Congratulations to the men's basketball team and women's volleyball team who both were in the USPORTS Top 10 rankings this week. After opening the season 2-0 the men's basketball team moved up a spot to number 5 while the women's volleyball team catapults to number 3 in the country!
The full USPORTS release follows:
The UBC Thunderbirds and Brock Badgers begin the season as the top-ranked swimming and wrestling teams in the country.
Both Thunderbird swim teams sit atop the polls to begin their seasons. The UBC men look to capture their third U SPORTS gold in four seasons, while women attempt to claim their sixth U SPORTS gold in seven seasons.
Meanwhile, the wrestling season opens with the Badgers men at No.1 in the country, ready to chase after their fifth consecutive U SPORTS gold while the Brock women start the year in the top spot after claiming their sixth consecutive U SPORTS gold last spring.
This week’s rankings are also highlighted by a pair of changes at the top. In women’s basketball, Regina (2-0) takes over the pole position for the first time since the opening poll of last year, after opening the season with a weekend sweep of Manitoba. The Cougars are set to host the U SPORTS Women’s Basketball Final 8 Championship in March 2018.
Meanwhile, Montreal leap up to No.1 in women’s volleyball, after sweeping McGill 3-0 on the road and defeating Sherbrooke 3-0 at home over the weekend.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Carleton (men’s basketball), Alberta (men’s hockey), UBC (women’s hockey) and Trinity Western (men’s volleyball) and all remain national leaders for another week.
Men's basketball
|
Rank |
School |
Season |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
Carleton |
2-0 |
459 (45) |
1 |
|
2 |
Brock |
4-0 |
400 (1) |
2 |
|
3 |
Alberta |
4-0 |
357 |
3 |
|
4 |
Calgary |
4-0 |
330 |
5 |
|
5 |
Dalhousie |
2-0 |
266 |
6 |
|
6 |
McGill |
0-0 |
210 |
8 |
|
7 |
Ottawa |
2-0 |
166 |
9 |
|
8 |
UBC |
02-Feb |
165 |
4 |
|
9 |
Laurentian |
2-0 |
75 |
10 |
|
10 |
Ryerson |
01-Feb |
67 |
7 |
|
Other teams receiving votes: Acadia (18), Lethbridge (11) |
|
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Women's basketball
|
Rank |
School |
Season |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
Regina |
2-0 |
542 (36) |
2 |
|
2 |
Acadia |
2-0 |
484 (2) |
3 |
|
3 |
McGill |
0-1 |
445 (7) |
1 |
|
4 |
Carleton |
2-0 |
442 (1) |
4 |
|
5 |
Laval |
1-0 |
389 (1) |
6 |
|
6 |
Windsor |
3-0 |
329 |
7 |
|
7 |
McMaster |
2-1 |
242 |
5 |
|
8 |
Alberta |
3-1 |
222 |
9 |
|
9 |
Saskatchewan |
2-0 |
175 |
10 |
|
10 |
Queen’s |
3-0 |
168 |
NR |
|
Other teams receiving votes: Concordia (101), Ryerson (61) |
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Men's Hockey
|
Rank |
School |
Season |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
Alberta |
8-0-0 |
147 (12) |
1 |
|
2 |
UNB |
9-0-1 |
138 (3) |
2 |
|
3 |
Saskatchewan |
6-1-1 |
106 |
4 |
|
4 |
StFX |
8-0-2 |
104 |
3 |
|
5 |
McGill |
8-2-0 |
88 |
6 |
|
6 |
Acadia |
7-2-1 |
66 |
7 |
|
7 |
UQTR |
7-1-1 |
50 |
9 |
|
8 |
York |
7-2-0 |
44 |
5 |
|
9 |
Calgary |
4-1-3 |
39 |
8 |
|
10 |
Carleton |
6-1-1 |
23 |
NR |
|
Other teams receiving votes: Ryerson (9), Saint Mary's (7), Concordia (4), Queen's (2) |
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Women's hockey
|
Rank |
School |
Season |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
UBC |
6-2-0 |
40 |
1 |
|
2 |
Alberta |
5-1-2 |
36 |
2 |
|
3 |
Saint Mary's |
7-0-1 |
32 |
3 |
|
4 |
Concordia |
3-1-0 |
28 |
4 |
|
5 |
StFX |
5-0-1 |
23 |
5 |
|
6 |
Manitoba |
5-3-0 |
21 |
6 |
|
7 |
McGill |
0-3-0 |
14 |
7 |
|
8 |
Montreal |
2-0-2 |
10 |
9 |
|
9 |
Guelph |
3-3-0 |
7 |
8 |
|
10 |
Queen's |
6-0-1 |
5 |
10 |
Men's Swimming
|
Rank |
School |
Votes |
Previous |
|
1 |
UBC |
673 |
- |
|
2 |
Calgary |
612 |
- |
|
3 |
Montreal |
317 |
- |
|
4 |
Ottawa |
294 |
- |
|
5 |
McGill |
254 |
- |
|
6 |
Toronto |
253 |
- |
|
7 |
Laval |
129 |
- |
|
8 |
Sherbrooke |
89 |
- |
|
9 |
Manitoba |
75 |
- |
|
10 |
Victoria |
63 |
- |
|
Honourable mention: Laurentian (54), Dalhousie (45), Alberta (38), |
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Women's Swimming
|
Rank |
School |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
UBC |
846 |
- |
|
2 |
Montreal |
556 |
- |
|
3 |
Calgary |
332 |
- |
|
4 |
Toronto |
220 |
- |
|
5 |
McGill |
175 |
- |
|
6 |
Manitoba |
163 |
- |
|
7 |
Laval |
136 |
- |
|
8 |
Lethbridge |
93 |
- |
|
9 |
Ottawa |
92 |
- |
|
10 |
Alberta |
62 |
- |
|
Honourable mention: Victoria (61), Sherbrooke (42), UQTR (37), McMaster (37), |
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* Swimming Top 10 is calculated from individual event results by school. Rankings available at swimming.ca
Men's Volleyball
|
Rank |
Season |
School |
VRS # |
Previous |
|
1 |
Trinity Western |
4-0 |
2.2 |
1 |
|
2 |
Ryerson |
2-0 |
2 |
2 |
|
3 |
Manitoba |
1-3 |
1.5 |
3 |
|
4 |
Winnipeg |
6-0 |
1.3 |
4 |
|
5 |
Windsor |
2-0 |
1.2 |
5 |
|
6 |
Montreal |
4-0 |
1.1 |
6 |
|
7 |
Brandon |
5-1 |
1 |
7 |
|
8 |
Alberta |
4-0 |
0.7 |
8 |
|
9 |
Calgary |
4-2 |
0.6 |
9 |
|
10 |
UBC |
4-0 |
0.5 |
NR |
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 |
5-0 |
60 (4) |
3 |
|
2 |
Alberta |
3-1 |
53 |
1 |
|
3 |
Dalhousie |
3-0 |
52 |
5 |
|
4 |
UBC |
3-1 |
50 |
8 |
|
5 |
Mount Royal |
3-1 |
42 |
4 |
|
6 |
Calgary |
4-2 |
39 |
2 |
|
7 |
UBC Okanagan |
4-2 |
38 |
6 |
|
8 |
McMaster |
2-1 |
34 |
7 |
|
9 |
McGill |
3-1 |
21 |
9 |
|
10 |
Ryerson |
3-0 |
20 |
NR |
|
Other teams receiving votes: Laval (19), Brandon (14), Memorial (12), |
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Men's Wrestling
|
Rank |
School |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
Brock |
- |
- |
|
2 |
McMaster |
- |
- |
|
3 |
Alberta |
- |
- |
|
4 |
Guelph |
- |
- |
|
5 |
Fraser Valley |
- |
- |
|
6 |
Saskatchewan |
- |
- |
|
7 |
Calgary |
- |
- |
|
8 |
Concordia |
- |
- |
|
9 |
Regina |
- |
- |
|
10 |
Western |
- |
- |
Women's wrestling
|
Rank |
School |
Votes (pts) |
Previous |
|
1 |
Brock |
- |
- |
|
2 |
Calgary |
- |
- |
|
3 |
Alberta |
- |
- |
|
4 |
Regina |
- |
- |
|
5 |
Guelph |
- |
- |
|
6 |
Western |
- |
- |
|
7 |
Lakehead |
- |
- |
|
8 |
Saskatchewan |
- |
- |
|
9 |
McMaster |
- |
- |
|
10 |
UNB |
- |
- |
*Wrestling Top 10 will be calculated from individual weight class results by school beginning in Week 2