Men’s Hockey News

The reigning U SPORTS champion Guelph Gryphons open the new women’s hockey season as the top-ranked team in the nation for the first time in program history.

The Gryphons, who captured their first national title last March with a dramatic 1-0 win over the No. 2 McGill Martlets, went 3-3-0 in the preseason. They’ll drop the puck on the OUA campaign hosting Laurier and Waterloo this weekend.

In other U SPORTS rankings, Laval (women’s rugby), Cape Breton (men’s soccer), Ottawa (women’s soccer), Calgary (men’s cross country), Queen’s (women’s cross country), Western (football) and Alberta (men’s hockey) remain at No.1 for another week.

Top 10 rankings will conclude next week for women’s rugby.

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 CROSS COUNTRY

Rank School Points Previous Ranking
1 Calgary 97 1
2 McMaster 84 2
3 Guelph 73 3
4 Laval 72 4
5 Queen’s 57 5
6 Western 34 8
6 Alberta 33 7
8 UBC 30 6
9 StFX 23 10
10 Windsor 20 9
Other teams receiving votes: Toronto (10), Dalhousie (8), Victoria (7), Trinity Western (6), Laurentian (3)

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

Rank School Points Previous Ranking
1 Queen’s 98 1
2 Laval 85 3
3 Guelph 82 2
4 McGill 66 4
5 Western 40 7
6 UBC 35 5
6 Calgary 34 10
8 Toronto 26 8
9 Trinity Western 24 6
10 Dalhousie 23 NR
Other teams receiving votes: Victoria (20), McMaster (13), Saskatchewan (6), Montreal (3), Laurentian (2), StFX (2)

MEN'S HOCKEY

Rank School Regular Season Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 Alberta 4-0-0 1822.19 1
2 UNB 3-1-0 1800.64 2
3 Ottawa 3-0-0 1686.68 4
4 StFX 3-0-1 1664.62 3
5 Carleton 4-0-0 1657.78 5
6 Calgary 4-0-0 1639.38 6
7 Guelph 2-1-0 1594.44 NR
8 Queen’s 2-2-0 1564.39 9
9 Ryerson 1-1-0 1561.97 7
10 Saint Mary’s 3-1-0 1556.95 NR

WOMEN'S HOCKEY

Rank School Regular Season Record POINTS (1st place) Previous Ranking
1 Guelph 0-0-0 36 (2) -
2 McGill 0-0-0 33* (1) -
3 Alberta 3-1-0 33* (1) -
4 Concordia 0-0-0 27 -
5 Montreal 0-0-0 26 -
6 Saint Mary's 4-0-0 21 -
7 StFX 4-0-0 15 -
8 Toronto 0-0-0 9 -
9 Western 0-0-0 6 -
10 York 0-0-0 4 -

WOMEN'S RUGBY

Rank School RegULAR Season Record Playoff Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 Laval 6-0-0 0-0 1831.79 1
2 StFX 6-0-0 0-0 1830.11 2
3 Queen’s 4-0-0 1-0 1797.16 3
4 Guelph 3-1-0 1-0 1734.36 4
5 Calgary 5-1-0 0-0 1654.68 7
6 Ottawa 3-2-1 0-0 1647.78 5
7 UBC 3-2-0 0-0 1635.11 6
8 Acadia 4-2-0 0-0 1589.67 8
9 Victoria 4-1-0 0-0 1555.40 10
10 Sherbrooke 2-3-1 1-0 1492.48 NR

MEN'S SOCCER

Rank School Regular Season Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 Cape Breton 7-0-1 1802.73 1
2 Montreal 9-1-1 1790.40 3
3 York 9-0-3 1784.79 4
4 Carleton 11-1-0 1773.83 2
5 UBC 9-1-3 1743.95 5
6 Ryerson 9-1-2 1721.67 6
7 UQTR 8-2-0 1660.55 8
8 StFX 7-1-1 1649.53 NR
9 Guelph 7-2-3 1648.32 7
10 UNB 5-2-2 1641.02 10

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Rank School Regular Season Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 Ottawa 10-0-2 1837.09 1
2 Trinity Western 10-1-1 1828.12 2
3 Cape Breton 7-1-0 1763.51 3
4 Montreal 9-2-1 1757.99 4
5 Calgary 10-0-2 1746.93 5
6 Queen’s 10-0-2 1709.10 7
7 Acadia 7-0-2 1706.06 6
8 Western 9-0-3 1693.54 9
9 UQAM 10-1-1 1683.71 8
10 York 7-1-4 1669.03 NR