The Dalhousie Tigers are the new team to beat in women’s volleyball.
The Tigers (13-0) continued their perfect season, sweeping back-to-back matches over the weekend at Saint Mary’s (7-6) and at home against UNB (6-6). It’s the first No.1 ranking for Dalhousie since Feb. 12, 2019, taking over the top spot from the Trinity Western Spartans (16-2) – who had held it since the beginning of the campaign.
In other U SPORTS rankings, UNB (men’s hockey) Concordia (women’s hockey), Carleton (men’s basketball), Saskatchewan (women’s basketball), Trinity Western (men’s volleyball), Calgary (men’s swimming), UBC (women’s swimming), Guelph (men’s and women’s track and field), Alberta (men’s wrestling) and Brock (women’s wrestling) remain at No.1 for another week.
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 |
15-0 |
470 (47) |
1 |
2 |
Calgary |
14-0 |
420 |
2 |
3 |
Dalhousie |
11-1 |
378 |
3 |
4 |
Alberta |
13-1 |
324 |
4 |
5 |
Ottawa |
12-3 |
279 |
5 |
6 |
Lakehead |
11-3 |
240 |
6 |
7 |
Laurentian |
10-4 |
180 |
7 |
8 |
Saskatchewan |
10-4 |
88 |
9 |
9 |
Manitoba |
12-2 |
82 |
10 |
10 |
McMaster |
9-5 |
34 |
8 |
Other teams receiving votes: Ryerson (34), McGill (22), UBC (15) |
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Rank |
School |
Regular Season Record |
Points (1st Place) |
Previous Ranking |
1 |
Saskatchewan |
14-0 |
575 (47) |
1 |
2 |
Calgary |
14-0 |
526 |
2 |
3 |
Ottawa |
13-2 |
483 (1) |
3 |
4 |
Ryerson |
12-2 |
430 |
5 |
5 |
Carleton |
12-3 |
347 |
4 |
6 |
Queen's |
9-5 |
336 |
7 |
7 |
Laval |
7-2 |
304 |
8 |
8 |
Western |
14-2 |
187 |
NR |
9 |
Brock |
11-3 |
164 |
9 |
10 |
Windsor |
11-3 |
160 |
6 |
Other teams receiving votes: Alberta (134), Bishop’s (35) |
MEN’S HOCKEY
Rank |
School |
Regular Season Record |
ELO |
Previous Ranking |
1 |
UNB |
20-4-0 |
1865.19 |
1 |
2 |
Alberta |
19-3-0 |
1795.63 |
2 |
3 |
Saskatchewan |
16-4-2 |
1772.75 |
4 |
4 |
Toronto |
19-2-1 |
1772.02 |
3 |
5 |
Carleton |
20-3-1 |
1740.43 |
5 |
6 |
UQTR |
17-5-2 |
1656.62 |
NR |
7 |
Ryerson |
16-5-2 |
1638.56 |
10 |
8 |
Acadia |
17-6-1 |
1634.66 |
6 |
9 |
Ottawa |
15-6-2 |
1632.55 |
8 |
10 |
Guelph |
13-5-5 |
1610.98 |
NR |
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Rank |
School |
Regular Season Record |
Points (1st Place) |
Previous Ranking |
1 |
Concordia |
11-1-2 |
40 (4) |
1 |
2 |
Saint Mary's |
17-3-1 |
35 |
2 |
3 |
UPEI |
17-4-1 |
31 |
5 |
4 |
Toronto |
12-4-2 |
27* |
4 |
5 |
Montréal |
7-3-4 |
27* |
3 |
6 |
Alberta |
16-6-0 |
19 |
7 |
7 |
McGill |
7-4-3 |
17 |
6 |
8 |
York |
12-5-1 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
Nipissing |
11-5-1 |
6 |
9 |
10 |
Calgary |
14-6-2 |
4 |
8 |
Other teams receiving votes: StFX |
*Toronto ranked No. 4 over Montreal, due to a higher number of higher-placed votes
MEN’S SWIMMING
Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous Ranking |
1 |
Calgary |
492 |
1 |
2 |
UBC |
389 |
2 |
3 |
McGill |
310 |
3 |
4 |
Victoria |
241 |
4 |
5 |
Ottawa |
232 |
5 |
6 |
Toronto |
231 |
6 |
7 |
Montreal |
200 |
7 |
8 |
Alberta |
127 |
8 |
9 |
Regina |
109 |
9 |
10 |
Laval |
108 |
10 |
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous Ranking |
1 |
UBC |
618 |
1 |
2 |
Toronto |
474 |
2 |
3 |
Calgary |
413 |
3 |
4 |
Victoria |
289 |
4 |
5 |
Montreal |
245 |
5 |
6 |
Manitoba |
167 |
6 |
7 |
McGill |
122 |
7 |
8 |
Western |
112 |
8 |
9 |
Ottawa |
90 |
9 |
10 |
Dalhousie |
82 |
10 |
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous Ranking |
1 |
Guelph |
134.5 |
1 |
2 |
Calgary |
72.1 |
8 |
3 |
Manitoba |
50.1 |
5 |
4 |
Western |
48.5 |
2 |
5 |
Saskatchewan |
48 |
6 |
6 |
Trinity Western |
46 |
NR |
7 |
Laval |
38.6 |
9 |
8 |
Toronto |
36.5 |
3 |
9 |
Montreal |
30.6 |
10 |
10 |
Waterloo |
27.6 |
7 |
Other teams receiving points: Regina (23), Lethbridge (21) |
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous Ranking |
1 |
Guelph |
153 |
1 |
2 |
Alberta |
57.5 |
5 |
3 |
Western |
50.5 |
2 |
4 |
Toronto |
48 |
3 |
5 |
Calgary |
45.5 |
4 |
6 |
Regina |
43.5 |
T10 |
7 |
Saskatchewan |
40.5 |
8 |
8 |
Manitoba |
35.5 |
9 |
9 |
York |
34.5 |
T6 |
10 |
Laval |
21.5 |
T6 |
Other teams receiving points: Montreal (18), Sherbrook (18) |
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Rank |
School |
Regular Season Record |
ELO |
Previous Ranking |
1 |
Trinity Western |
15-1 |
1893.71 |
1 |
2 |
UBC |
13-3 |
1763.61 |
4 |
3 |
McMaster |
9-1 |
1760.72 |
5 |
4 |
Montreal |
9-1 |
1746.33 |
7 |
5 |
Laval |
9-2 |
1746.03 |
2 |
6 |
Alberta |
12-4 |
1711.48 |
6 |
7 |
Queen’s |
8-3 |
1699.49 |
8 |
8 |
Toronto |
8-1 |
1658.49 |
9 |
9 |
Brandon |
11-5 |
1652.51 |
3 |
10 |
Calgary |
8-6 |
1600.33 |
NR |
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Rank |
School |
Regular Season Record |
ELO |
Previous Ranking |
1 |
Dalhousie |
13-0 |
1809.52 |
2 |
2 |
Trinity Western |
16-2 |
1802.27 |
1 |
3 |
Ryerson |
11-2 |
1797.95 |
4 |
4 |
Toronto |
9-1 |
1777.20 |
3 |
5 |
Mount Royal |
13-3 |
1703.71 |
5 |
6 |
Montreal |
11-3 |
1679.88 |
NR |
7 |
Alberta |
10-6 |
1669.15 |
8 |
8 |
Waterloo |
7-4 |
1648.84 |
10 |
9 |
Brock |
8-3 |
1643.28 |
7 |
10 |
Thompson Rivers |
13-5 |
1643.26 |
NR |
MEN’S WRESTLING
Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous Ranking |
1 |
Alberta |
64 |
1 |
2 |
Saskatchewan |
46 |
2 |
3 |
Guelph |
43 |
3 |
4 |
Brock |
42 |
4 |
5 |
Calgary |
40 |
5 |
6 |
Fraser Valley |
29 |
6 |
7 |
Concordia |
24 |
7 |
8 |
Algoma |
23 |
8 |
9 |
Lakehead |
22 |
9 |
10 |
Western |
21 |
10 |
Other teams receiving points: McMaster (16), Ryerson (11), UNB (5), York (4), Queen’s (3), Toronto (3) |
WOMEN’S WRESTLING
Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous Ranking |
1 |
Brock |
44 |
1 |
2 |
Saskatchewan |
42 |
2 |
3 |
Concordia |
33 |
3 |
4 |
Alberta |
32 |
4 |
5 |
Calgary |
31 |
5 |
6 |
Western |
23* |
6 |
7 |
Lakehead |
23* |
7 |
8 |
Guelph |
21 |
8 |
9 |
McMaster |
12* |
9 |
10 |
Queen’s |
12* |
10 |
Other teams receiving points: York (8), Fraser Valley (4) |
*Western and McMaster ranked higher due to a higher number of higher-ranked individual wrestlers