Rankings roundup: How ranked teams fared, Dec. 14-Jan. 3

Goalie Merrick Madsen and No. 7 Harvard beat Ferris State and Minnesota at the Mariucci Classic (photo: Jim Rosvold).

Here’s how the teams ranked in the Dec. 14, 2015, USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll fared between Dec. 14 and Jan. 3:

RANK LAST WEEK’S RESULTS RECORD THIS WEEK’S GAMES
1
Providence
Dec. 28: lost to No. 9 Cornell 2-1 (OT)
Dec. 29: beat No. 4 Boston College 2-1
Jan. 3: lost at Brown 4-3 (OT)
13-2-3 Friday: at Boston College
Saturday: vs. Boston College
2
North Dakota
Jan. 1: beat Alabama-Huntsville 1-0
Jan. 2: beat Alabama-Huntsville 4-1
18-2-2 Saturday: vs. U.S. Under-18 Team
3
Quinnipiac
Dec. 29: won at Princeton 6-0
Dec. 30: beat Princeton 4-3
Jan. 2: tied at Northeastern 3-3
17-1-3 Thursday: vs. Union
Saturday: vs. Harvard
4
Boston College
Dec. 28: lost to Ohio State 3-2
Dec. 29: lost to No. 1 Providence 2-1
13-4-1 Friday: vs. Providence
Saturday: at Providence
5
St. Cloud State
Jan. 1: beat Arizona State 6-1
Jan. 2: beat Arizona State 7-0
Jan. 3: lost to U.S. Under-18 Team 7-6 (OT) (ex)
16-4 Friday-Saturday: vs. Colorado College
6
Omaha
Dec. 19: beat Arizona State 3-1
Dec. 20: beat Arizona State 6-0
Jan. 2: beat Trinity Western 6-0 (ex)
14-3-1 Friday-Saturday: vs. Denver
7
Harvard
Jan. 1: beat Ferris State 7-3
Jan. 2: won at Minnesota 4-3 (OT)
8-1-3 Thursday: vs. Boston University
Saturday: vs. Quinnipiac
8
UMass-Lowell
Dec. 28: beat Clarkson 3-0
Dec. 29: lost to Robert Morris 5-3
11-4-4 Friday: at New Hampshire
9
Cornell
Dec. 28: beat No. 1 Providence 2-1 (OT)
Dec. 29: lost to Ohio State 8-0
9-2-2 Friday-Saturday: vs. Merrimack
10
Michigan
Dec. 29: beat Northern Michigan 3-2
Dec. 30: beat Michigan Tech 4-2
11-3-3 Friday: at Michigan State
Saturday: vs. Michigan State
11
Boston University
Off 9-6-3 Thursday: at Harvard
Saturday: vs. Massachusetts
12
Bowling Green
Dec. 30: lost to Western Michigan 1-0
Jan. 2: beat Clarkson 6-3
Jan. 3: lost to Clarkson 3-2
12-4-5 Friday-Saturday: at Lake Superior State
13
Yale
Dec. 29: beat McGill 4-1 (ex) 6-4-2 Tuesday: at Massachusetts
Friday: at Arizona State
Sunday: vs. Connecticut or Michigan Tech
14
Penn State
Dec. 28: lost to Robert Morris 6-4
Dec. 29: beat Clarkson 5-1
12-3-3 Friday-Saturday: vs. Minnesota
15
St. Lawrence
Off 10-5-2 Friday-Saturday: vs. Northeastern
16
Notre Dame
Jan. 1: tied at No. 17 Denver 1-1
Jan. 2: tied at No. 17 Denver 2-2
9-4-6 Friday: vs. Western Michigan
Saturday: at Western Michigan
17
Denver
Jan. 1: tied No. 16 Notre Dame 1-1
Jan. 2: tied No. 16 Notre Dame 2-2
7-7-4 Friday-Saturday: at Omaha
18
Minnesota State
Off 10-6-4 Friday-Saturday: vs. Northern Michigan
19
Minnesota-Duluth
Jan. 2: beat U.S. Under-18 Team 4-3 (OT) 7-7-3 Friday-Saturday: at Miami
20
Merrimack
Dec. 20: beat Canisius 4-1
Dec. 29: lost at Army West Point 3-2
Jan. 2: lost to Union 3-2
Jan. 3: lost at Dartmouth 3-0
7-7-5 Friday-Saturday: at Cornell