U SPORTS TOP 10 TUESDAY (#20): Leaders hold on to pole positions ahead of swimming, wrestling conference championships
TORONTO (U SPORTS) – A week after claiming their first No.1 spot in 14 years, the Manitoba Bisons remain the team to beat in U SPORTS men’s volleyball, while the Guelph Gryphons continue to sweep the track and field polls, as all 12 national leaders remain on top of the national rankings.
TORONTO (U SPORTS) – A week after claiming their first No.1 spot in 14 years, the Manitoba Bisons remain the team to beat in U SPORTS men’s volleyball, while the Guelph Gryphons continue to sweep the track and field polls, as all 12 national leaders remain on top of the national rankings.
In swimming and wrestling, the UBC Thunderbirds and Brock Badgers retain the lead position in both the men’s and women’s polls, with conference championships on tap this weekend. Toronto (OUA), UPEI (AUS) and Laval (RSEQ) will host swimming championships, while McMaster (OUA) and Saskatchewan (Canada West), welcome the best wrestlers in their respective conferences. The Canada West Swimming Championship took place in November.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Carleton (men’s basketball), Laval (women’s basketball), UNB (men’s hockey), UBC (women’s hockey), and Alberta (women’s volleyball) hold on to their pole positions for another week.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Carleton (15-0) / 470 pts (47) / (1)
2. UBC (17-1) / 423 / (2)
3. Ottawa (13-2) / 366 / (3)
4. Brock (12-4) / 318 / (4)
5. Ryerson (15-1) / 284 / (5)
6. Calgary (14-4) / 245 / (6)
7. Alberta (13-5) / 159 / (7)
8. McGill (9-3) / 153 / (8)
9. Saskatchewan (12-6) / 88 / (9)
10. Dalhousie (12-4) / 74 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Saint Mary’s (5)
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Laval (11-1) / 559 pts (42) / (1)
2. McMaster (14-2) / 495 / (3)
3. Queen’s (16-0) / 466 (4) / (4)
4. Regina (15-3) / 435 / (2)
5. Carleton (14-1) / 387 (1) / (5)
6. Windsor (13-3) / 304 / (6)
7. Winnipeg (16-2) / 298 / (7)
8. Ryerson (12-4) / 234 / (8)
9. Saskatchewan (13-5) / 150 / (9)
10. Saint Mary’s (12-4) / 109 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Alberta (85), UQAM (41), Cape Breton (37), McGill (36), UBC (19), Ottawa (9), Acadia (1), Memorial (1)
MEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. UNB (23-2-3) / 150 pts (15) / (1)
2. Saskatchewan (19-5-2) / 126 / (2)
3. McGill (19-4-3) / 114 / (4)
4. Ryerson (20-4-2) / 97 / (3)
5. Acadia (18-8-2) / 96 / (5)
6. Alberta (17-7-2) / 76 / (6)
7. Concordia (18-7-2) / 46 / (10)
8. Calgary (16-9-1) / 42 / (NR)
9. Queen's (17-6-3) / 30 / (7)
10. York (17-6-4) / 15 / (8)
Other teams receiving votes: Mount Royal (11), StFX (11), Carleton (6), UQTR (3), Laurier (2)
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)
1. UBC (22-3-1) /40 pts / (1)
2. Guelph (17-2-1) / 35 / (2)
3. Saint Mary's (18-2-3) / 33 / (3)
4. Manitoba (19-5-2) / 26 / (5)
5. St. Thomas (16-3-3) / 26 / (4)
6. McGill (13-4-0) / 20 / (6)
7. Alberta (19-4-3) / 16 / (7)
8. Montreal (9-7-1) / 12 / (8)
9. Nipissing (15-3-2) / 8 / (9)
10. Toronto (13-7-0) / 3 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Concordia (1)
MEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. UBC 770 pts / (1)
2. Toronto 347 / (2)
3. Calgary 340 / (3)
4. Alberta 287 / (4)
5. Victoria 221 / (5)
6. Laval 163 / (6)
7. McGill 111 / (7)
8. Montreal 106 / (8)
9. Ottawa 88 / (9)
10. Sherbrooke 85 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Western (78), Dalhousie (71), Guelph (68), Lethbridge (56), Regina (49), Waterloo (41), Laurentian (29), UNB (12), McMaster (10), Queen’s (10), Memorial (9), Mount Allison (6), Acadia (6), Manitoba (3)
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. UBC 662 pts / (1)
2. Montreal 417 / (2)
3. Toronto 416 / (3)
4. Alberta 210 / (4)
5. Calgary 199 / (5)
6. Victoria 144 / (6)
7. Manitoba 121 / (7)
T8. UQAM 90 / (T8)
T8. Dalhousie 90 / (T8)
10. Regina 86 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Laval (73), Laurier (70), McGill (69), Lethbridge (69), Western (59), McMaster (40), Guelph (36), Queen’s (24), Acadia (20), Laurentian (18), Memorial (14), Ottawa (10), Sherbrooke (9), Mount Allison (4), UQTR (2)
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Guelph 115.33 pts / (1)
2. Windsor 73 / (2)
3. Western 62 / (3)
4. Toronto 54.5 / (5)
5. Laval 43.5 / (4)
6. Manitoba 40 / (6)
7. Alberta 38 / (7)
T8. Lethbridge 29 / (NR)
T8. Dalhousie 29 / (8)
10. Waterloo 27 / (9)
Other teams receiving votes: Trinity Western (22.33), Victoria (22)
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Guelph 100.5 pts / (1)
2. Toronto 100.16 / (2)
3. Calgary 79.5 / (3)
4. Western 69.33/ (5)
5. Sherbrooke 56 / (4)
6. Windsor 40 / (6)
7. Alberta 31 / (8)
8. Laval 29 / (7)
9. Trinity Western 24 / (NR)
10. Manitoba 23 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Saskatchewan (17.5), Regina (17.5)
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Manitoba (19-1) / 284 pts (19) / (1)
2. Trinity Western (18-2) / 263 (4) / (2)
3. McMaster (11-0) / 252 (8) / (3)
4. Alberta (15-3) / 223 / (4)
5. Laval (11-2) / 173 / (6)
6. Montreal (10-3) / 141 / (5)
7. UBC (12-6) / 130 / (7)
8. Mount Royal (10-8) / 75 / (10)
9. Brandon (11-9) / 49 / (9)
10. Saskatchewan (9-9) / 40 / (8)
Other teams receiving votes: Ryerson (14), Guelph (14), Winnipeg (12)
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Alberta (18-0) / 60 pts (4) / (1)
2. Toronto (13-0) / 55 / (2)
3. Trinity Western (17-3) / 53 / (3)
4. UBC (14-4) / 47.5 / (4)
5. Calgary (14-4) / 43.5 / (5)
6. Montreal (13-4) / 37 / (6)
7. Western (12-1) / 30 / (8)
8. Dalhousie (16-1) / 36.5 / (7)
9. UBC Okanagan (12-6) / 29.5 / (9)
10. McMaster (10-3) / 24.5 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: McGill (20), Ryerson (12), Thompson Rivers (11), Memorial (10), Laval (6.5)
MEN’S WRESTLING
(previous ranking)
1. Brock / (1)
2. Alberta / (2)
3. McMaster / (3)
4. Winnipeg / (4)
5. Calgary / (5)
6. Saskatchewan / (6)
7. Regina / (7)
8. Western / (8)
9. Concordia / (9)
10. UNB / (10)
WOMEN’S WRESTLING
(previous ranking)
1. Brock / (1)
2. Calgary / (2)
3. Guelph / (3)
4. Regina / (4)
5. Alberta / (5)
6. Winnipeg / (6)
7. Saskatchewan / (7)
8. UNB / (8)
9. McMaster / (9)
10. Western / (10)
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