Men’s Cross Country
Panthers’ power running renaissance in Canada’s smallest province
The UNB Reds are once again the top-ranked men’s hockey program in the nation to open the season.
The Reds, who won a bronze medal at last year’s University Cup, earned the top spot in the first rankings of the season thanks to 132 points from the media panel and another 140 from the ELO Rating System for a total of 272. The Reds kicked off their 2018-19 campaign with 4-3 and 5-4 victories over UPEI and Moncton, respectively. Meanwhile, reigning national champion and No.2-ranked Alberta split a series at home against Saskatchewan, losing 5-2 Saturday in its home opener, before rebounding for a 5-1 victory Sunday. Both teams head into a bye week for the Thanksgiving long weekend.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Guelph (men’s cross country), Queen’s (women’s cross country), Cape Breton (men’s soccer), Montreal (women’s soccer) and Ottawa (women’s rugby) 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 | McMaster | 85 | 2 |
| 3 | Calgary | 76 | 4 |
| 4 | Laval | 70 | 3 |
| 5 | UBC | 51 | 6 |
| 6 | Western | 47 | 7 |
| 7 | Queen’s | 45 | 5 |
| 8 | Victoria | 34 | 8 |
| 9 | Windsor | 14 | NR |
| 10 | Toronto | 11 | 10 |
| Other teams receiving votes: StFX (9), Regina (5), Trinity Western (5), Manitoba (3), Waterloo (2), Alberta (1) |
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Note: Cross country ranking determined by coaches’ votes
Women's Cross Country
| Rank | School | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Queen’s | 99 | 1 |
| 2 | Guelph | 89 | 2 |
| 3 | Laval | 76 | 3 |
| 4 | Toronto | 55 | 4 |
| 5 | Victoria | 54 | T5 |
| 6 | Western | 51 | T5 |
| 7 | Calgary | 36 | 8 |
| 8 | McGill | 30 | 7 |
| 9 | UBC | 26 | 10 |
| 10 | Dalhousie | 10 | NR |
| Other teams receiving votes: McMaster (8), Wilfrid Laurier (5), Trinity Western (5), Alberta (5), Saskatchewan (5), Laurentian (3), Regina (1) |
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Men's Hockey
| Rank | School | Season | Media | ELO | Total | Previous |
| 1 | UNB | 2-0-0 | 132 (6) | 140 | 272 | - |
| 2 | Alberta | 1-1-0 | 119 (5) | 126 | 245 | - |
| 3 | Saskatchewan | 1-1-0 | 98 | 98 | 196 | - |
| 4 | McGill | 0-0-0 | 67 | 112 | 179 | - |
| 5 | Saint Mary’s | 2-0-0 | 98 (3) | 14 | 112 | - |
| 6 | Concordia | 0-0-0 | 16 | 84 | 100 | - |
| 7 | StFX | 0-0-2 | 48 | 42 | 90 | - |
| 8 | Guelph | 0-0-0 | 1 | 70 | 71 | - |
| 9 | Ottawa | 0-0-0 | 0 | 56 | 56 | - |
| 10 | Brock | 0-0-0 | 10 | 28 | 38 | - |
| Honourable mention: Ryerson (34), Mount Royal (33), Calgary (24), UBC (23), Moncton (19), Acadia (15) , UQTR (15) Queen’s (8), Lakehead (6), York (3), Western (1) |
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Women's Rugby
| Rank | School | Season | ELO | Previous |
| 1 | Ottawa | 4-0 | 1887.2 | 1 |
| 2 | StFX | 4-0 | 1807.9 | 2 |
| 3 | Guelph | 4-0 | 1799.8 | 3 |
| 4 | Laval | 4-1 | 1764.7 | 4 |
| 5 | Queen's | 3-1 | 1743.4 | 6 |
| 6 | Calgary | 4-0 | 1739.5 | 5 |
| 7 | Brock | 4-0 | 1653.5 | 9 |
| 8 | Carleton | 3-2 | 1631.8 | 7 |
| 9 | Acadia | 3-1 | 1613.7 | 10 |
| 10 | McMaster | 2-2 | 1591.4 | 8 |
| Honourable Mention: Victoria (1571.7), Sherbrooke (1538.8) | ||||
Men's Soccer
| Rank | School | Season | ELO | Previous |
| 1 | Cape Breton | 5-0-2 | 1783.4 | 1 |
| 2 | York | 7-0-3 | 1776.3 | 2 |
| 3 | UBC | 8-0-2 | 1765.6 | 3 |
| 4 | Montreal | 7-0-0 | 1762.5 | 5 |
| 5 | Ryerson | 10-0-1 | 1755.0 | 6 |
| 6 | Carleton | 9-0-1 | 1748.7 | 4 |
| 7 | Alberta | 9-0-2 | 1696.2 | 8 |
| 8 | Guelph | 8-2-1 | 1687.4 | 7 |
| 9 | StFX | 5-1-1 | 1657.2 | 9 |
| 10 | Trinity Western | 5-1-4 | 1651.4 | NR |
| Honourable Mention: Toronto (1633.4), McMaster (1632.7), UNB (1624.8), Laval (1612.8), UFV (1592.3), UQAM (1588.7), Dalhousie (1567.8), Acadia (1558.6), UNBC (1540.8), Western (1521.5), Thompson Rivers (1513.8), Queen's (1505.1), Calgary (1503.6), Windsor (1501.6) |
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Women's soccer
| Rank | School | Season | ELO | Previous |
| 1 | Montreal | 8-0-1 | 1803.5 | 1 |
| 2 | Cape Breton | 6-0-1 | 1769.8 | 2 |
| 3 | Trinity Western | 7-1-0 | 1768.0 | 3 |
| 4 | Laval | 6-1-2 | 1741.4 | 4 |
| 5 | Ottawa | 8-1-1 | 1719.6 | 5 |
| 6 | UBC | 7-2-0 | 1710.1 | 8 |
| 7 | Western | 7-0-4 | 1699.3 | 7 |
| 8 | Acadia | 6-0-1 | 1686.5 | 6 |
| 9 | Queen's | 7-2-1 | 1680.9 | NR |
| 10 | Alberta | 7-0-1 | 1678.8 | 10 |
| Honourable Mention: Calgary (1669.3), UOIT (1655.4), Guelph (1636.1), Victoria (1607.4), MacEwan (1600.1), Memorial (1589.8), StFX (1563.0), York (1561.7), McMaster (1558.3), Dalhousie (1545.1), Nipissing (1543.8), Mount Royal (1528.1), McGill (1500.4) |
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