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Victor Findlay's Tuesday Morning Skate
After just one week, the Concordia Stingers are the new team to beat in the nation in women’s hockey.
The Stingers, who find themselves in the pole position for the first time since the program's national championship teams of 1998 and 1999, take over top spot after defending national champion Manitoba (2-2-0) was swept over the weekend by then-ranked No.8 Alberta (3-0-1), in a battle of the last two U SPORTS champions. Concordia drops the puck on its season on Sunday visiting Ottawa.
Meanwhile, the Trinity Western Spartans are back in top spot in women’s soccer after back-to-back home wins over then-No.9 Alberta and Mount Royal. The Spartans (11-1-0) wrap up the regular season this weekend with a road trip to UBC and Victoria.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Guelph (men’s cross country), Queen’s (women’s cross country), UBC (men’s soccer), Ottawa (women’s rugby) and UNB (men’s hockey) remain national leaders for another week.
New this season, U SPORTS is implementing the ELO Rating System for the calculation of its weekly national rankings. Powered by RankR, ELO’s unique algorithm blends a statistical calculation with customized variables that is adaptable across a range of sports. For football and men’s hockey, it will be combined with the results of the media panel balloting (each weighted 50%) to produce the final top 10. For more information, click here.
Men's Cross Country
| Rank | School | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Guelph | 100 | 1 |
| 2 | Calgary | 85 | 3 |
| 3 | McMaster | 80 | 2 |
| 4 | Laval | 70 | 4 |
| 5 | UBC | 52 | 7 |
| 6 | Western | 44 | 5 |
| 7 | Victoria | 37 | 8 |
| 8 | Queen’s | 34 | 6 |
| 9 | Windsor | 15 | NR |
| 10 | Trinity Western | 14 | NR |
| Other teams receiving votes: StFX (13), Toronto (5), Regina (3), Manitoba (2), Dalhousie (1), Waterloo (1) |
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Women's Cross Country
| Rank | School | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Queen’s | 95 | 1 |
| T2 | Guelph | 84 | 2 |
| T2 | Laval | 84 | 3 |
| 4 | Dalhousie | 55 | NR |
| 5 | Western | 47 | 6 |
| 6 | Toronto | 45 | 4 |
| 7 | Calgary | 35 | 7 |
| 8 | Victoria | 35 | 5 |
| 9 | McGill | 29 | 8 |
| 10 | UBC | 20 | 10 |
| Other teams receiving votes: McMaster (17), Trinity Western (4), Wilfrid Laurier (2), Laurentian (2), Alberta (2), Saskatchewan (1) |
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Men's Hockey
| Rank | School | Season | Media | ELO | Total | Previous |
| 1 | UNB | 4-0-0 | 143 (9) | 140 | 283 | 1 |
| 2 | Saskatchewan | 3-1-0 | 118 | 112 | 230 | 3 |
| 3 | Alberta | 2-2-0 | 98 (1) | 126 | 224 | 2 |
| 4 | Saint Mary’s | 5-0-0 | 132 (5) | 70 | 202 | 4 |
| 5 | Queen's | 3-0-0 | 68 | 84 | 152 | 6 |
| 6 | Ottawa | 2-0-0 | 30 | 98 | 128 | 9 |
| 7 | UBC | 4-0-0 | 66 | 28 | 94 | NR |
| 8 | McGill | 2-1-1 | 37 | 56 | 93 | 5 |
| 9 | Ryerson | 3-0-0 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 8 |
| 10 | Brock | 2-0-0 | 3 | 42 | 45 | NR |
| Honourable mention: StFX (20), Windsor (18), Acadia (12), Calgary (7), Manitoba (6), Moncton (3), RMC (3), Mount Royal (2), UOIT (2) |
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Women's hockey
| Rank | School | Season | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Concordia | 0-0-0 | 38 (2) | 2 |
| 2 | Manitoba | 2-2-0 | 37 (2) | 1 |
| 3 | Montreal | 0-0-0 | 33 | 3 |
| 4 | Alberta | 3-1-0 | 23* | 8 |
| 5 | StFX | 1-0-1 | 23* | 4 |
| 6 | Saint Mary's | 2-0-0 | 21 | 6 |
| 7 | Western | 0-0-0 | 17 | 5 |
| 8 | Saskatchewan | 3-1-0 | 14 | 7 |
| 9 | Nipissing | 2-0-0 | 7* | 10 |
| 10 | McGill | 0-0-0 | 7* | 9 |
| Other teams receiving votes: None | ||||
Women's Rugby
| Rank | School | Season | Playoff | ELO | Previous |
| 1 | Ottawa | 7-0 | 0-0 | 1899.9 | 1 |
| 2 | StFX | 6-0 | 0-0 | 1824.4 | 2 |
| 3 | Laval | 6-1 | 0-0 | 1806.0 | 4 |
| 4 | Guelph | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1801.9 | 3 |
| 5 | Queen's | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1763.0 | 6 |
| 6 | Carleton | 5-2 | 0-0 | 1659.6 | 7 |
| 7 | Calgary | 5-1 | 0-0 | 1658.8 | 5 |
| 8 | Acadia | 4-2 | 0-0 | 1632.8 | 8 |
| 9 | Victoria | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1601.0 | 10 |
| 10 | McMaster | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1569.0 | 9 |
| Honourable Mention: Sherbrooke (1557.1) | |||||
Men's Soccer
| Rank | School | Season | ELO | Previous |
| 1 | UBC | 12-0-2 | 1811.3 | 1 |
| 2 | Cape Breton | 7-0-2 | 1808.9 | 2 |
| 3 | York | 11-0-3 | 1805.4 | 3 |
| 4 | Carleton | 12-1-1 | 1767.9 | 4 |
| 5 | Ryerson | 12-1-1 | 1754.6 | 6 |
| 6 | Alberta | 11-0-2 | 1724.4 | 8 |
| 7 | Montreal | 8-2-1 | 1698.9 | 5 |
| 8 | Trinity Western | 8-2-4 | 1677.4 | 9 |
| 9 | Guelph | 9-3-2 | 1671.6 | 7 |
| 10 | McMaster | 7-3-4 | 1648.3 | NR |
| Honourable Mention: Toronto (1642.3), UNB (1637.6), StFX (1626.0), Laval (1612.6), UQAM (1602.5), Dalhousie (1598.9), Western (1550.08), Acadia (1546.63), Thompson Rivers (1543.95), UQTR (1523.48), Queen's (1522.94), UFV (1522.44), UNBC (1519.64), McGill (1510.11), Calgary (1500.84) |
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Women's soccer
| Rank | School | Season | ELO | Previous |
| 1 | Trinity Western | 11-1-0 | 1818.4 | 2 |
| 2 | Montreal | 8-0-4 | 1768.4 | 1 |
| 3 | Ottawa | 12-1-1 | 1759.5 | 5 |
| 4 | UBC | 10-2-0 | 1750.8 | 6 |
| 5 | Cape Breton | 7-1-1 | 1750.5 | 3 |
| 6 | Calgary | 11-1-0 | 1722.8 | NR |
| 7 | Western | 9-0-5 | 1706.2 | 7 |
| 8 | Laval | 7-2-3 | 1705.9 | 4 |
| 9 | Acadia | 8-0-1 | 1702.4 | 10 |
| 10 | Queen's | 8-2-4 | 1677.5 | 8 |
| Honourable Mention: Guelph (1677.1), Alberta (1656.0), Victoria (1616.6), UOIT (1609.9), MacEwan (1593.3), Memorial (1589.8), York (1582.5), McMaster (1558.0), Nipissing (1556.7), StFX (1554.8), McGill (1547.7), UQTR (1528.5), Dalhousie (1528.3), Carleton (1528.11), UQAM (1515.17), Manitoba (1507.7), UFV (1506.76), Laurentian (1503.57) |
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