Congratulations to the women's volleyball team and men's basketball team for once again appearing in the USPORTS Top 10. Both teams held their rank from the previous week, meaning women stay at third in the country and men stay at fifth.
The full USPORTS release follows:
A trio of changes at the top highlight this week’s U SPORTS Top 10 rankings.
The Alberta Golden Bears, Alberta Pandas and UBC Thunderbirds are the new No.1-ranked teams in men’s wrestling, women’s hockey and women’s volleyball, respectively.
Alberta is ranked at the top of the men’s wrestling poll for the first time in two years, after Brock previously held the top spot for 22 consecutive weeks dating back to Week 1 of the 2015-16 season (Nov. 24, 2015).
Meanwhile, the Pandas women’s hockey team claimed No.1 in the country after a weekend road split at Lethbridge, taking over from UBC who lost back-to-back games at home to Saskatchewan.
In women’s volleyball, the defending U SPORTS champion Thunderbirds become the team to beat for the first time since they led the Top 10 throughout the entire 2013-14 season.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Carleton (men’s basketball), Regina (women’s basketball), UBC (men’s and women’s swimming), Alberta (men’s hockey), Trinity Western (men’s volleyball) and Brock (women’s wrestling) all remain national leaders for another week.
Men's Wrestling
|
Rank |
School |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
Alberta |
76 |
3 |
|
2 |
Brock |
69 |
1 |
|
3 |
Fraser Valley |
41 |
5 |
|
4 |
Saskatchewan |
37 |
6 |
|
5 |
Calgary |
36 |
7 |
|
6 |
McMaster |
29 |
2 |
|
7 |
Concordia |
28 |
8 |
|
8 |
Western |
25 |
10 |
|
9 |
Lakehead |
20 |
NR |
|
10 |
Guelph |
18 |
4 |
|
Honourable mention: Regina (15), New Brunswick (8), York (6), Memorial (6), |
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Women's wrestling
|
Rank |
School |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
Brock |
76 |
1 |
|
2 |
Alberta |
42 |
3 |
|
3 |
Regina |
37 |
4 |
|
4 |
Calgary |
29 |
2 |
|
5 |
Guelph |
24 |
5 |
|
6 |
Saskatchewan |
20 |
8 |
|
7 |
Concordia |
18* |
NR |
|
8 |
Lakehead |
18* |
7 |
|
9 |
Western |
17 |
6 |
|
10 |
Guelph |
14 |
5 |
|
Other teams receiving points: York (12), Algoma (3) |
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*Wrestling Top 10 is calculated from individual weight class results by school beginning. Concordia is ranked No. 7 over Lakehead thanks to a higher number of higher-ranked wrestlers
Men's Basketball
|
Rank |
School |
Season |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
Carleton |
4-0 |
469 (46) |
1 |
|
2 |
Brock |
6-0 |
410 (1) |
2 |
|
3 |
Alberta |
6-0 |
371 |
3 |
|
4 |
Calgary |
6-0 |
335 |
4 |
|
5 |
Dalhousie |
4-0 |
285 |
5 |
|
6 |
McGill |
1-0 |
240 |
6 |
|
7 |
UBC |
02-Apr |
163 |
8 |
|
8 |
Laurentian |
3-0 |
145 |
9 |
|
9 |
Ottawa |
01-Mar |
86 |
7 |
|
10 |
Ryerson |
02-Mar |
30 |
10 |
|
Other teams receiving votes: Lethbridge (25), Acadia (19) |
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Women's basketball
|
Rank |
School |
Season |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
Regina |
4-0 |
563 (46) |
1 |
|
2 |
Acadia |
4-0 |
513 |
2 |
|
3 |
McGill |
0-1 |
449 (1) |
3 |
|
4 |
Carleton |
4-0 |
442 |
4 |
|
5 |
Windsor |
4-0 |
378 |
6 |
|
6 |
Laval |
1-1 |
311 |
5 |
|
7 |
Alberta |
1-4 |
271 |
8 |
|
8 |
Saskatchewan |
4-0 |
230 |
9 |
|
9 |
McMaster |
2-3 |
181 |
7 |
|
10 |
Queen’s |
4-0 |
136 |
10 |
|
Other teams receiving votes: Concordia (129), Ryerson (45) |
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Men's Hockey
|
Rank |
School |
Season |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
Alberta |
10-0-0 |
149 (14) |
1 |
|
2 |
UNB |
11-0-1 |
136 (1) |
2 |
|
3 |
Saskatchewan |
8-01-01 |
118 |
3 |
|
4 |
StFX |
9-1-2 |
96 |
4 |
|
5 |
McGill |
10-2-0 |
92 |
5 |
|
6 |
Acadia |
8-3-1 |
55 |
6 |
|
7 |
York |
9-2-0 |
53 |
8 |
|
8 |
Carleton |
8-1-1 |
47 |
10 |
|
9 |
Saint Mary's |
8-3-1 |
33 |
NR |
|
10 |
Calgary |
5-2-3 |
23 |
9 |
|
Other teams receiving votes: Concordia (19), UQTR (2), Ryerson (1), Laurier (1) |
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Women's hockey
|
Rank |
School |
Season |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
Alberta |
6-2-2 |
40 |
2 |
|
2 |
Saint Mary's |
8-0-1 |
35 |
3 |
|
3 |
UBC |
6-4-0 |
33 |
1 |
|
4 |
Manitoba |
7-3-0 |
26 |
6 |
|
5 |
Concordia |
4-2-0 |
26 |
4 |
|
6 |
StFX |
7-1-2 |
19 |
5 |
|
7 |
Guelph |
5-3-0 |
12 |
9 |
|
8 |
Montreal |
3-0-3 |
9 |
8 |
|
9 |
McGill |
1-4-0 |
9 |
7 |
|
10 |
Queen's |
8-0-1 |
8 |
10 |
|
Other teams receiving votes: Saskatchewan (1) |
|
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Men's Swimming
|
Rank |
School |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
UBC |
894 |
1 |
|
2 |
Calgary |
464 |
2 |
|
3 |
Toronto |
355 |
6 |
|
4 |
Ottawa |
225 |
4 |
|
5 |
Victoria |
215 |
10 |
|
6 |
Montreal |
208 |
3 |
|
7 |
McGill |
157 |
5 |
|
8 |
Laval |
94 |
7 |
|
9 |
Sherbrooke |
91 |
8 |
|
10 |
Regina |
84 |
NR |
|
Honourable mention: Manitoba (51), Laurentian (45), Lethbridge (20), Alberta (18), |
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Women's Swimming
|
Rank |
School |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
UBC |
976 |
1 |
|
2 |
Montreal |
449 |
2 |
|
3 |
Toronto |
254 |
4 |
|
4 |
Calgary |
239 |
3 |
|
5 |
Victoria |
159 |
NR |
|
6 |
Manitoba |
148 |
6 |
|
T7 |
Laval |
135 |
7 |
|
T7 |
Regina |
135 |
NR |
|
9 |
McGill |
97 |
5 |
|
10 |
Lethbridge |
62 |
8 |
|
Honourable mention: McMaster (61), Ottawa (44), Sherbrooke (33), |
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* Swimming Top 10 is calculated from individual event results by school. Rankings available at swimming.ca
Men's volleyball
|
Rank |
School |
Season |
VRS # |
Previous |
|
1 |
Trinity Western |
5-1 |
+2.6 |
1 |
|
2 |
UBC |
6-0 |
+2.1 |
10 |
|
3 |
Brandon |
6-2 |
+1.8 |
7 |
|
4 |
Calgary |
5-3 |
+1.4 |
9 |
|
5 |
Ryerson |
4-0 |
+1.4 |
2 |
|
6 |
Alberta |
6-0 |
+1.4 |
8 |
|
7 |
Winnipeg |
7-1 |
+1.4 |
4 |
|
8 |
Laval |
4-1 |
+1.4 |
NR |
|
9 |
Montreal |
4-1 |
+1.3 |
6 |
|
10 |
McMaster |
4-1 |
+1.2 |
NR |
|
Honourable mention: Manitoba (+0.4), UBC Okanagan (+0.1), |
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Note: Men’s volleyball Top 10 is determined by the Volleyball Ranking System (VRS). Teams are ranked via the VRS #, their average sets won differential.
Rankings available here.
Women's volleyball
|
Rank |
School |
Season |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
UBC |
5-1 |
58 (3) |
4 |
|
2 |
Montreal |
6-1 |
56 (1) |
1 |
|
3 |
Dalhousie |
5-0 |
54 |
3 |
|
4 |
Alberta |
4-1 |
45 |
2 |
|
5 |
UBC Okanagan |
6-2 |
44 |
7 |
|
6 |
Calgary |
6-2 |
42 |
6 |
|
7 |
McMaster |
4-1 |
35 |
8 |
|
8 |
Mount Royal |
4-2 |
33 |
5 |
|
9 |
Ryerson |
5-0 |
24 |
10 |
|
10 |
McGill |
5-1 |
22 |
9 |
|
Other teams receiving votes: Laval (22), Toronto (11), |
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