NCAA hockey teams are set to battle during the 2025-26 season to reach the Frozen Four in Las Vegas, Nevada. The highly touted LetsGoDU SUPER-POLL™ convened veteran gamblers Billy Walters, Billy Baxter, “Roxy” Roxborough, and “Lefty” Rosenthal, all elected to the Las Vegas Sports Betting Hall of Fame, for their highly accurate predictions. After a smoke-filled late-night at Goddard Family Company headquarters in Houston, Texas, the University of Denver was selected as the prohibitive favorite, which marks the 21st consecutive season the LetsGoDU SUPER-POLL™ has named the Pioneers title favorites.

This is how the cards fell:

10. Notre Dame – Irish hockey is like Bruno Mars. While you know the lofty reputation, you couldn’t identify Mars if you ran into him in the Bellagio elevator.

9. North Dakota – The new head coach of the Fighting Hawks, Dane Jackson, coaches hockey like a desperate gambler, betting on green in Roulette (35-1). Like UND’s on-ice odds, the Fighting Hawks’ confidence overwhelms common sense, and they miss the zero pocket and a trip to Vegas.

8. Ohio State – The Buckeyes wager on the pass line instead of the blue line, roll boxcars, and crap out of the tournament. They’ll have to take their regular-season NIL earnings to the Hollywood Casino in Columbus.

7. Maine – Maine’s hopes of visiting TV’s Pawn Stars are dashed when, like a fake Rolex, they are yet again quickly dispatched to Orono in the early NCAA Tournament rounds.

6. Penn State – Following in the footsteps of David Copperfield and David Blaine, the Nittany Lions disappear in a quarterfinal instant…yes, even with Gavin McKenna.

5. Boston College – The highly touted Golden Eagles wake up with a playoff hangover and wonder what happened – just like a missing wallet after leaving the Flamingo Hotel bar with Amber and Crystal.

4. Boston University – The high on-ice expectations melt away once again in the early spring. The Terriers make the Frozen Four but go down like the water level at Lake Powell.

3. Western Michigan – They snuck by Denver in OT at last season’s Frozen Four. Like a game of blackjack, they bust after splitting a pair of regular-season series against DU in the regular season.

2. Michigan State – Little Caesars is headquartered in Michigan. Denver will play Brutus to the Spartans’ Little Caesars in a Sin City finale, sending Sparty out of the party.

1. Denver – Denver bets on the pass line and rolls craps – their lucky number 11th national title. DU finishes with a perfect hand – 41-0, going undefeated in the non-conference, regular season, NCHC Frozen Faceoff, and NCAA Tournament.

#64. Colorado College – The biggest surprise in the Springs is not the wave of CHL players matriculating to Colorado College; it is the number of their incoming CHL players who excel in ceramics and finger painting.