Rankings roundup: How the top 20 fared, Jan. 19-21

Robby Jackson (SCSU-23) 17 Jan.20  Denver Pioneers and St. Cloud State University meet in a NCHC conference match-up at theHerb Brooks National Hockey Center (Bradley K. Olson)
Robby Jackson and unranked St. Cloud State split with No. 2 on home ice this past weekend (photo: Bradley K. Olson).

Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Jan. 16 fared over the Jan. 19-21 weekend.

No. 1 Penn State – tied, lost to No. 11 Ohio State

No. 2 Denver – split with St. Cloud State

No. 3 Boston University – swept Maine

No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth – swept No. 8 North Dakota

No. 5 Massachusetts-Lowell – swept by Providence

No. 6 Harvard – defeated Brown, tied Yale

No. 7 Minnesota – split with Wisconsin

No. 8 North Dakota – swept by No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth

No. 9 Union – defeated Rensselaer

No. 10 Boston College – lost to No. 3 Boston University (Jan. 16), defeated Massachusetts

No. 11 Ohio State – tied, defeated No. 1 Penn State

No. 12 Vermont – defeated Connecticut

No. 13 Western Michigan – swept Colorado College

No. 14 Notre Dame – tied, defeated New Hampshire

No. 15 Cornell – tied Clarkson, defeated No. 16 St. Lawrence

No. 16 St. Lawrence – defeated Colgate, lost to No. 15 Cornell

No. 17 Quinnipiac – was idle

No. 18 Bemidji State – split with Ferris State

No. 19 Omaha – tied, defeated Miami

No. 20 Minnesota State – tied, lost to Michigan Tech