CIS Top Ten Tuesday (#10): Laval volleyball, UBC swimming climb to the top

OTTAWA (CIS) – Three new teams moved to top of CIS national rankings this week, including the Laval Rouge et Or, who find themselves in a tie for No. 1 with the Alberta Pandas in women’s volleyball, as well as the UBC Thunderbirds, who take the lead in both women’s and men’s swimming.

In women’s volleyball, Laval is off to a 5-0 start in RSEQ league play, including a four-set win over archrival Montreal on Saturday. The Rouge et Or had last been ranked No. 1 at the start of the 2010-11 campaign, when they led the first four coaches’ polls.

In women’s swimming, the reigning three-time CIS champion Thunderbirds are back in a familiar position, having led all 12 weekly rankings last season. On the men’s side, UBC overtakes defending national champion Toronto in the top 10 for the first time since last January. 

In other CIS sports, Windsor (women’s basketball), Carleton (men’s basketball), Guelph (women’s & men’s cross country), McGill (women’s hockey) and Alberta (men’s hockey & men’s volleyball) all hold on to the pole position.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Windsor (0-0) / 547 points (42) / (1)
2. UBC (0-0) / 506 (4) / (2) 
3. Alberta (2-0) / 454 / (3) 
4. McGill (0-0) / 393 / (4) 
5. Saint Mary’s (0-0) / 326 / (5) 
6. McMaster (0-0) / 297 / (7) 
7. Saskatchewan (0-2) / 274 / (6) 
8. Queen’s (0-0) / 233 / (9)
9. Laval (0-0) / 119 / (NR) 
10. Concordia (0-0) / 104 / (10) 

Other teams receiving votes: Victoria (82), Winnipeg (81).

MEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Carleton (0-0) / 426 points (41) / (1)  
2. Ottawa (0-0) / 387 (2) / (2)  
3. Ryerson (0-0) / 342 / (3)  
4. McMaster (0-0) / 286 / (4)  
5. Windsor (0-0) / 253 / (5)  
6. Cape Breton (0-0) / 215 / (6)  
7. UBC (0-0) / 173 / (7)  
8. UNB (0-0) / 96 / (9) 
9. Saskatchewan (1-1) / 77 / (8)  
10. Victoria (2-0) / 73 / (10) 

Other teams receiving votes: Calgary (14), Alberta (10).

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
(points) / (previous ranking)

1. Guelph 98 points / (1)
2. Trinity Western 88 / (2)
3. Western 80 / (3)
4. Queen’s 74 / (4)
T5. Toronto 54 / (5)
T5. Laval 54 / (7)
7. Victoria 34 / (6)
8. Alberta 20 / (9)
9. Ottawa 16 / (10)
10. Dalhousie 15 / (8)

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
(points) / (previous ranking)

1. Guelph 100 points / (1)
2. McMaster 82 / (4)
3. Windsor 78 / (2)
4. Laval 74 / (3)
5. Victoria 66 / (5)
6. Lakehead 38 / (6)
7. StFX 32 / (9)
8. Trinity Western 30 / (7)
9. Calgary 20 / (8)
10. Regina 15 / (NR)

WOMEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / (previous ranking)

1. McGill (3-0-0) / (1)
2. Montreal (3-1-0) / (2)
3. Alberta (6-2-0) / (4)
4. Queen’s (5-0-2) / (3)
5. UBC (5-1-2) / (5)
6. Wilfrid Laurier (5-2-0) / (7)
7. Saskatchewan (5-3-0) / (8)
8. Guelph (3-1-1) / (6)
9. Western (6-0-1) / (NR)
10. StFX (5-1-0) / (NR)

MEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Alberta (9-1-0) / 150 points (15) / (1)
2. Acadia (7-1-0) / 130 / (2)
3. UNB (6-1-1) / 115 / (3)
4. Windsor (9-0-0) / 99 / (4)
5. Calgary (8-2-0) / 91 / (6)
6. UQTR (7-1-0) / 87 / (5)
7. Saint Mary’s (6-1-1) / 55 / (9)
8. Mount Royal (6-4-0) / 32 / (7)
9. Carleton (6-2-0) / 28 / (NR)
10. Moncton (5-2-1) / 21 / (8)

Other teams receiving votes: McGill (9), Manitoba (3), Laurentian (2), Ryerson (2), Saskatchewan (1).

WOMEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous ranking)

1. UBC 987 points / (2)
2. Montreal 572 / (1)
3. Toronto 364 / (3)
4. Laval 206 / (4)
5. Calgary 165 / (9)
6. Ottawa 117 / (6)
7. Victoria 100 / (7)
8. McGill 89 / (5)
9. Dalhousie 63 / (8)
10. Manitoba 41 / (NR)

MEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous ranking)

1. UBC 731 points / (2)
2. Toronto 666 / (1)
3. Calgary 460 / (8)
4. Ottawa 171 / (3)
5. Montreal 131 / (4)
6. Victoria 102 / (10)
7. McMaster 100 / (5)
8. Laval 96 / (6)
9. Alberta 84 / (NR)
10. Waterloo 77 / (7)

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)

T1. Alberta (6-2) / 57 points / (1)
T1. Laval (5-0) / 57 / (T5)
3. Brandon (5-1) / 50 / (T5)
4. Montreal (5-1) / 48 / (2)
5. Toronto (4-0) / 42 / (T5)
6. UBC (5-3) / 38.5 / (NR)
T7. UBC Okanagan (4-4) / 34 / (3)
T7. Trinity Western (4-4) / 34 / (4)
9. Calgary (4-4) / 29.5 / (10)
10. Ryerson (4-0) / 22 / (NR)

Next highest votes: UNB (18), McGill (17), Manitoba (8), Winnipeg (7), Ottawa (6).

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Alberta (8-0) / 280 points (28) / (1)
2. Trinity Western (6-2) / 244 (1) / (2)
3. McMaster (5-1) / 218 / (3)
4. Brandon (6-0) / 202 / (4)
5. UBC (7-1) / 160 / (5)
6. Dalhousie (5-0) / 136 / (10)
7. Calgary (3-5) / 86 / (7)
8. Winnipeg (5-1) / 65 / (10)
9. Western (4-1) / 55 / (8)
10. Guelph (4-1) / 33 / (NR)

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