The reigning U SPORTS women’s volleyball champion Ryerson Rams have established another school first.
Nearly a year after their first national championship in school history, the Rams have claimed the No.1 ranking in the nation as they gear up to defend their title. Ryerson (16-2) defeated the Lakehead Thunderwolves 3-1 in their final road game of the regular season on Sunday and will wrap up their campaign hosting McMaster this coming Sunday.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Alberta (men’s and women’s hockey), Carleton (men’s basketball) Laval (women’s basketball), Brandon (men’s volleyball) and Guelph (men’s and women’s track and field) 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 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 |
Playoff Record |
Points |
Previous |
1 |
Carleton |
22-1 |
0-0 |
451 (37) |
1 |
2 |
Calgary |
20-0 |
2-0 |
419 (9) |
2 |
3 |
Ryerson |
21-2 |
0-0 |
366 |
3 |
4 |
Saint Mary's |
19-0 |
0-0 |
316 |
4 |
5 |
Alberta |
15-5 |
2-1 |
271 |
5 |
6 |
UBC |
17-3 |
2-1 |
231 |
6 |
7 |
Dalhousie |
12-6 |
0-0 |
177 |
7 |
8 |
Ottawa |
15-8 |
0-0 |
135 |
8 |
9 |
Laurier |
18-6 |
0-0 |
105 |
9 |
10 |
Saskatchewan |
11-9 |
2-0 |
20 |
NR |
Other teams receiving votes: Concordia (13), UNB (10) |
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Rank |
School |
Season |
Playoff Record |
Points |
Previous |
1 |
Laval |
14-0 |
0-0 |
563 (46) |
1 |
2 |
Ottawa |
21-2 |
0-0 |
516 |
2 |
3 |
McMaster |
21-3 |
0-0 |
471 (1) |
3 |
4 |
Saskatchewan |
16-4 |
2-0 |
416 |
5 |
5 |
Regina |
17-3 |
2-0 |
381 |
6 |
6 |
Calgary |
17-3 |
2-0 |
320 |
7 |
7 |
Lakehead |
20-4 |
0-0 |
273 |
8 |
8 |
Ryerson |
17-6 |
0-0 |
221 |
4 |
9 |
Carleton |
18-5 |
0-0 |
207 |
9 |
10 |
Concordia |
10-5 |
0-0 |
139 |
10 |
Other teams receiving votes: UPEI (106), Cape Breton (39) |
MEN'S HOCKEY
Rank |
School |
Season |
Playoff Record |
Media |
ELO |
Total |
Previous |
1 |
Alberta |
24-3-1 |
0-0 |
134 (10) |
150 |
284 |
1 |
2 |
UNB |
25-2-3 |
0-0 |
136 (3) |
135 |
271 |
2 |
3 |
Saskatchewan |
25-3-0 |
0-0 |
123 (2) |
120 |
243 |
3 |
4 |
Ottawa |
22-2-4 |
2-0 |
93 |
105 |
198 |
4 |
5 |
Calgary |
18-7-3 |
2-0 |
83 |
60 |
143 |
5 |
6 |
Carleton |
18-5-5 |
2-0 |
42 |
90 |
132 |
6 |
7 |
Ryerson |
20-5-3 |
2-0 |
50 |
45 |
95 |
8 |
8 |
Saint Mary’s |
19-10-1 |
0-0 |
74 |
15 |
89* |
7 |
9 |
McGill |
17-7-4 |
2-0 |
14 |
75 |
89* |
NR |
10 |
Brock |
19-5-4 |
2-0 |
30 |
30 |
60 |
9 |
Honourable Mention: Queen’s (25), StFX (10), Mount Royal (7), UPEI (4) |
Ballots
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
Rank |
School |
Season |
Playoff Record |
Points |
Previous |
1 |
Alberta |
23-5-0 |
0-0 |
40 (4) |
1 |
2 |
Montreal |
15-4-1 |
0-0 |
36 |
2 |
3 |
Manitoba |
20-5-3 |
0-0 |
32 |
3 |
4 |
St. Thomas |
22-5-1 |
0-0 |
27 |
4 |
5 |
Concordia |
13-4-3 |
0-0 |
25 |
5 |
6 |
McGill |
14-6-0 |
0-0 |
20 |
6 |
7 |
Guelph |
18-3-3 |
0-0 |
14 |
7 |
8 |
StFX |
18-7-3 |
0-0 |
14 |
8 |
9 |
UBC |
18-5-5 |
2-0 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
Western |
15-5-4 |
0-0 |
5 |
9 |
Other teams receiving votes: None |
MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous |
1 |
Guelph |
109 |
1 |
2 |
Toronto |
92 |
2 |
3 |
Manitoba |
52 |
4 |
4 |
Laval |
45 |
5 |
5 |
Western |
44.5 |
3 |
6 |
Alberta |
40 |
6 |
7 |
York |
38.5 |
7 |
8 |
Saskatchewan |
32.5 |
8 |
9 |
Dalhousie |
27.5 |
9 |
10 |
Trinity Western |
26 |
10 |
Honourable Mention: Calgary (21.5), Waterloo (20) |
WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous |
1 |
Guelph |
136.66 |
1 |
2 |
Saskatchewan |
100.5 |
2 |
3 |
Toronto |
76 |
3 |
4 |
Western |
41.5 |
4 |
5 |
York |
41 |
5 |
6 |
Laval |
30.5 |
6 |
7 |
Calgary |
30 |
7 |
8 |
Sherbrooke |
28 |
8 |
9 |
Alberta |
23.5 |
9 |
10 |
Windsor |
23 |
10 |
Honourable Mention: Regina (20), Manitoba (19) |
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Rank |
School |
Season |
VRS |
Previous |
1 |
Brandon |
20-2 |
+2.63 |
1 |
2 |
Trinity Western |
18-4 |
+2.22 |
2 |
3 |
Laval |
16-0 |
+1.87 |
3 |
4 |
McMaster |
13-2 |
+1.51 |
5 |
5 |
Alberta |
17-5 |
+1.38 |
6 |
6 |
Mount Royal |
15-7 |
+1.32 |
4 |
7 |
Western |
11-4 |
+0.95 |
7 |
8 |
Saskatchewan |
12-10 |
+0.88 |
NR |
9 |
UBC |
11-11 |
+0.84 |
NR |
10 |
Windsor |
11-4 |
+0.80 |
NR |
Honourable Mention: Queen’s (+0.58), Montreal (+0.52), Thompson Rivers (+0.48), Calgary (+0.45) |
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Rank |
School |
Season |
Points |
Previous |
1 |
Ryerson |
16-2 |
60 (4) |
2 |
2 |
Calgary |
19-5 |
55 |
3 |
3 |
Waterloo |
16-1 |
52 |
4 |
4 |
Dalhousie |
18-2 |
49 |
1 |
5 |
McGill |
17-3 |
44 |
T5 |
6 |
Trinity Western |
19-5 |
39 |
T5 |
7 |
Alberta |
18-6 |
37 |
7 |
8 |
Toronto |
12-5 |
31 |
8 |
9 |
Montreal |
13-7 |
24 |
9 |
10 |
Regina |
16-8 |
23 |
NR |
Other teams receiving votes: UBC (20), Laval (12). Acadia (11) UNB (11), MacEwan (3), Queen’s (3) |