Corporate
The StFX X-Women (women’s rugby), Cape Breton Capers (Men’s Soccer) and Ottawa Gee-Gees (women’s soccer) maintain their No.1 positions in this week’s Top 10 Tuesday rankings.
Click here for this week’s Football Top 10 rankings.
The X-Women opened defence of their AUS and U SPORTS titles with a 73-5 victory over the UPEI Panthers in head coach Mike Cavanagh’s 100th career win. StFX hosts Saint Mary’s in its home opener Saturday.
On the soccer pitch, the Capers and Gee-Gees both went undefeated on the weekend. Cape Breton began their quest for a fourth straight conference title with 2-1 and 1-0 victories over UNB and UPEI respectively, while Ottawa drew Toronto 1-1 before defeating Trent 3-0 on the road.
The Capers visit Dalhousie and Mount Allison this weekend, and the Gee-Gees host Laurentian and Nipissing.
Top 10 rankings will begin in men’s and women’s cross country next Tuesday, Sept. 17.
For the second straight season, U SPORTS is using 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 more information, click here.
WOMEN’S RUGBY
Rank | School | Regular Season Record | ELO | Previous Ranking |
1 | StFX | 1-0-0 | 1717.03 | 1 |
2 | Laval | 2-0-0 | 1703.04 | 3 |
3 | Queen’s | 2-0-0 | 1675.75 | 5 |
4 | Guelph | 1-0-0 | 1673.79 | 2 |
5 | Ottawa | 0-1-1 | 1598.71 | 4 |
6 | Acadia | 1-0-0 | 1579.39 | 8 |
7 | Victoria | 1-0-0 | 1579.03 | 6 |
8 | Sherbrooke | 1-0-0 | 1556.21 | 9 |
9 | Calgary | 1-1-0 | 1551.92 | 7 |
10 | Lethbridge | 1-0-0 | 1547.13 | 10 |
MEN’S SOCCER
Rank | School | Regular Season Record | ELO | Previous Ranking |
1 | Cape Breton | 2-0-0 | 1778.15 | 1 |
2 | Montreal | 2-0-0 | 1773.06 | 2 |
3 | Carleton | 4-0-0 | 1740.26 | 3 |
4 | York | 2-0-1 | 1725.24 | 4 |
5 | Ryerson | 4-0-0 | 1679.49 | 5 |
6 | UBC | 2-1-1 | 1649.38 | 6 |
7 | Toronto | 3-0-0 | 1621.36 | 9 |
8 | McMaster | 2-1-1 | 1612.83 | NR |
9 | UNB | 1-1-0 | 1612.00 | NR |
10 | UQAM | 2-1-0 | 1609.21 | NR |
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Rank | School | Regular Season Record | ELO | Previous Ranking |
1 | Ottawa | 3-0-1 | 1786.63 | 1 |
2 | Cape Breton | 2-0-0 | 1752.56 | 3 |
3 | Trinity Western | 1-0-1 | 1747.91 | 2 |
4 | Montreal | 2-0-1 | 1708.52 | 4 |
5 | Laval | 2-0-1 | 1695.69 | 5 |
6 | Guelph | 3-0-1 | 1646.36 | 6 |
7 | Calgary | 1-0-1 | 1644.90 | 7 |
8 | Western | 4-0-0 | 1635.96 | NR |
9 | Acadia | 1-0-0 | 1627.03 | NR |
10 | UBC | 0-0-2 | 1623.53 | 9 |