Men’s Basketball
The Trinity Western Spartans are the kings and queens of U SPORTS volleyball.
The Spartans women (12-0) – ranked No.2 last week – became the new team to beat thanks to 3-2 and 3-1 wins over the Calgary Dinos (10-2), who held the No.1 ranking since the beginning of the season. The Trinity Western victories extended their unbeaten run on the year, while also snapping Calgary’s perfect season. With the Spartans men also ranked in top spot, Trinity Western sweeps the pole position in both volleyball rankings for the first time in school history.
In other final rankings of 2018, UNB (men’s hockey), Montreal (women’s hockey), Carleton (men’s basketball), Laval (women’s basketball), and UBC (men’s and women’s swimming) remain at No.1 heading into the holiday break.
Top 10 Tuesday rankings will resume on Jan. 8, 2019.
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 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 basketball
Rank | School | Season | Points | Previous |
1 | Carleton | 10-0 | 467 (44) | 1 |
2 | Ryerson | 10-0 | 409 (1) | 2 |
3 | Calgary | 12-0 | 391 (2) | 3 |
4 | UBC | 9-1 | 324 | 4 |
5 | Saint Mary's | 6-0 | 285 | 5 |
6 | Alberta | 7-3 | 231 | 6 |
7 | Ottawa | 8-2 | 187 | 7 |
8 | Dalhousie | 4-3 | 133 | 8 |
9 | Laurier | 7-3 | 87 | 9 |
10 | Brock | 7-4 | 22 | NR |
Other teams receiving votes: UNB (16), Concordia (13) |
Women's basketball
Rank | School | Season | Points | Previous |
1 | Laval | 5-0 | 564 (47) | 1 |
2 | Concordia | 4-1 | 499 | 3 |
3 | Ottawa | 9-1 | 455 | 4 |
4 | Ryerson | 9-1 | 450 | 2 |
5 | McMaster | 9-2 | 375 | 5 |
6 | Saskatchewan | 10-2 | 334 | 6 |
7 | Carleton | 8-2 | 276 | 7 |
8 | Calgary | 9-3 | 223 | 8 |
9 | Lakehead | 9-1 | 176 | 10 |
10 | Regina | 8-2 | 173 | 9 |
Other teams receiving votes: UPEI (77), Cape Breton (54) |
Men's Hockey
Rank | School | Season | Media | ELO | Total | Previous |
1 | UNB | 15-0-3 | 150 (15) | 150 | 300 | 1 |
2 | Alberta | 12-3-1 | 124 | 135 | 259 | 2 |
3 | Saskatchewan | 14-2-0 | 126 | 120 | 246 | 3 |
4 | Ottawa | 13-1-2 | 102 | 105 | 207 | 5 |
5 | Queen's | 12-4-0 | 58 | 90 | 148 | 8 |
6 | Ryerson | 12-3-1 | 79 | 60 | 139 | 4 |
7 | Brock | 12-5-0 | 22 | 75 | 97 | NR |
8 | Saint Mary’s | 11-7-1 | 80 | 15 | 95 | 6 |
9 | Carleton | 10-3-4 | 18 | 45 | 63 | 7 |
10 | McGill | 10-4-3 | 11 | 30 | 41 | NR |
Honourable mention: Calgary (39), UBC (7), StFX (7), UPEI (2) |
Women's hockey
Rank | School | Season | Points | Previous |
1 | Montreal | 8-2-0 | 40 | 1 |
2 | Manitoba | 12-3-1 | 36 | 2 |
3 | McGill | 8-2-0 | 31 | 3 |
4 | Alberta | 13-3-0 | 29 | 4 |
5 | St. Thomas | 14-2-0 | 24 | 6 |
6 | StFX | 10-3-3 | 18 | 8 |
7 | Concordia | 5-3-2 | 17 | 5 |
8 | Ryerson | 9-3-0 | 8 | NR |
9 | Western | 7-2-3 | 7 | 7 |
10 | Guelph | 8-2-1 | 5 | NR |
Other teams receiving votes: UBC (3), Saskatchewan (2) |
Men's swimming
Rank | School | Points | Previous |
1 | UBC | 771 | 1 |
2 | Calgary | 484 | 2 |
3 | Montreal | 230 | 3 |
4 | McGill | 180 | 4 |
5 | Victoria | 175 | 5 |
6 | Toronto | 160 | 6 |
7 | Ottawa | 143 | 7 |
8 | Lethbridge | 114 | 8 |
9 | Alberta | 111 | 9 |
10 | Regina | 106 | 10 |
Honourable Mention: Sherbrooke (91), Laval (71), Dalhousie (61), Laurentian (59), Waterloo (53), Acadia (41), Queen’s (31), McMaster (28), Manitoba (18), UNB (3) |
Women's swimming
Rank | School | Points | Previous |
1 | UBC | 754 | 1 |
2 | Toronto | 582 | 2 |
3 | Manitoba | 265 | 3 |
4 | Calgary | 260 | 4 |
5 | Montreal | 211 | 5 |
6 | Victoria | 180 | 6 |
7 | Alberta | 115 | 7 |
8 | Dalhousie | 86 | 8 |
9 | McGill | 85 | 9 |
10 | Western | 71 | 10 |
Honourable Mention: Regina (70), Waterloo (37), McMaster (36), Laval (36), UNB (28), Laurier (26), Ottawa (26), Acadia (23), Laurentian (22), Guelph (21), Lethbridge (18), Sherbrooke (5), Queen’s (2) |
Men's Volleyball
Rank | School | Season | VRS | Previous |
1 | Trinity Western | 9-1 | +2.18 | 1 |
2 | Brandon | 10-2 | +1.97 | 2 |
3 | Alberta | 11-1 | +1.64 | 5 |
4 | Laval | 8-0 | +1.60 | 3 |
5 | Mount Royal | 9-3 | +1.58 | 4 |
6 | McMaster | 6-2 | +1.32 | 6 |
7 | Windsor | 7-2 | +1.12 | 7 |
8 | Western | 6-3 | +0.64 | NR |
9 | Thompson Rivers | 7-3 | +0.60 | 8 |
10 | Queen’s | 7-2 | +0.55 | 10 |
Honourable Mention: Montreal (+0.46), Saskatchewan (+0.31), Winnipeg (+0.12) |
Women's volleyball
Rank | School | Season | Points | Previous |
1 | Trinity Western | 12-0 | 60 (4) | 2 |
2 | Calgary | 10-2 | 56 | 1 |
3 | Dalhousie | 9-0 | 52 | 4 |
T4 | Alberta | 9-3 | 46 | 3 |
T4 | Ryerson | 7-1 | 46 | 5 |
6 | Waterloo | 7-0 | 40 | 6 |
7 | McGill | 8-2 | 35 | 7 |
8 | Toronto | 7-2 | 31 | 8 |
9 | Laval | 6-4 | 25 | 9 |
10 | Montreal | 7-3 | 23 | 10 |
Honourable Mention: UBC (21), Acadia (21), Manitoba (6), MacEwan (4), McMaster (3) |
Top 10 formats:
- Men’s and women’s basketball, women’s hockey and women’s volleyball rankings determined by coaches’ vote.
- Men’s volleyball Top 10 determined by the Volleyball Ranking System (VRS) – teams ranked according to their average sets won differential
- Swimming rankings calculated from individual results by school. Individual rankings available on ca.