Rankings roundup: How the top 20 teams fared, Dec. 6-8

Patrick Newell (SCSU-14) 2018 December 8 St.Cloud State University hosts University of Nebraska Omaha in a NCHC contest at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (Bradley K. Olson)
Patrick Newell and St. Cloud State swept Omaha this past weekend on home ice (photo: Bradley K. Olson).

Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Dec. 3 fared over the Dec. 6-8 weekend.

No. 1 Massachusetts (13-2-0)
12/07/2018 – No. 1 Massachusetts 0 at No. 8 Quinnipiac 4
12/08/2018 – No. 8 Quinnipiac 1 at No. 1 Massachusetts 3

No. 2 St. Cloud State (13-1-2)
12/07/2018 – Omaha 0 at No. 2 St. Cloud State 2
12/08/2018 – Omaha 1 at No. 2 St. Cloud State 7

No. 3 Minnesota State (14-2-0)
12/07/2018 – Alaska Anchorage 1 at No. 3 Minnesota State 4
12/08/2018 – Alaska Anchorage 0 at No. 3 Minnesota State 6

No. 4 Minnesota Duluth (10-4-2)
12/07/2018 – No. 4 Minnesota Duluth 2 at RV Western Michigan 3
12/08/2018 – No. 4 Minnesota Duluth 1 at RV Western Michigan 1 (OT)

No. 5 Notre Dame (11-5-1)
12/07/2018 – No. 5 Notre Dame 5 at No. 9 Penn State 4
12/08/2018 – No. 5 Notre Dame 1 at No. 9 Penn State 9

No. 6 Denver (8-4-2)
12/07/2018 – No. 6 Denver 1 at No. 14 North Dakota 4
12/08/2018 – No. 6 Denver 2 at No. 14 North Dakota 1 ot

No. 7 Ohio State (9-4-3)
Did not play.

No. 8 Quinnipiac (14-3-0)
12/07/2018 – No. 1 Massachusetts 0 at No. 8 Quinnipiac 4
12/08/2018 – No. 8 Quinnipiac 1 at No. 1 Massachusetts 3

No. 9 Penn State (11-5-1)
12/07/2018 – No. 5 Notre Dame 5 at No. 9 Penn State 4
12/08/2018 – No. 5 Notre Dame 1 at No. 9 Penn State 9

No. 10 Providence (9-4-3)
12/07/2018 – No. 10 Providence 6 at Merrimack 0

No. 11 Union (8-4-3)
12/07/2018 – No. 11 Union 3 at Brown 3 (OT)
12/08/2018 – No. 11 Union 0 at RV Yale 3

No. 12 Bowling Green (11-3-3)
12/07/2018 – No. 12 Bowling Green 3 at Ferris State 3 (OT)
12/08/2018 – No. 12 Bowling Green 4 at Ferris State 3 (OT)

No. 13 Northeastern (10-3-1)
12/08/2018 – No. 13 Northeastern 7 at Merrimack 2

No. 14 North Dakota (9-7-1)
12/07/2018 – No. 6 Denver 1 at No. 14 North Dakota 4
12/08/2018 – No. 6 Denver 2 at No. 14 North Dakota 1 (OT)

No. 15 Michigan (6-7-4)
12/07/2018 – RV Minnesota 2 at No. 15 Michigan 2 (OT)
12/08/2018 – RV Minnesota 4 at No. 15 Michigan 3

No. 16 Clarkson (9-6-0)
12/07/2018 – No. 16 Clarkson 2 at St. Lawrence 4
12/08/2018 – St. Lawrence 0 at No. 16 Clarkson 3

No. 17 Miami (9-6-3)
Did not play.

No. 18 Cornell (6-5-0)
Did not play.

No. 19 Arizona State (12-6-0)
12/07/2018 – No. 19 Arizona State 4 at RV Princeton 0
12/08/2018 – No. 19 Arizona State 3 at RV Princeton 2 (OT)

No. 20 Michigan Tech (9-6-1)
12/07/2018 – No. 20 Michigan Tech 3 at Northern Michigan 5
12/08/2018 – Northern Michigan 1 at No. 20 Michigan Tech 3

RV = Received votes