Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Jan. 23 fared over the Jan. 26-28 weekend.
No. 1 Boston University – swept by Merrimack (Jan. 24, Jan. 27), defeated No. 7 Massachusetts-Lowell
No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth – defeated No. 6 Minnesota (North Star College Cup semifinal), defeated St. Cloud State (North Star College Cup championship)
No. 3 Denver – swept No. 18 Omaha
No. 4 Penn State – lost to Princeton
No. 5 Union – defeated Clarkson, lost to No. 16 St. Lawrence
No. 6 Minnesota – lost to No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth (North Star College Cup semifinal), defeated No. 20 Bemidji State (North Star College Cup third-place game)
No. 7 Massachusetts-Lowell – lost to Northeastern, lost to No. 1 Boston University
No. 8 Ohio State – swept by Wisconsin
No. 9 Harvard – defeated No. 14 Cornell, defeated Colgate
No. 10 Western Michigan – split with Miami
No. 11 Vermont – lost to Connecticut
No. 12 North Dakota – split with Colorado College
No. 13 Boston College – defeated Connecticut (Jan. 24), defeated No. 15 Notre Dame
No. 14 Cornell – lost to No. 9 Harvard, lost to Dartmouth
No. 15 Notre Dame – lost to No. 13 Boston College
No. 16 St. Lawrence – defeated Rensselaer, defeated No. 5 Union
No. 17 Quinnipiac – split with Arizona State
No. 18 Omaha – swept by No. 3 Denver
No. 19 Providence – swept New Hampshire
No. 20 Bemidji State – lost to St. Cloud State (North Star College Cup semifinals), lost to No. 6 Minnesota (North Star College Cup third-place game)