Women’s Basketball
Getting to know your U SPORTS student-athletes: Alexandria Kiss-Rusk, McGill Martlets
The Montreal Carabins are the new No.1 women’s volleyball team in the nation as all eyes turn towards the playoffs.
The Carabins (18-2) jumped back into top spot after wrapping up the regular season with 3-1 and 3-0 victories over Sherbrooke and Ottawa. Montreal will have home court advantage this weekend in a best-of-three RSEQ semifinal against UQAM.
On the track, the Guelph Gryphons women have also reclaimed top spot in the rankings after dropping to No. 2 last week following last chance events at home and at the Hal Brown meet hosted by the Toronto Varsity Blues. The Gryphons head to Windsor this weekend for the OUA Championships.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Carleton (men’s and women’s basketball), UNB (men’s hockey) Manitoba (women’s Hockey), Trinity Western (men’s volleyball), and Guelph (men’s track and field), all remain national leaders for another week.
Notes: The final rankings of the season for men’s and women’s basketball and track and field will be published next Tuesday, Feb. 27.
The U SPORTS #CHAMPSZN gets underway this week with swimming at the University of Toronto (Feb. 22-24) and wrestling at Algoma University (Feb. 23-24) in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Men's basketball
| Rank | School | Season | Playoffs | Votes (pts) | Previous |
| 1 | Carleton | 23-0 | 0-0 | 470 (47) | 1 |
| 2 | Alberta | 19-1 | 2-0 | 417 | 3 |
| 3 | Brock | 21-3 | 0-0 | 349 | 2 |
| 4 | UBC | 17-3 | 2-0 | 341 | 4 |
| 5 | Calgary | 16-4 | 2-0 | 299 | 5 |
| 6 | McGill | 12-2 | 0-0 | 235 | 6 |
| 7 | Ottawa | 17-6 | 0-0 | 165 | 9 |
| 8 | Ryerson | 17-6 | 0-0 | 118 | 10 |
| 9 | Dalhousie | 14-4 | 0-0 | 110 | 7 |
| 10 | Laurentian | 16-7 | 0-0 | 41 | 8 |
| Other teams receiving votes: UNB (29), Lethbridge (10) | |||||
Women's basketball
| Rank | School | Season | Playoffs | Votes (pts) | Previous |
| 1 | Carleton | 23-0 | 0-0 | 562 (45) | 1 |
| 2 | Regina | 18-2 | 2-0 | 518 (2) | 2 |
| 3 | Acadia | 17-2 | 0-0 | 462 | 4 |
| 4 | McMaster | 20-4 | 0-0 | 413 | 5 |
| 5 | Laval | 10-4 | 0-0 | 372 | 3 |
| 6 | McGill | 10-4 | 0-0 | 347 | 6 |
| 7 | Saskatchewan | 17-3 | 2-1 | 276 | 7 |
| 8 | Windsor | 20-4 | 0-0 | 245 | 8 |
| 9 | Trinity Western | 16-4 | 2-0 | 182 | 9 |
| 10 | Calgary | 15-5 | 2-0 | 140 | 10 |
| Other teams receiving votes: Queen’s (76), Ottawa (25) | |||||
Men's Hockey
| Rank | School | Season | Playoffs | Votes (pts) | Previous |
| 1 | UNB | 24-2-4 | 0-0 | 144 (10) | 1 |
| 2 | Alberta | 23-4-1 | 0-0 | 140 (5) | 2 |
| 3 | StFX | 22-4-4 | 0-0 | 115 | 3 |
| 4 | McGill | 22-4-2 | 2-0 | 104 | 4 |
| 5 | Saskatchewan | 20-7-1 | 0-0 | 94 | 5 |
| 6 | Guelph | 21-6-1 | 2-1 | 64 | 6 |
| 7 | Acadia | 18-10-2 | 2-0 | 56 | 8 |
| 8 | Saint Mary’s | 18-10-2 | 2-1 | 47 | 7 |
| 9 | Queen’s | 19-6-3 | 2-0 | 30 | 9 |
| 10 | Calgary | 12-13-3 | 2-1 | 13 | NR |
| Other teams receiving votes: Concordia (6), Ryerson (4), York (2), Mount Royal (2), UBC (1), Carleton (1), Manitoba (1), Ottawa (1) |
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Women's hockey
| Rank | School | Season | Playoffs | Votes (pts) | Previous |
| 1 | Manitoba | 22-5-1 | 0-0 | 40 | 1 |
| 2 | Alberta | 19-5-4 | 2-0 | 36 | 2 |
| 3 | Saint Mary's | 20-3-1 | 0-0 | 32 | 3 |
| 4 | StFX | 20-2-2 | 0-0 | 28 | 4 |
| 5 | UBC | 19-5-4 | 2-0 | 24 | 5 |
| 6 | Montreal | 14-2-4 | 0-0 | 20 | 6 |
| 7 | Guelph | 18-6-0 | 0-0 | 16 | 7 |
| 8 | Queen's | 17-3-4 | 0-0 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | Concordia | 14-4-2 | 0-0 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | Western | 17-5-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 10 |
| Other teams receiving votes: Saskatchewan (2) | |||||
Men's track & field
| Rank | School | Votes (pts) | Previous |
| 1 | Guelph | 107.83 | 1 |
| 2 | Alberta | 76 | 2 |
| 3 | Western | 66.5 | 3 |
| 4 | Laval | 50 | 4 |
| T5 | York | 48 | 5 |
| T5 | Toronto | 48 | 6 |
| 7 | Manitoba | 45.5 | 7 |
| 8 | Lethbridge | 38.5 | 8 |
| 9 | Saskatchewan | 28 | 9 |
| 10 | Victoria | 27 | 10 |
| Honourable mention: Windsor (23.83), Trinity Western (21) | |||
Women's track & field
| Rank | School | Votes (pts) | Previous |
| 1 | Guelph | 106.5 | 2 |
| 2 | Toronto | 100.75 | 1 |
| 3 | Windsor | 88 | 3 |
| 4 | Saskatchewan | 54 | 4 |
| 5 | Western | 41.5 | 5 |
| 6 | Sherbrooke | 40 | 6 |
| 7 | York | 36 | 8 |
| 8 | Trinity Western | 33 | 10 |
| T9 | Alberta | 29.5 | 9 |
| T9 | Laval | 29.5 | 7 |
| Honourable mention: Ottawa (22), Manitoba (21) | |||
*Track & Field Top 10 is calculated from individual event results by school.
- Team and Individual rankings by event available here
Men's Volleyball
| Rank | School | Season | VRS# | Previous |
| 1 | Trinity Western | 22-2 | +2.74 | 1 |
| 2 | UBC | 20-4 | +2.32 | 2 |
| 3 | Alberta | 19-5 | +1.97 | 3 |
| 4 | Brandon | 17-7 | +1.83 | 5 |
| 5 | Montreal | 12-2 | +1.80 | 4 |
| 6 | Laval | 11-3 | +1.53 | 7 |
| 7 | Winnipeg | 15-9 | +1.29 | 6 |
| 8 | Calgary | 14-10 | +0.97 | 10 |
| 9 | McMaster | 14-2 | +0.79 | 8 |
| 10 | Thompson Rivers | 11-13 | +0.75 | 9 |
| Honourable mention: Dalhousie (+0.73), Manitoba (+0.70), Saskatchewan (+0.67), Mount Royal (+0.20), Western (+0.15) |
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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 | 18-2 | 59 (3) | 2 |
| 2 | Calgary | 21-3 | 57 (1) | 3 |
| 3 | UBC Okanagan | 19-5 | 51 | 1 |
| 4 | UBC | 20-4 | 49 | 4 |
| 5 | Dalhousie | 19-1 | 43 | 5 |
| 6 | Ryerson | 17-0 | 41 | 6 |
| 7 | McMaster | 16-2 | 35 | 7 |
| 8 | Alberta | 15-9 | 32 | 8 |
| 9 | McGill | 14-6 | 26 | 9 |
| 10 | Laval | 14-6 | 25 | 10 |
| Other teams receiving votes: Trinity Western (20), Acadia (13), Manitoba (11), Toronto (7), Queen’s (5) |
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