Rankings roundup: How the top 20 fared, March 3-5

Denver beat Omaha 4-2 Friday night at Baxter Arena. (Photo by Michelle Bishop) (Michelle Bishop)
Top-ranked Denver took both games from Omaha over the weekend on the road at Baxter Arena (photo: Michelle Bishop).

Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 27 fared over the March 3-5 weekend.

No. 1 Denver – swept Omaha

No. 2 Harvard – was idle

No. 3 Minnesota Duluth – split with No. 8 Western Michigan

No. 4 UMass Lowell – was idle

No. 5 Minnesota – split with Michigan

No. 6 Union – was idle

No. 7 Boston University – was idle

No. 8 Western Michigan – split with No. 3 Minnesota Duluth

No. 9 Cornell – was idle

No. 10 Providence – swept Massachusetts in Hockey East first round

No. 11 Penn State – split with No. 16 Wisconsin

No. 12 Notre Dame – was idle

No. 13 Ohio State – split with Michigan State

No. 14 Vermont – swept Maine in Hockey East first round

No. 15 North Dakota – swept Miami

No. 16 Wisconsin – split with Penn State

No. 17 Boston College – was idle

No. 18 Air Force – was idle

No. 19 St. Cloud State – split with Colorado College

No. 20 St. Lawrence – was idle