A big 10 hockey conference would be interesting, but the only big 10 school's with division 1 hockey are: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State. I know Penn State and Illinois play hockey, what is happening at those schools regarding moving to D-1? I've been to Illiois Arena and it is by no means a division 1 arena... So a school like that would need to build a new arena.. I think there are a lot of people down there in Champaign-Urbana that would like to witness division 1 caliber hockey. And what are the hockey situations at schools like Indiana, Purdue, Iowa, Northwestern. Do these schools have any kind of program going? HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.