Men’s Hockey News

All U SPORTS national leaders held serve over the weekend, as the winter sports season nearly wrapped up its first half.

UNB (men’s hockey) Concordia (women’s hockey), Carleton (men’s basketball), Saskatchewan (women’s basketball), and Trinity Western (men’s and women’s volleyball) remained at No.1 on Tuesday, ahead of the exam and holiday break.

Swimming (Calgary men, UBC women) and wrestling (Brock men, Saskatchewan women) rankings will resume in the new year, along with the debut of track and field rankings starting in 2020.

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 10-0 459 (45) 1
2 Dalhousie 6-0 404 (1) 2
3 Calgary 8-0 371 3
4 Ottawa 9-1 313 4
5 Alberta 9-1 280 5
6 Lakehead 9-3 230 6
7 McMaster 8-2 161 9
8 Saskatchewan 6-2 110 7
9 Laurentian 8-3 86 8
10 UBC 8-2 78 10
Other teams receiving votes: Western (19), McGill (14)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Rank School Regular Season Record Points (1st Place) Previous Ranking
1 Saskatchewan 8-0 564 (47) 1
2 Calgary 8-0 517 2
3 Carleton 9-1 470 3
4 Ottawa 8-2 421 4
5 Ryerson 8-2 371 5
6 Windsor 10-1 329 6
7 Bishop's 4-1 289 7
8 Queen's 7-4 223 8
9 Brock 9-1 188 9
10 Western 11-1 134 NR
Other teams receiving votes: Alberta (53), Laval (44)

MEN’S HOCKEY

Rank School Regular Season Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 UNB 13-4-0 1799.52 1
2 Alberta 14-2-0 1787.14 2
3 Carleton 15-2-1 1712.38 3
4 Toronto 14-2-0 1709.19 4
5 Saskatchewan 11-3-2 1688.12 5
6 Acadia 14-4-0 1663.68 7
7 Ottawa 11-4-1 1627.58 NR
8 UQTR 13-2-2 1625.46 NR
9 Calgary 11-3-2 1616.33 9
10 Guelph 9-4-3 1613.94 NR

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Rank School Regular Season Record Points (1st Place) Previous Ranking
1 Concordia 9-0-1 40 (4) 1
2 Saint Mary's 16-2-0 36 2
3 Toronto 9-2-1 30* 4
4 Montreal 6-3-1 30* 3
5 UPEI 14-3-1 23 5
6 McGill 4-3-3 21 6
7 Calgary 11-4-1 15 10
8 York 9-4-1 8 NR
9 Nipissing 8-4-0 7* 7
10 Alberta 10-6-0 7* NR
Other teams receiving votes: Waterloo (3)

*Toronto ranked No.3 over Montreal due to a higher winning percentage (2nd tiebreaker); Nipissing ranked No. 9 over Alberta due to a higher number of higher-placed votes

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Rank School Regular Season Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 Trinity Western 11-1 1883.35 1
2 Brandon 11-1 1820.85 2
3 Laval 7-1 1770.83 3
4 McMaster 7-1 1741.59 4
5 UBC 9-3 1734.95 7
6 Montreal 7-1 1696.75 6
7 Toronto 7-1 1642.84 8
8 Queen’s 4-3 1641.20 9
9 Alberta 8-4 1629.10 5
10 Windsor 4-4 1590.03 10

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Rank School Regular Season Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 Trinity Western 11-1 1800.60 1
2 Ryerson 8-1 1784.36 2
3 Dalhousie 8-0 1777.86 3
4 Toronto 8-1 1773.26 4
5 Mount Royal 11-1 1701.50 5
6 Brock 7-2 1664.18 6
7 Thompson Rivers 9-3 1650.74 7
8 Alberta 7-5 1645.61 NR
9 Laval 7-3 1635.22 NR
10 Western 7-3 1633.58 8