Rankings roundup: How ranked teams fared, Dec. 15-Jan. 4

Dylan Zink and No. 9 UMass-Lowell won two holiday tournaments on consecutive weekends (photo: Jim Rosvold).

Here’s how the teams in the Dec. 15, 2014, USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll fared from Monday, Dec. 15 to Sunday, Jan. 4:

RANK LAST 3 WEEKS RESULTS RECORD THIS WEEK’S GAMES
1
Boston University
Friday, Dec. 19: lost to U.S. World Junior Team 5-2
Saturday: tied Union 3-3
11-3-3 Friday-Saturday: at Wisconsin
2
North Dakota
Saturday: beat U.S. Under-18 Team 7-2 13-4-2 Friday-Saturday: vs. Minnesota-Duluth
3
Minnesota State
Friday: won at Northern Michigan 4-1
Saturday: tied at Northern Michigan 2-2
14-4-1 Friday-Saturday: vs. Lake Superior State
4
Harvard
Sunday, Dec. 28: beat Russian Red Stars 4-0
Tuesday: beat Rensselaer 6-2
10-1-2 Saturday: vs. Yale at Madison Square Garden
5
Michigan Tech
Sunday, Dec. 28: lost to Michigan 2-1
Monday: beat Ferris State 4-2
Friday: won at Wisconsin 8-1
Saturday: lost at Wisconsin 2-0
15-5 Friday: at Northern Michigan
Saturday: vs. Northern Michigan
6
Miami
Sunday, Dec. 28: lost to Notre Dame 3-2 (OT)
Monday: beat Cornell 3-0
Friday: won at Rensselaer 3-2
Saturday: won at Rensselaer 3-0
14-6 Friday-Saturday: at St. Cloud State
7
Minnesota-Duluth
Friday: won at Lakehead 3-2 (OT)
Saturday: won at Lakehead 8-4
12-6 Friday-Saturday: at North Dakota
8
Minnesota
Friday: lost to No. 18 Merrimack 3-2
Saturday: beat RIT 3-2 (OT)
10-5-1 Friday-Saturday: at Michigan
9
UMass-Lowell
Saturday, Dec. 27: beat Sacred Heart 5-1
Sunday, Dec. 28: beat Connecticut 3-1
Friday: beat RIT 7-3
Saturday: beat No. 18 Merrimack 3-1
14-3-3 Saturday: at Connecticut
10
Vermont
Sunday, Dec. 28: beat Air Force 4-2
Monday: lost to No. 16 Providence 3-0
Saturday: lost at Yale 3-1
14-5-1 Sunday: at Dartmouth
11
Denver
Friday: tied at Dartmouth 1-1 (lost shootout)
Saturday: beat Brown 5-3
11-5-1 Friday-Saturday: at Omaha
12
Omaha
Saturday, Dec. 20: beat Alabama-Huntsville 2-1
Sunday, Dec. 21: tied Alabama-Huntsville 3-3
Tuesday: beat New Hampshire 2-1 (OT)
Wednesday: lost to New Hampshire 6-2
12-5-3 Friday-Saturday: vs. Denver
13
Bowling Green
Saturday: tied No. 19 Robert Morris 2-2
Sunday: won at No. 19 Robert Morris 4-1
12-3-3 Friday-Saturday: vs. Alaska
14
Quinnipiac
Saturday, Dec. 27: beat Princeton 2-0
Sunday, Dec. 28: won at Princeton 1-0
Friday: lost at St. Cloud State 3-2
Saturday: won at St. Cloud State 4-1
13-6-1 Friday: vs. Rensselaer
Saturday: vs. Union
15
Boston College
Friday: beat Brown 4-1
Saturday: won at Dartmouth 3-2
11-7-1 Friday: at Northeastern
Saturday: vs. Northeastern
16
Providence
Sunday, Dec. 28: beat Massachusetts 4-1
Monday: won at No. 10 Vermont 3-0
Saturday: beat Colorado College 5-4 (OT)
Sunday: beat Colorado College 5-3
13-6-1 Friday: at Brown
Saturday: vs. Brown
17
Colgate
Monday: beat Western Michigan 2-1
Tuesday: beat No. 19 Robert Morris 6-1
11-6-1 Friday: at Clarkson
Saturday: at St. Lawrence
18
Merrimack
Friday: won at No. 8 Minnesota 3-2
Saturday: lost to No. 9 UMass-Lowell 3-1
11-6-2 Off
19
Robert Morris
Monday: beat No. 20 Penn State 4-2
Tuesday: lost to No. 17 Colgate 6-1
Saturday: tied No. 13 Bowling Green 2-2
Sunday: lost to No. 13 Bowling Green 4-1
12-4-4 Friday-Saturday: vs. Bentley
20
Penn State
Monday: lost to No. 19 Robert Morris 4-2
Tuesday: lost to Western Michigan 4-1
9-6-2 Friday-Saturday: vs. Ohio State