Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Oct. 15 fared over the Oct. 19-20 weekend.
No. 1 Ohio State – split with Massachusetts
No. 2 Notre Dame – swept Omaha
No. 3 Minnesota Duluth – swept Maine
No. 4 St. Cloud State – swept Northern Michigan
No. 5 Providence – defeated Connecticut, tied Sacred Heart
No. 6 Minnesota – defeated Trinity Western (exhibition)
No. 7 Minnesota State – split with No. 16 North Dakota
No. 8 Cornell – defeated Guelph (exhibition, Oct. 21)
No. 9 Denver – defeated, tied Alaska
No. 10 Penn State – swept Niagara
No. 11 Michigan – split with No. 19 Western Michigan
No. 12 Northeastern – swept by No. 20 Union
No. 13 Boston University – defeated U.S. NTDP Under-18 Team (exhibition), lost to Merrimack
No. 14 Princeton – did not play
No. 15 Wisconsin – lost to Clarkson, defeated St. Lawrence
No. 16 North Dakota – split with No. 7 Minnesota State
No. 17 Bowling Green – did not play
No. 18 Boston College – lost to Quinnipiac
No. 19 Western Michigan – split with No. 11 Michigan
No. 20 Union – swept No. 12 Northeastern