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The reigning U SPORTS champion UNB Varsity Reds (men) and Alberta Pandas (women) are the top hockey teams in the nation to begin the 2017-18 season.
UNB (2-0-0), which led the Top 10 rankings from Week 2 on last season, captured its second straight national banner in March with a 5-3 victory on home ice over Saskatchewan, who starts the year ranked No.3. Third-year forward Stephen Anderson led the way with five goals in the first two games, including a hat-trick last Wednesday as the Varsity Reds kicked off their title defence with a 6-2 victory over Moncton at home, before defeating UPEI 5-3 on the road Friday. They’ll play the same two teams this Wednesday and Saturday.
On the women’s side, Alberta (1-0-1) claimed its first No.1 ranking in ten years, dating back to the first four polls of the 2007-08 season (Oct.9-30, 2007). The Pandas claimed their eighth national title last season thanks to a dramatic 2-1 double-overtime win over McGill. Alberta began its campaign splitting a home-and-home series against Mount Royal - recording a dominant 4-0 win over the Cougars Friday, followed by 2-1 shootout loss Saturday. This weekend, they’ll visit the No.8 Manitoba Bisons for a weekend series.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Laval (men’s cross country and women’s soccer), Queen’s (women’s cross country), Montreal (men’s soccer) and StFX (women’s rugby) all remain national leaders for another week.
U SPORTS TOP 10 Tuesday Rankings – Oct. 10, 2017
Men's Cross Country
| Rank | School | Votes (pts) | Previous |
| 1 | Laval | 98 | 1 |
| 2 | Guelph | 85 | 3 |
| 3 | Trinity Western | 83 | 2 |
| 4 | McMaster | 58 | 4 |
| 5 | Queen’s | 53 | 5 |
| 6 | Western | 51 | 6 |
| 7 | Victoria | 35 | T7 |
| 8 | Windsor | 28 | 9 |
| 8 | Calgary | 28 | T7 |
| 10 | Dalhousie | 15 | T10 |
| Other teams receiving votes: Toronto (7), Alberta (5), McGill (4), StFX (4), Waterloo (1), UNB (1), Regina (1) |
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Women's Cross Country
| Rank | School | Votes (pts) | Previous |
| 1 | Queen's | 96 | 1 |
| 2 | Guelph | 83 | 2 |
| 3 | Toronto | 80 | 4 |
| 4 | Trinity Western | 57 | 3 |
| T5 | Western | 42 | 7 |
| T5 | Laval | 42 | 5 |
| 7 | Victoria | 32 | 6 |
| 8 | McGill | 27 | 8 |
| 9 | Calgary | 19 | 10 |
| 10 | Alberta | 14 | NR |
| Other teams receiving votes: McMaster (13), Dalhousie (7), Laurentian (6), Saskatchewan (6), Sherbrooke (4), Acadia (3), Manitoba (1), Waterloo (1) |
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Men's Hockey
| Rank | School | Season | Points | Previous |
| 1 | UNB | (2-0-0) | 142 (11) | - |
| 2 | Alberta | (2-0-0) | 132 (2) | - |
| 3 | Saskatchewan | (2-0-0) | 110 (1) | - |
| 4 | StFX* | (2-0-0) | 98 (1) | - |
| 5 | McGill* | (2-0-0) | 98 | - |
| 6 | Acadia | (1-0-1) | 55 | - |
| 7 | Saint Mary's* | (1-1-0) | 41 | - |
| 8 | Ryerson* | (0-0-0) | 41 | - |
| 9 | Calgary | (1-0-1) | 40 | - |
| 10 | York | (0-0-0) | 22 | - |
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*StFX (over McGill) and Saint Mary's (over Ryerson) were awarded the higher ranking based on Other teams receiving votes: Queen's (20), UQTR (10), UBC (5), Laurier (3), Carleton (2), Guelph (2), |
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Women's hockey
| Rank | School | Season | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Alberta | (1-0-1) | 40 | - |
| 2 | UBC | (1-1-0) | 32 | - |
| 3 | McGill | (0-0-0) | 31 | - |
| 4 | Concordia | (0-0-0) | 30 | - |
| 5 | Saint Mary's | (0-0-0) | 20 | - |
| 6 | Guelph | (0-0-0) | 15 | - |
| 7 | StFX | (0-0-0) | 12 | - |
| 8 | Manitoba | (1-1-0) | 11 | - |
| 9 | Montreal | (0-0-0) | 9 | - |
| 10 | Nipissing | (0-0-0) | 6 | - |
| Other teams receiving votes: Moncton (3), St. Thomas (2) | ||||
Men's soccer
| Rank | School | Season | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Montreal | (7-0-0) | 60 | 1 |
| 2 | Alberta | (7-1-2) | 51 | 2 |
| 3 | Cape Breton | (6-0-1) | 46 | 3 |
| 4 | Carleton | (11-1-2) | 42 | 4 |
| 5 | York | (10-2-1) | 33 | 8 |
| 6 | Guelph | (9-2-1) | 29 | 6 |
| 7 | UBC | (7-3-1) | 24 | 5 |
| 8 | StFX | (5-1-1) | 20 | 9 |
| 9 | Toronto | (7-1-4) | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | UQAM | (5-2-0) | 7 | 10 |
| Other teams receiving votes: Dalhousie (1), Trinity Western (1), McMaster (1) | ||||
Women's soccer
| Rank | School | Season | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Laval | (7-0-1) | 69 | 1 |
| 2 | UOIT | (11-0-1) | 55 | 2 |
| 3 | UBC | (7-1-2) | 42 | 3 |
| 4 | Western | (12-1-0) | 41 | 4 |
| 5 | Cape Breton | (7-0-0) | 30 | 5 |
| 6 | Victoria | (7-1-2) | 24 | 6 |
| 7 | Ottawa | (9-1-3) | 23 | 7 |
| 8 | Alberta | (7-1-2) | 20 | 9 |
| 9 | Montreal | (5-0-3) | 18 | 8 |
| 10 | Trinity Western | (8-2-0) | 17 | NR |
| Other teams receiving votes: Queen’s (1) | ||||
Women's rugby
| Rank | School | Season | Playoff | Points | Previous |
| 1 | StFX | (5-0) | (0-0) | 122 | 1 |
| 2 | Guelph | (4-0) | (0-0) | 110 | 2 |
| 3 | Laval | (6-0) | (0-0) | 99 | 3 |
| 4 | Victoria | (3-0) | (0-0) | 95 | 4 |
| 5 | Ottawa | (5-1) | (0-0) | 87 | 6 |
| 6 | Calgary | (2-0) | (0-0) | 80 | 5 |
| 7 | McMaster | (3-1) | (0-0) | 54 | 7 |
| 8 | Queen’s | (2-2) | (1-0) | 31 | 8 |
| 9 | Acadia | (4-1) | (0-0) | 17 | NR |
| 10 | Concordia | (3-3) | (0-0) | 12 | 9 |
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