Rankings roundup: How the top 20 fared, Dec. 9-10

Eric Robinson  (Princeton - 18) scores an insurance goal to seal the win for Princeton. ((c) Shelley M. Szwast 2016)
Unranked Princeton came away with a weekend sweep of No. 7 Quinnipiac (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).

Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Dec. 5 fared over the Dec. 9-10 weekend.

No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth – split with No. 2 Denver

No. 2 Denver – split with No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth

No. 3 Penn State – was idle

No. 4 Boston College – defeated Northeastern (Dec. 6), lost to No. 14 Notre Dame

No. 5 Boston University – split with No. 12 Vermont

No. 6 Harvard – was idle

No. 7 Quinnipiac – swept by Princeton

No. 8 North Dakota – split with No. 18 Western Michigan

No. 9 Massachusetts-Lowell – swept Merrimack

No. 10 Ohio State – was idle

No. 11 Minnesota – swept Michigan State

No. 12 Vermont – split with No. 5 Boston University

No. 13 Bemidji State – tied, defeated Lake Superior State

No. 14 Notre Dame – defeated No. 4 Boston College

No. 15 Union – defeated Brown, defeated Yale

No. 16 Minnesota State – split with Ferris State

No. 17 St. Cloud State – split with No. 20 Omaha

No. 18 Western Michigan – split with No. 8 North Dakota

No. 19 St. Lawrence – defeated Clarkson

No. 20 Omaha – split with No. 17 St. Cloud State