Nobody would blame the newly crowned No. 1 Penn State ACHA Division I Icers if they looked past their next two opponents.

After all, the Icers did spend the last few weeks trading blows with two ACHA heavyweights and came out at the peak of the national rankings for the first time in over a year and claimed the top spot at the upcoming national tournament in Youngstown, Ohio.

Although the hoopla will be lacking, the Icers hope the intensity from previous weekends will still be there when they travel to Michigan for the final road trip of the regular season. Penn State will face Davenport, an ACHA Division II powerhouse, at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon in Grand Rapids, and No. 10 Oakland at 2:40 Sunday afternoon in Lapeer.

And, no matter what happens this weekend, there is no way Penn State can lose its No. 1 ranking and seed.

But just because the Icers (26-6-0, 24-4-0 ACHA) have nothing to lose tournament-wise doesn't mean they have nothing to lose.

"We don't want to get embarrassed by a team that shouldn't embarrass us. We don't want to take any team lightly," sophomore defenseman Andrew Magulick said. "Plus, they're not going to be easy teams."

Davenport (26-4-3) is currently ranked first in the Central Region and has knocked off several ACHA Division I teams currently ranked in the top 10. Also, the Panthers have won 12 of 13 games.

On the other hand, Oakland (15-12-2) was a two-time defending Division II champion before jumping to Division I this season. Behind leading scorer Will McMahon's 33 goals, the Grizzlies qualified for March's national tournament in their first year of eligibility and captured the No. 11 seed.

Both teams look to be good tune-ups for the Icers, who are still looking to get better despite eight victories in their last 10 games.

"If you look at the trend over the last two, three or four weekends, we've smoked a team one night and then lost or had a rough time the next night," Magulick said. "Going into the tournament, you can't have an off-night.

"Our weakness right now is coming out one night and being amazing, and then the next night not being the same team that we were before. That's a problem that we are going to have to fix if we want to win a national championship."

Penn State's inconsistency has been prevalent in its last four series against Pittsburgh, Duquesne, Rhode Island and Ohio.

Against the Panthers, Dukes and Rams, the Icers were a perfect 3-0 and outscored their opponents 19-1 on Friday night. However, in Saturday's rematches, they were taken to two shootouts, went 2-1 and narrowly edged their opponents in total goals, 8-7.

Last weekend, Penn State dropped the Friday night game against Ohio but rebounded on Saturday in the second meeting, earning the split.

The Icers will look for the remedy to this unwanted trend, as well as improvements in several other areas before the national tournament, which is less than three weeks away.

"We want to go out there and win every single game," sophomore goaltender Nick Signet said. "The thought that we have the No. 1 seed is nice, but at the same time it's just a ranking and we have to move on to win our last three games before nationals."