Women’s Wrestling
The UBC Thunderbirds and Brock Badgers begin the season as the top-ranked swimming and wrestling teams in the country.
Both Thunderbird swim teams sit atop the polls to begin their seasons. The UBC men look to capture their third U SPORTS gold in four seasons, while women attempt to claim their sixth U SPORTS gold in seven seasons.
Meanwhile, the wrestling season opens with the Badgers men at No.1 in the country, ready to chase after their fifth consecutive U SPORTS gold while the Brock women start the year in the top spot after claiming their sixth consecutive U SPORTS gold last spring.
This week’s rankings are also highlighted by a pair of changes at the top. In women’s basketball, Regina (2-0) takes over the pole position for the first time since the opening poll of last year, after opening the season with a weekend sweep of Manitoba. The Cougars are set to host the U SPORTS Women’s Basketball Final 8 Championship in March 2018.
Meanwhile, Montreal leap up to No.1 in women’s volleyball, after sweeping McGill 3-0 on the road and defeating Sherbrooke 3-0 at home over the weekend.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Carleton (men’s basketball), Alberta (men’s hockey), UBC (women’s hockey) and Trinity Western (men’s volleyball) and all remain national leaders for another week.
Men's basketball
Rank | School | Season | Votes (pts) | Previous |
1 | Carleton | 2-0 | 459 (45) | 1 |
2 | Brock | 4-0 | 400 (1) | 2 |
3 | Alberta | 4-0 | 357 | 3 |
4 | Calgary | 4-0 | 330 | 5 |
5 | Dalhousie | 2-0 | 266 | 6 |
6 | McGill | 0-0 | 210 | 8 |
7 | Ottawa | 2-0 | 166 | 9 |
8 | UBC | 2-2 | 165 | 4 |
9 | Laurentian | 2-0 | 75 | 10 |
10 | Ryerson | 2-1 | 67 | 7 |
Other teams receiving votes: Acadia (18), Lethbridge (11) |
Women's basketball
Rank | School | Season | Votes (pts) | Previous |
1 | Regina | 2-0 | 542 (36) | 2 |
2 | Acadia | 2-0 | 484 (2) | 3 |
3 | McGill | 0-1 | 445 (7) | 1 |
4 | Carleton | 2-0 | 442 (1) | 4 |
5 | Laval | 1-0 | 389 (1) | 6 |
6 | Windsor | 3-0 | 329 | 7 |
7 | McMaster | 2-1 | 242 | 5 |
8 | Alberta | 3-1 | 222 | 9 |
9 | Saskatchewan | 2-0 | 175 | 10 |
10 | Queen’s | 3-0 | 168 | NR |
Other teams receiving votes: Concordia (101), Ryerson (61) |
Men's Hockey
Rank | School | Season | Votes (pts) | Previous |
1 | Alberta | 8-0-0 | 147 (12) | 1 |
2 | UNB | 9-0-1 | 138 (3) | 2 |
3 | Saskatchewan | 6-1-1 | 106 | 4 |
4 | StFX | 8-0-2 | 104 | 3 |
5 | McGill | 8-2-0 | 88 | 6 |
6 | Acadia | 7-2-1 | 66 | 7 |
7 | UQTR | 7-1-1 | 50 | 9 |
8 | York | 7-2-0 | 44 | 5 |
9 | Calgary | 4-1-3 | 39 | 8 |
10 | Carleton | 6-1-1 | 23 | NR |
Other teams receiving votes: Ryerson (9), Saint Mary's (7), Concordia (4), Queen's (2) |
Women's hockey
Rank | School | Season | Votes (pts) | Previous |
1 | UBC | 6-2-0 | 40 | 1 |
2 | Alberta | 5-1-2 | 36 | 2 |
3 | Saint Mary's | 7-0-1 | 32 | 3 |
4 | Concordia | 3-1-0 | 28 | 4 |
5 | StFX | 5-0-1 | 23 | 5 |
6 | Manitoba | 5-3-0 | 21 | 6 |
7 | McGill | 0-3-0 | 14 | 7 |
8 | Montreal | 2-0-2 | 10 | 9 |
9 | Guelph | 3-3-0 | 7 | 8 |
10 | Queen's | 6-0-1 | 5 | 10 |
Men's Swimming
Rank | School | Votes | Previous |
1 | UBC | 673 | - |
2 | Calgary | 612 | - |
3 | Montreal | 317 | - |
4 | Ottawa | 294 | - |
5 | McGill | 254 | - |
6 | Toronto | 253 | - |
7 | Laval | 129 | - |
8 | Sherbrooke | 89 | - |
9 | Manitoba | 75 | - |
10 | Victoria | 63 | - |
Honourable mention: Laurentian (54), Dalhousie (45), Alberta (38), Lethbridge (29), Acadia (13) Queen’s (6), Guelph (4), Brock (2), McMaster (1), Waterloo (1) |
Women's Swimming
Rank | School | Votes (pts) | Previous |
1 | UBC | 846 | - |
2 | Montreal | 556 | - |
3 | Calgary | 332 | - |
4 | Toronto | 220 | - |
5 | McGill | 175 | - |
6 | Manitoba | 163 | - |
7 | Laval | 136 | - |
8 | Lethbridge | 93 | - |
9 | Ottawa | 92 | - |
10 | Alberta | 62 | - |
Honourable mention: Victoria (61), Sherbrooke (42), UQTR (37), McMaster (37), Memorial (29), Laurentian (22), Dalhousie (19), York (19), Acadia (6), Queen’s (4), Mount Allison (2) |
* Swimming Top 10 is calculated from individual event results by school. Rankings available at swimming.ca
Men's Volleyball
Rank | Season | School | VRS # | Previous |
1 | Trinity Western | 4-0 | 2.2 | 1 |
2 | Ryerson | 2-0 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Manitoba | 1-3 | 1.5 | 3 |
4 | Winnipeg | 6-0 | 1.3 | 4 |
5 | Windsor | 2-0 | 1.2 | 5 |
6 | Montreal | 4-0 | 1.1 | 6 |
7 | Brandon | 5-1 | 1 | 7 |
8 | Alberta | 4-0 | 0.7 | 8 |
9 | Calgary | 4-2 | 0.6 | 9 |
10 | UBC | 4-0 | 0.5 | NR |
Note: Men’s volleyball Top 10 is determined by the Volleyball Ranking System (VRS). Teams are ranked via the VRS #, their average sets won differential.
Rankings available here.
Women's volleyball
Rank | School | Season | Votes (pts) | Previous |
1 | Montreal | 5-0 | 60 (4) | 3 |
2 | Alberta | 3-1 | 53 | 1 |
3 | Dalhousie | 3-0 | 52 | 5 |
4 | UBC | 3-1 | 50 | 8 |
5 | Mount Royal | 3-1 | 42 | 4 |
6 | Calgary | 4-2 | 39 | 2 |
7 | UBC Okanagan | 4-2 | 38 | 6 |
8 | McMaster | 2-1 | 34 | 7 |
9 | McGill | 3-1 | 21 | 9 |
10 | Ryerson | 3-0 | 20 | NR |
Other teams receiving votes: Laval (19), Brandon (14), Memorial (12), Regina (9), Western (9) |
Men's Wrestling
Rank | School | Votes (pts) | Previous |
1 | Brock | - | - |
2 | McMaster | - | - |
3 | Alberta | - | - |
4 | Guelph | - | - |
5 | Fraser Valley | - | - |
6 | Saskatchewan | - | - |
7 | Calgary | - | - |
8 | Concordia | - | - |
9 | Regina | - | - |
10 | Western | - | - |
Women's wrestling
Rank | School | Votes (pts) | Previous |
1 | Brock | - | - |
2 | Calgary | - | - |
3 | Alberta | - | - |
4 | Regina | - | - |
5 | Guelph | - | - |
6 | Western | - | - |
7 | Lakehead | - | - |
8 | Saskatchewan | - | - |
9 | McMaster | - | - |
10 | UNB | - | - |
*Wrestling Top 10 will be calculated from individual weight class results by school beginning in Week 2