in the top 10 saw rating declines, reflecting the time-decay model’s gradual reduction of older game weights. Wisconsin remains #1 but dropped from 1718 to 1700.39 ELO points, while Ohio State held #2 but fell from 1664 to 1650.98. Penn State stayed at #3 (1646 → 1639.98), and the tight race between Princeton (#4, 1633 → 1621.01) and UConn (#5, 1632 → 1621.30) narrowed to 0.29 ELO points. The consistent downward trend across all teams suggests that the limited game activity between December 7–14 (only five games completed, none involving top-ranked teams) allowed the time-decay mechanism to reduce the weight of older results without new competitive outcomes to offset the decline.

The middle rankings (6–10) followed the same pattern, with Northeastern (#6, 1625 → 1616.07), Minnesota (#7, 1616 → 1607.47), Minnesota Duluth (#8, 1598 → 1589.43), Quinnipiac (#9, 1584 → 1578.41), and Clarkson (#10, 1569 → 1565.48) all experiencing modest rating decreases while maintaining their positions. The ELO system’s sequential processing and time-decay mechanism mean that without new games to process, teams’ ratings naturally decline as older games lose weight. This week’s sparse schedule, combined with the fact that the few games played (involving Dartmouth, Robert Morris, LIU, Saint Anselm, Saint Michaels, Brown, and Yale) didn’t involve any top-ranked teams, explains why the rankings remained static in terms of positions but showed uniform rating decreases across the board.

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This is the third iteration of the ChampsRankSOS ranking report. An explanation of the methodology can be found here.

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ChampsRankSOS (with Decay Rate): DI Women’s College Hockey

as of December 14, 2025

GD = Goal Differential vs. Opponent

SOS = Strength of Schedule Rating of Opponent

Rank	Team	Rating	GD	SOS	Games Played
1	Wisconsin	20.00	3.8	16.2	20
2	Ohio State	19.23	2.3	16.9	18
3	Minnesota	18.45	1.9	16.5	18
4	Penn State	17.93	3.6	14.4	18
5	Minnesota Duluth	17.51	0.9	16.6	18
6	St. Cloud State	16.47	-0.2	16.7	20
7	Princeton	16.47	1.3	15.1	15
8	Northeastern	16.36	1.5	14.9	19
9	Minnesota State	16.29	0.0	16.3	20
10	Quinnipiac	16.27	1.4	14.9	20
11	UConn	16.25	1.1	15.2	18
12	St. Thomas	15.75	-1.0	16.7	20
13	Cornell	15.73	1.1	14.6	16
14	Clarkson	15.71	0.6	15.1	19
15	Mercyhurst	15.40	0.8	14.6	22
16	Colgate	15.28	-0.3	15.6	20
17	Yale	15.13	0.5	14.6	16
18	Boston College	14.89	-0.1	15.0	20
19	RIT	14.69	0.5	14.2	22
20	St. Lawrence	14.68	-0.5	15.1	21
21	Boston University	14.67	-0.6	15.3	18
22	New Hampshire	14.63	0.4	14.2	21
23	Harvard	14.53	0.5	14.0	14
24	Brown	14.52	0.1	14.4	16
25	Holy Cross	14.47	0.9	13.6	21
26	Maine	14.33	-0.8	15.2	20
27	Union	14.21	0.2	14.0	20
28	Vermont	14.15	-1.1	15.2	20
29	Bemidji State	14.12	-2.5	16.6	18
30	Providence	14.04	-0.8	14.9	19
31	Robert Morris	13.80	0.2	13.6	24
32	Syracuse	13.62	-1.0	14.6	22
33	Lindenwood	13.58	-0.9	14.5	22
34	Dartmouth	13.12	-0.8	13.9	16
35	RPI	13.06	-1.4	14.5	21
36	Merrimack	12.87	-1.6	14.5	18
37	Saint Anselm	12.12	0.4	11.8	20
38	Franklin Pierce	11.99	0.9	11.1	19
39	Stonehill	11.55	-0.1	11.7	19
40	Assumption	11.50	0.0	11.5	20
41	Delaware	11.36	-3.0	14.3	20
42	Sacred Heart	10.92	-0.7	11.6	18
43	Post	10.34	-1.2	11.6	20
44	LIU	10.33	-1.1	11.5	18
45	Saint Michaels	7.13	-4.5	11.7	16

ChampsRankSOS Rankings Comparison: December 7 vs December 14, 2025

The ChampsRankSOS rankings were stable at the top, with the top five teams holding their positions and showing slight rating improvements. Wisconsin remains #1 at 20.00, followed by Ohio State (19.21 → 19.23), Minnesota (18.42 → 18.45), Penn State (17.89 → 17.93), and Minnesota Duluth (17.49 → 17.51). The limited movement reflects only five completed games between December 7–14. Those games involved lower-ranked teams (Dartmouth, Robert Morris, LIU, Saint Anselm, Saint Michaels, Brown, and Yale), so they had minimal impact on the top teams’ strength of schedule. The most notable change was in the 6–10 range, where St. Cloud State moved from #7 to #6 (16.44 → 16.47), while Princeton dropped from #6 to #7 (16.46 → 16.47), separated by 0.0008 rating points. Minnesota State entered the top 10, climbing from #11 to #9 (16.29), while UConn fell out of the top 10, dropping from #10 to likely #11 or lower. The time-decay model’s emphasis on recent results, combined with the sparse schedule, explains why the rankings stayed largely stable with only minor adjustments in the middle tier. The lack of games involving top-ranked teams meant their ratings were primarily affected by the gradual decay of older results rather than new competitive outcomes.

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