Rankings roundup: How the top 20 fared, March 10-12

The Boston College Eagles defeated the University of Vermont Catamounts 7-4 on Saturday, March 11, 2017, at Kelley Rink to sweep their Hockey East quarterfinal series. (Melissa Wade)
Boston College Vermont 7-4 on Saturday at Kelley Rink to sweep their Hockey East quarterfinal series (photo: Melissa Wade).

Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of March 6 fared over the March 10-12 weekend.

No. 1 Denver – swept Colorado College in NCHC quarterfinals

No. 2 Harvard – swept Yale in ECAC Hockey quarterfinals

No. 3 Minnesota Duluth – swept Miami in NCHC quarterfinals

No. 4 UMass Lowell – defeated New Hampshire in three games in Hockey East quarterfinals

No. 5 Minnesota – defeated, tied Michigan State

No. 6 Union – swept Princeton in ECAC Hockey quarterfinals

No. 7 Western Michigan – defeated Omaha in three games in NCHC quarterfinals

No. 8 Boston University – swept Northeastern in Hockey East quarterfinals

No. 9 Cornell – defeated Clarkson in three games in ECAC Hockey quarterfinals

No. 10 Providence – swept by No. 12 Notre Dame in Hockey East quarterfinals

No. 11 Penn State – swept by Michigan

No. 12 Notre Dame – swept No. 10 Providence in Hockey East quarterfinals

No. 13 Vermont – swept by No. 17 Boston College in Hockey East quarterfinals

No. 14 North Dakota – swept No. 20 St. Cloud State in NCHC quarterfinals

No. 15 Ohio State – swept No. 16 Wisconsin

No. 16 Wisconsin – swept by No. 15 Ohio State

No. 17 Boston College – swept No. 13 Vermont in Hockey East quarterfinals

No. 18 Air Force – swept Bentley in Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals

No. 19 St. Lawrence – lost in three games to Quinnipiac in ECAC Hockey quarterfinals

No. 20 St. Cloud State – swept by No. 14 North Dakota in NCHC quarterfinals