Congratulations to the women’s volleyball team who found themselves rising in the Top 10 this week as they come in at fourth in the country. They join men and women’s swimming and men’s basketball in the final top 10 rankings of the fall.
The full USPORTS release follows:
In the penultimate Top 10 rankings for the 2017 fall season, all national leaders continue to lead their respective sports.
Acadia (7-0) maintains their position at No.1 in women’s basketball for the first time after defeating UPEI 84-63 on the road, while Alberta (9-2-3) hangs on to the pole position in women’s hockey after splitting a pair of 3-2 overtime contests at No. 2 UBC.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Carleton (men’s basketball), Alberta (men’s hockey and men’s wrestling), UBC (men’s and women’s swimming), Trinity Western (men’s volleyball), Montreal (women’s volleyball) and Brock (women’s wrestling) all remain national leaders for another week.
Men's basketball
RANK |
SCHOOL |
SEASON |
VOTES (PTS) |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
Carleton |
8-0 |
459 (45) |
1 |
2 |
Brock |
9-0 |
410 (1) |
2 |
3 |
Alberta |
8-0 |
367 |
3 |
4 |
Calgary |
7-1 |
315 |
4 |
5 |
UBC |
8-2 |
268 |
5 |
6 |
McGill |
3-1 |
216 |
6 |
7 |
Laurentian |
6-1 |
187 |
7 |
8 |
Dalhousie |
5-2 |
118 |
8 |
9 |
Ottawa |
6-2 |
104 |
9 |
10 |
Ryerson |
6-2 |
40 |
NR |
Other teams receiving votes: Acadia (32), Regina (6) |
Women's basketball
RANK |
SCHOOL |
SEASON |
VOTES (PTS) |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
Acadia |
7-0 |
555 (38) |
1 |
2 |
McGill |
3-1 |
507 (3) |
2 |
3 |
Regina |
7-1 |
470 (1) |
3 |
4 |
Carleton |
8-0 |
442 (5) |
4 |
5 |
Saskatchewan |
8-0 |
373 |
6 |
6 |
Laval |
2-2 |
294 |
8 |
7 |
Windsor |
6-2 |
285 |
5 |
8 |
McMaster |
6-2 |
217 |
9 |
9 |
Concordia |
3-1 |
172 |
10 |
10 |
Alberta |
5-3 |
141 |
7 |
Other teams receiving votes: Queen’s (120), Ryerson (70) |
Men's Hockey
RANK |
SCHOOL |
SEASON |
VOTES (PTS) |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
Alberta |
13-1-0 |
148 (13) |
1 |
2 |
UNB |
14-0-2 |
136 (2) |
2 |
3 |
Saskatchewan |
11-2-1 |
114 |
3 |
4 |
StFX |
13-1-2 |
108 |
4 |
5 |
McGill |
13-3-0 |
85 |
5 |
6 |
Saint Mary's |
11-4-1 |
67 |
6 |
7 |
Acadia |
10-5-1 |
52 |
7 |
8 |
UQTR |
10-2-3 |
32 |
10 |
9 |
Guelph |
10-3-1 |
29 |
NR |
10 |
Concordia |
10-2-2 |
23 |
NR |
Other teams receiving votes: York (16), Calgary (11), Laurier (2), Carleton (1), RMC (1) |
Women's hockey
RANK |
SCHOOL |
SEASON |
VOTES (PTS) |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
Alberta |
9-2-3 |
40 |
1 |
2 |
UBC |
9-4-1 |
35 |
2 |
3 |
Saint Mary's |
10-3-1 |
29 |
3 |
4 |
Manitoba |
11-3-0 |
29 |
4 |
5 |
StFX |
11-1-2 |
25 |
5 |
6 |
Concordia |
6-3-0 |
21 |
6 |
7 |
Guelph |
8-4-0 |
16 |
7 |
8 |
Queen's |
11-0-1 |
12 |
8 |
9 |
Brock |
9-2-1 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
Montreal |
5-1-4 |
6 |
NR |
Other teams receiving votes: McGill (1) |
Men's swimming
RANK |
SCHOOL |
VOTES (PTS) |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
UBC |
826 |
1 |
2 |
Calgary |
504 |
2 |
3 |
Toronto |
330 |
3 |
4 |
Victoria |
202 |
5 |
5 |
Montreal |
177 |
6 |
6 |
Ottawa |
155 |
4 |
7 |
McGill |
148 |
8 |
8 |
Regina |
127 |
NR |
9 |
Dalhousie |
82 |
7 |
10 |
Sherbrooke |
61 |
10 |
Honourable mention: Alberta (57), Lethbridge (50), Acadia (48), Laval (39), |
Women's swimming
RANK |
SCHOOL |
VOTES (PTS) |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
UBC |
889 |
1 |
2 |
Montreal |
384 |
2 |
3 |
Toronto |
347 |
4 |
4 |
Calgary |
198 |
3 |
5 |
Manitoba |
154 |
7 |
6 |
Regina |
151 |
9 |
7 |
Victoria |
147 |
6 |
8 |
McMaster |
80 |
NR |
9 |
Dalhousie |
78 |
5 |
10 |
McGill |
64 |
NR |
Honourable mention: Laval (63), Western (59), Lethbridge (58), Memorial (50), |
* Swimming Top 10 is calculated from individual event results by school.
Men's Volleyball
RANK |
SCHOOL |
SEASON |
VRS# |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
Trinity Western |
9-1 |
2.86 |
1 |
2 |
UBC |
9-1 |
1.8 |
2 |
3 |
Brandon |
8-2 |
1.79 |
3 |
4 |
Laval |
4-1 |
1.62 |
6 |
5 |
Calgary |
7-3 |
1.61 |
5 |
6 |
Alberta |
7-3 |
1.52 |
4 |
7 |
Winnipeg |
9-1 |
1.4 |
7 |
8 |
Montreal |
5-1 |
1.39 |
8 |
9 |
McMaster |
6-1 |
0.95 |
9 |
10 |
Manitoba |
4-6 |
0.55 |
NR |
Honourable mention: Ryerson (+0.50), Saskatchewan (+0.26), UBC Okanagan (+0.23) |
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 |
Montreal |
8-1 |
60 (4) |
1 |
2 |
UBC |
8-2 |
56 |
2 |
3 |
UBC Okanagan |
8-2 |
51 |
4 |
4 |
Dalhousie |
8-1 |
49 |
5 |
5 |
Calgary |
8-2 |
44 |
6 |
6 |
McMaster |
6-1 |
40 |
7 |
7 |
Ryerson |
8-0 |
34 |
8 |
8 |
Alberta |
5-5 |
29 |
3 |
9 |
McGill |
8-2 |
28 |
10 |
10 |
Trinity Western |
7-3 |
27 |
NR |
Other teams receiving votes: Laval (21), Acadia (10), Toronto 10), Mount Royal (5), Regina (5) |
Men's Wrestling
RANK |
SCHOOL |
VOTES (PTS) |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
Alberta |
73 |
1 |
2 |
Brock |
65 |
2 |
3 |
Fraser Valley |
41 |
3 |
4 |
Saskatchewan |
36 |
4 |
5 |
Western |
33 |
6 |
6 |
Calgary |
30 |
5 |
7 |
Concordia |
26 |
8 |
8 |
McMaster |
26 |
7 |
9 |
Regina |
23 |
10 |
10 |
Guelph |
23 |
9 |
Honourable mention: Lakehead (20), Algoma (7), York (7), Memorial (6), UNB (5), Toronto (3) Individual rankings available here |
Women's wrestling
RANK |
SCHOOL |
VOTES (PTS) |
PREVIOUS |
1 |
Brock |
47 |
1 |
2 |
Alberta |
40 |
3 |
3 |
Calgary |
37 |
2 |
4 |
Regina |
34 |
4 |
5 |
Saskatchewan |
26 |
6 |
6 |
Guelph |
24 |
5 |
7 |
Concordia |
17 |
7 |
8 |
York |
17 |
9 |
9 |
Western |
17 |
8 |
10 |
Lakehead |
14 |
10 |
Honourable mention: McMaster (12), Fraser Valley (8), Algoma (5), Toronto (2), Ryerson (1) |
*Wrestling Top 10 is calculated from individual weight class results by school
Individual rankings available here