Rankings roundup: How the top 20 NCAA hockey teams fared, Feb. 24-25

Omaha’s Matt Miller and St. Cloud State’s Chase Brand battle for the puck last Friday night at Baxter Arena (photo: Mark Kuhlmann).

Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 20 fared in games over the weekend of Feb. 24-25.

No. 1 Minnesota (25-8-1)
02/24/2023 – No. 8 Ohio State 0 at No. 1 Minnesota 4
02/25/2023 – No. 8 Ohio State 2 at No. 1 Minnesota 5

No. 2 Quinnipiac (28-3-3)
02/24/2023 – No. 2 Quinnipiac 4 at Union 1
02/25/2023 – No. 2 Quinnipiac 4 at Rensselaer 1

No. 3 Denver (26-8-0)
02/24/2023 – No. 3 Denver 5 at No. 5 Western Michigan 2
02/25/2023 – No. 3 Denver 3 at No. 5 Western Michigan 1

No. 4 Michigan (20-11-3)
02/24/2023 – No. 20 Notre Dame 3 at No. 4 Michigan 3 (OT)
02/25/2023 – No. 20 Notre Dame 2 at No. 4 Michigan 1 (OT)

No. 5 Western Michigan (21-12-1)
02/24/2023 – No. 3 Denver 5 at No. 5 Western Michigan 2
02/25/2023 – No. 3 Denver 3 at No. 5 Western Michigan 1

No. 6 St. Cloud State (19-10-3)
02/24/2023 – No. 6 St. Cloud State 6 at No. 14 Omaha 2
02/25/2023 – No. 6 St. Cloud State 2 at No. 14 Omaha 6

No. 7 Harvard (21-6-2)
02/24/2023 – No. 7 Harvard 6 at St. Lawrence 2
02/25/2023 – No. 7 Harvard 3 at Clarkson 2

No. 8 Ohio State (18-13-3)
02/24/2023 – No. 8 Ohio State 0 at No. 1 Minnesota 4
02/25/2023 – No. 8 Ohio State 2 at No. 1 Minnesota 5

No. 9 Boston University (22-10-0)
02/24/2023 – No. 9 Boston University 5 at Vermont 3
02/25/2023 – No. 9 Boston University 3 at Vermont 0

No. 10 Penn State (20-13-1)
02/24/2023 – Wisconsin 1 at No. 10 Penn State 6
02/25/2023 – Wisconsin 2 at No. 10 Penn State 1

No. 11 Michigan Tech (22-9-4)
02/24/2023 – No. 11 Michigan Tech 2 at No. 12 Minnesota State 0
02/25/2023 – No. 11 Michigan Tech 2 at No. 12 Minnesota State 3

No. 12 Minnesota State (21-12-1)
02/24/2023 – No. 11 Michigan Tech 2 at No. 12 Minnesota State 0
02/25/2023 – No. 11 Michigan Tech 2 at No. 12 Minnesota State 3

No. 13 Cornell (18-9-2)
02/24/2023 – No. 13 Cornell 5 at Brown 0
02/25/2023 – No. 13 Cornell 5 at Yale 1

No. 14 Omaha (18-11-3)
02/24/2023 – No. 6 St. Cloud State 6 at No. 14 Omaha 2
02/25/2023 – No. 6 St. Cloud State 2 at No. 14 Omaha 6

No. 15 Northeastern (16-11-5)
02/24/2023 – No. 15 Northeastern 2 at Massachusetts 3
02/25/2023 – Massachusetts 0 at No. 15 Northeastern 4

No. 16 Connecticut (19-10-3)
02/23/2023 – Alaska Anchorage 3 at No. 16 Connecticut 4 (OT)
02/25/2023 – RV New Hampshire 1 at No. 16 Connecticut 6

No. 17 Merrimack (20-12-1)
02/24/2023 – No. 17 Merrimack 5 at No. 19 UMass Lowell 3
02/25/2023 – No. 19 UMass Lowell 0 at No. 17 Merrimack 2

No. 18 Michigan State (16-16-2)
Did not play.

No. 19 UMass Lowell (16-13-3)
02/24/2023 – No. 17 Merrimack 5 at No. 19 UMass Lowell 3
02/25/2023 – No. 19 UMass Lowell 0 at No. 17 Merrimack 2

No. 20 Notre Dame (15-14-5)
02/24/2023 – No. 20 Notre Dame 3 at No. 4 Michigan 3 (OT)
02/25/2023 – No. 20 Notre Dame 2 at No. 4 Michigan 1 (OT)

RV = Received votes