• Michigan State hockey is ranked No. 3 within the preseason USA Hockey Males’s Faculty Hockey Ballot.
• The Spartans are ranked behind No. 1 Denver and No. 2 Michigan.
• Michigan State will play an exhibition recreation in opposition to Boston Faculty earlier than their official season opener.
• The workforce’s first official recreation of the season is in opposition to Northern Michigan on October 9.

Michigan State hockey will open the season ranked within the high three nationally in one of many notable polls.

The preseason USA Hockey Males’s Faculty Hockey Ballot was launched on Monday, with the Spartans touchdown at No. 3 nationally. Michigan State hockey was solely listed behind Denver (No. 1) and rival Michigan (No. 2) within the preseason ballot.

This was the identical high three groups within the USCHO.com preseason rankings that have been launched final week.

Michigan State opens the 2026-27 season this upcoming weekend with an exhibition recreation in opposition to Boston Faculty on Friday. The Spartans’ first official recreation will come the next week in opposition to Northern Michigan on October 9.

Take a look at the whole preseason rankings from USA Hockey by clicking on the put up beneath: