Corporate
Top 10 Tuesday: X marks the (No.1) spot in women’s rugby
The Alberta Golden Bears (men) and Laval Rouge et Or (women) remain the teams to beat following the second week of the U SPORTS soccer season.
On the men’s side, Ajeej Sakaria and Ajay Khabra each scored twice as Alberta went undefeated over the weekend. The Golden Bears drew Lethbridge 1-1 Saturday before beating Saskatchewan 4-1 at home on Sunday. Alberta visits Fraser Valley on Friday (9 p.m.ET/6 p.m. PT) and UNBC on Sunday (2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT).
In women’s action, Marie-Mychèle Métivier and Kim Tremblay found the back of net under 10 minutes apart in the second half, as Laval began defence of its national banner with a 2-0 win at home Friday against Bishop’s. The Rouge et Or host UQTR this Friday (6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT).
Note: Due to thunderstorms in Southern Ontario on Monday night, and the late finish of the Windsor/Toronto and Guelph/Western Week 2 football games, the FRC-U SPORTS Football Top 10 will be announced on Wednesday morning, Sept. 6
Top 10 rankings for women’s rugby will begin next Tuesday, Sept. 12.
Top 10 Tuesday Rankings – Sept. 5, 2017
| Rank | School | Season | Votes (pts) | Previous |
| 1 | Alberta | (3-0-1) | 60 | 1 |
| 2 | UQAM | (1-0-0) | 51 | 2 |
| 3 | Guelph | (3-0-1) | 47 | 3 |
| 4 | UBC | (3-0-1) | 42 | 5 |
| 5 | Cape Breton | (0-0-0) | 33 | 4 |
| 6 | Toronto | (3-0-1) | 30 | 8 |
| 7 | Ryerson | (3-0-1) | 29 | 9 |
| 8 | Acadia | (0-0-0) | 6 | 7 |
| 9 | McMaster | (3-1-0) | 6 | NR |
| 10 | Montreal | (1-0-0) | 6 | NR |
| Other teams receiving votes: Western (5), UQTR (4), Saskatchewan (2), UBC Okanagan (2), Carleton (1), UPEI (1), York (1) | ||||
Women's Soccer
| Rank | School | season | Votes (pts) | Previous |
| 1 | Laval | (1-0-0) | 60 | 1 |
| 2 | UOIT | (3-0-0) | 52 | |
| 3 | Trinity Western | (0-0-0) | 44 | |
| 4 | UBC | (0-1-0) | 38 | |
| 5 | Queen's | (2-0-0) | 34 | |
| 6 | Montreal | (0-0-1) | 27 | |
| 7 | Calgary | (0-0-0) | 24 | |
| 8 | Cape Breton | (0-0-0) | 11 | |
| 9 | Victoria | (1-0-0) | 11 | |
| 10 | Ottawa | (3-1-0) | 9 | |
| Other teams receiving votes: Acadia (7), Guelph (6), Memorial (3), Alberta (2), Western (2) | ||||