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 |