Women’s Hockey News

The Saskatchewan Huskies (women) and reigning champion Carleton Ravens (men) start the season as the top-ranked basketball programs in the nation.

It’s the first No.1 ranking for Saskatchewan since Feb. 9, 2016 – just over a month prior to the team’s first national championship in school history. The Huskies, who finished fourth at last year’s tournament, went a perfect 7-0 in the preseason and open the new Canada West campaign this weekend with a visit to the Brandon Bobcats.

On the men’s side, the Ravens are coming off their 14th national title last March and currently sport an 8-1 preseason record ahead of Tuesday night’s visit to the NCAA’s Syracuse Orange. The Ravens begin the OUA regular season this weekend hosting Waterloo and Laurier

On the volleyball court, the defending champion Trinity Western Spartans men (3-1) are once again the team to beat, taking the No. 1 spot for the first time since Nov. 27 of last season. The Spartans haven’t dropped a set in three of their four games this year, most recently picking up back-to-back sweeps over Winnipeg. They’ll host the MacEwan Griffins this weekend.

Finally on the pitch, the York Lions (11-0-3 / 1-0 playoffs) have reclaimed the No.1 ranking for the first time since Nov. 1, 2016, after beating McMaster 4-1 in the OUA quarterfinals. The Lions will host the OUA Final 4 this weekend, featuring No.3 Carleton, No. 7 Toronto and No. 8 Guelph.

In other U SPORTS rankings, Ottawa (women’s soccer), Calgary (men’s cross country), Queen’s (women’s cross country), Western (football), UNB (men’s hockey), Concordia (women’s hockey) and Trinity Western (women’s volleyball) remain at No.1 for another week.

Top 10 rankings have concluded for soccer and cross country and will begin next week in swimming and wrestling.

Click here for this week’s Football Top 10 rankings.

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.  

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Rank School Regular Season Record Points (1st Place) Previous Ranking
1 Carleton 0-0 479 (47)  -
2 Dalhousie 0-0 422 (1)  -
3 Ottawa 0-0 333  -
4 Calgary 0-0 311  -
5 Alberta 0-0 262  -
6 Wilfrid Laurier 2-0 200  -
7 Brock 1-0 170  -
8 Saskatchewan 0-0 105  -
9 Saint Mary’s 0-0 94  -
10 Lethbridge 0-0 87  -
Other teams receiving votes: Ryerson (53), Bishop’s (49)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Rank School Regular Season Record Points (1st Place) Previous Ranking
1 Saskatchewan 0-0 562 (39) -
2 Ottawa 0-0 513 (5) -
3 Calgary 0-0 436 -
4 Carleton 0-0 413 (3) -
5 Queen’s 2-0 358 -
6 Ryerson 1-1 354 -
7 Bishop’s 0-0 151 -
8 Victoria 0-0 146 -
9 Laval 0-0 136 -
10 Windsor 2-0 119 -
Other teams receiving votes: Winnipeg (88), McMaster (84)

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Rank School Points Previous Ranking
1 Calgary 98 1
2 Guelph 87 3
3 McMaster 79 2
4 Laval 77 4
5 Queen’s 50 5
6 Alberta 40 8
T7 UBC 37 7
T7 Windsor 37 9
9 Western 22 6
10 Dalhousie 19 NR
Other teams receiving votes: StFX (5), Trinity Western (3), Victoria (2), Toronto (1)

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Rank School Points Previous Ranking
1 Queen’s 100 1
1 Guelph 81 2
3 McGill 71 4
4 Laval 67 3
5 UBC 57 5
6 Toronto 53 8
7 Western 32 6
T8 Montreal 22 NR
T8 Trinity Western 22 9
10 Calgary 18 7
Other teams receiving votes: Saskatchewan (14), Victoria (8), Dalhousie (7), StFX (2), Windsor (1)

MEN'S HOCKEY

Rank School Regular Season Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 UNB 6-2-0 1798.85 1
2 Alberta 7-1-0 1790.57 2
3 Carleton 7-1-0 1670.87 3
4 Acadia 8-1-0 1622.32 7
5 Calgary 6-1-1 1618.29 6
6 StFX 4-2-1 1617.21 9
7 UQTR 6-1-1 1604.28 NR
8 Mount Royal 6-2-0 1598.21 10
9 Saskatchewan 3-3-2 1590.40 8
10 McGill 4-3-1 1583.52 NR

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Rank School Regular Season Record Points (1st Place) Previous Ranking
1 Concordia 3-0-0 40 (4) 1
2 Montreal 3-0-0 36 5
3 Guelph 2-2-0 27* 2
4 McGill 1-1-1 27* 3
5 Toronto 4-0-0 23** 6
6 Alberta 5-3-0 23** 4
7 Saint Mary's 7-1-0 20 7
8 Western 3-1-0 12 8
9 York 3-1-0 7 10
10 Lethbridge 5-2-1 3 NR
Other teams receiving votes: UPEI (2)

*Guelph ranked No.3 over McGill due to a higher number of higher placed votes **Toronto ranked No.5 over Alberta due to a higher winning percentage (second tie-breaker)

MEN’S SOCCER

Rank School Reg, Season Record Playoff Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 York 11-0-3 1-0 1820.23 2
2 Cape Breton 10-0-2 0-0 1818.76 1
3 Carleton 13-1-0 1-0 1815.99 3
4 Montreal 9-1-2 1-0 1792.01 4
5 UBC 10-2-3 1-0 1275.78 6
6 UQTR 10-2-0 1-0 1700.59 7
7 Toronto 9-2-3 2-0 1694.83 NR
8 Guelph 8-2-4 1-0 1681.74 9
9 Ryerson 10-2-2 0-1 1672.07 5
10 StFX 9-2-1 0-0 1652.44 NR

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Rank School Reg, Season Record Playoff Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 Ottawa 12-0-2 1-0 1862.45 1
2 Trinity Western 12-1-1 1-0 1844.24 2
3 Montreal 10-2-2 1-0 1765.82 3
4 Cape Breton 9-2-1 0-0 1741.46 4
5 UQAM 12-1-1 1-0 1728.05 8
6 Calgary 10-1-3 1-0 1727.04 7
7 Western 10-0-4 1-0 1715.28 9
8 Acadia 9-0-3 0-0 1715.25 6
9 York 8-1-5 2-0 1709.40 10
10 UBC 8-2-4 2-0 1706.41 NR

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Rank School Regular Season Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 Trinity Western 3-1 1822.59 -
2 Brandon 2-0 1787.59 -
3 Laval 1-0 1781.87 -
4 McMaster 2-0 1718.41 -
5 Alberta 3-1 1643.78 -
6 Montreal 3-0 1628.39 -
7 Queen’s 0-2 1617.13 -
8 Windsor 1-1 1608.71 -
9 Saskatchewan 3-1 1596.41 -
10 Western 0-2 1554.69 -

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Rank School Regular Season Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 Trinity Western 4-0 1779.02 1
2 Ryerson 2-0 1770.46 2
3 Dalhousie 2-0 1693.26 6
4 UBC 3-1 1689.36 3
5 Toronto 1-1 1679.74 4
6 Montreal 4-0 1668.73 7
7 Brock 2-0 1622.26 NR
8 Waterloo 0-1 1622.17 5
9 Queen’s 2-0 1608.09 NR
10 Western 1-1 1605.52 9