Women’s Swimming News

New year, same national leaders.

In the first national rankings of 2020, all No.1-ranked teams held onto their top spots as the season resumed over the weekend, including  UNB (men’s hockey) Concordia (women’s hockey), Carleton (men’s basketball), Saskatchewan (women’s basketball), Trinity Western (men’s and women’s volleyball), Calgary (men’s swimming) and UBC (women’s swimming).

The first track and field Top 10 of the season will debut next Tuesday, along with the resumption of rankings in wrestling (Brock men, Saskatchewan women).

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 11-0 467 (44) 1
2 Dalhousie 8-0 422 (3) 2
3 Calgary 10-0 378 3
4 Ottawa 9-2 326 4
5 Alberta 9-1 284 5
6 Lakehead 9-3 229 6
7 McMaster 8-2 185 7
8 Saskatchewan 8-2 144 8
9 Laurentian 8-3 92 9
10 Western 10-2 19 NR
Other teams receiving votes: UBC (14), Manitoba (13)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Rank School Regular Season Record Points (1st Place) Previous Ranking
1 Saskatchewan 10-0 563 (46) 1
2 Calgary 10-0 514 2
3 Ottawa 9-2 472 (1) 3
4 Carleton 9-2 417 4
5 Ryerson 8-2 377 5
6 Windsor 10-1 298 6
7 Queen's 7-4 219 8
8 Brock 9-1 198 9
9 Laval 3-2 192 NR
10 Bishop's 4-1 152 7
Other teams receiving votes: Western (151), Alberta (72)

MEN’S HOCKEY

Rank School Regular Season Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 UNB 15-4-0 1812.32 1
2 Alberta 15-3-0 1756.19 2
3 Toronto 16-2-0 1738.24 4
4 Saskatchewan 12-4-2 1719.06 5
5 Acadia 16-4-0 1700.23 6
6 Carleton 16-3-1 1688.83 3
7 McGill 10-6-1 1640.54 NR
8 Calgary 13-3-2 1632.75 8
9 Ryerson 13-4-2 1625.69 NR
10 Ottawa 12-4-2 1624.78 7

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 Montreal 6-3-1 31 4
4 Toronto 10-3-1 29 3
5 UPEI 14-3-1 24 5
6 Calgary 13-4-1 20 7
7 McGill 4-3-3 15 6
8 Alberta 12-6-0 11 10
9 York 10-4-1 10 8
10 Nipissing 9-5-0 4 9
Other teams receiving votes: None

MEN’S SWIMMING

Rank School Points Previous Ranking
1 Calgary 494 1
2 UBC 391 2
3 McGill 312 3
4 Victoria 243 5
5 Ottawa 234 10
6 Toronto 221 4
7 Montreal 204 6
8 Alberta 128 7
9 Regina 110 8
10 Laval 108 9

WOMEN’S SWIMMING

Rank School Points Previous Ranking
1 UBC 633 1
2 Toronto 435 2
3 Calgary 421 3
4 Victoria 298 4
5 Montreal 249 5
6 Manitoba 169 6
7 McGill 124 7
8 Western 109 8
9 Ottawa 90 NR
10 Dalhousie 82 9

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 5
6 Montreal 7-1 1696.75 6
7 Toronto 7-1 1642.84 7
8 Queen’s 4-3 1641.20 8
9 Alberta 8-4 1629.10 9
10 Windsor 4-4 1590.03 10

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Rank School Regular Season Record ELO Previous Ranking
1 Trinity Western 13-1 1808.20 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 Alberta 9-5 1662.39 9
8 Laval 8-3 1662.26 7
9 Western 7-3 1633.58 10
10 Waterloo 4-4 1626.88 NR