Rankings roundup: How the top 20 fared, Feb. 17-18

Air Force players celebrate a second period goal in a 3-2 win at RIT (Omar Phillips)
Air Force players celebrate a second-period goal in a 3-2 win at RIT Saturday en route to sweeping the Tigers for the first time ever on the road (photo: Omar Phillips).

Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 13 fared over the Feb. 17-18 weekend.

No. 1 Minnesota Duluth – defeated, tied Colorado College

No. 2 Denver – swept Miami

No. 3 Harvard – defeated No. 4 Boston University (Feb. 13, won Beanpot), defeated Yale, defeated Brown

No. 4 Boston University – lost to No. 3 Harvard (Feb. 13, Beanpot final), tied New Hampshire, defeated New Hampshire

No. 5 Minnesota – swept No. 9 Penn State

No. 6 Massachusetts-Lowell – defeated Massachusetts

No. 7 Union – defeated Quinnipiac, defeated Princeton

No. 8 Western Michigan – swept No. 13 North Dakota

No. 9 Penn State – swept by No. 5 Minnesota

No. 10 Providence – lost to, tied No. 15 Notre Dame

No. 11 Boston College – lost to Northeastern (Feb. 13, Beanpot third-place game), tied No. 16 Vermont twice

No. 12 Cornell – defeated No. 17 St. Lawrence, tied Clarkson

No. 13 North Dakota – swept by No. 8 Western Michigan

No. 14 Ohio State – swept Michigan State

No. 15 Notre Dame – defeated, tied No. 10 Providence

No. 16 Vermont – tied No. 11 Boston College twice

No. 17 St. Lawrence – lost to No. 12 Cornell, tied Colgate

No. 18 St. Cloud State – was idle

No. 19 Air Force – swept RIT

No. 20 Wisconsin – swept Michigan