U SPORTS TOP TEN TUESDAY (#14): National leaders remain on top
TORONTO (U Sports) – With one week remaining in the first half of the season, there are no changes atop the U Sports national rankings.
The McMaster Marauders and Trinity Western Spartans hold on to their No.1 positions achieved last week in women’s basketball and men’s volleyball respectively, while the UBC Thunderbirds remain the team to beat in men’s and women’s swimming after sweeping the Canada West Championship banners over the weekend.
The Thunderbirds also maintain their pole position in women’s hockey, along with Carleton (men’s basketball), Brock (men’s and women’s wrestling), Alberta (women’s volleyball) and UNB (men’s hockey).
Note: Top 10 rankings for the fall semester will conclude next Tuesday, Dec. 6.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Carleton (3-0) / 468 pts (45) / (1)
2. UBC (6-0) / 424 (2) / (2)
3. Calgary (5-1) / 372 / (3)
4. Ottawa (3-0) / 325 / (4)
5. Brock (4-0) / 287 / (5)
6. Ryerson (5-0) / 204 / (8)
7. McMaster (3-2) / 181 / (6)
8. McGill (3-1) / 123 / (9)
9. Alberta (8-0) / 107 / (10)
10. Dalhousie (5-2) / 87 / (7)
Other teams receiving votes: Winnipeg (4), Saskatchewan (2)
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. McMaster (5-0) / 563 pts (46) / (1)
2. Regina (5-1) / 507 (1) / (2)
3. Laval (4-0) / 480 / (3)
4. Carleton (2-1) / 418 / (4)
5. Windsor (6-0) / 378 / (5)
6. Queens (5-0) / 323 / (6)
7. Saint Mary’s (7-0) / 285 / (7)
8. Ryerson (4-1) / 226 / (9)
9. Winnipeg (8-0) / 162 / (NR)
10. UBC (6-0) / 119 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: McGill (117), UQAM (48)
MEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. UNB (12-2-2) / 145 pts (12) / (1)
2. Alberta (10-3-1) / 132 (1) / (3)
3. Saskatchewan (9-3-2) / 108 (1) / (2)
4. Ryerson (11-2-1) / 88 (1) / (6)
5. StFX (11-6-0) / 86 / (4)
6. McGill (11-3-1) / 67 / (5)
7. UQTR (11-4-1) / 57 / (9)
8. Acadia (10-5-1) / 38 / (NR)
9. Mount Royal (9-5-0) / 27 / (10)
10. Calgary (9-4-1) / 23 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Queen's (21), UOIT (12), Saint Mary's (7), Carleton (6), Concordia (4), York (4)
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)
1. UBC (13-1-0) / 40 pts / (1)
2. St. Thomas (12-1-1) / 36 / (3)
3. Saint Mary's (10-1-2) / 32 / (2)
4. Guelph (11-2-1) / 28 / (4)
5. Montreal (6-4-0) / 24 / (5)
6. McGill (6-2-0) / 20 / (6)
7. Manitoba (10-3-1) / 16 / (7)
8. Nipissing (10-1-1) / 12 / (8)
9. Saskatchewan (9-3-2) / 8 / (9)
10. Ottawa (6-2-1) / 4 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: None
MEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. UBC 869 pts / (1)
2. Calgary 376 pts / (5)
3. Toronto 340 pts / (2)
4. Alberta 331 pts / (4)
5. Victoria 158 pts / (9)
6. McGill 157 pts / (3)
7. Dalhousie 124 pts / (6)
8. Montreal 111 pts / (7)
9. Laval 91 pts / (8)
10. Sherbrooke 90 pts / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Waterloo (52), Lethbridge (50), Ottawa (41), Laurentian (37), Regina (24), Queen’s (18), UNB (18), Memorial (17), Acadia (14), Manitoba (12), McMaster (10), Mount Allison (9), York (6)
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. UBC 768 pts / (1)
2. Montreal 387 pts / (3)
3. Toronto 372 pts / (2)
4. Calgary 274 pts / (4)
5. Alberta 238 pts / (8)
6. Manitoba 132 pts / (7)
7. Dalhousie 129 pts / (6)
8. McGill 121 pts / (5)
9. UQAM 83 pts / (9)
10. Laurier 77 pts / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Laval (72), Victoria (68), Lethbridge (63), Regina (28), Queen’s (28), Laurentian (27), Memorial (23), Sherbrooke (19), McMaster (14), Ottawa (9), Waterloo (6), Brock (6), Guelph (4), UQTR (1)
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Trinity Western (8-0) / 274 pts (22) / (1)
2. McMaster (6-0) / 236 (3) / (2)
3. Manitoba (7-1) / 228 / (3)
4. Alberta (6-2) / 207 (4) / (4)
5. Montreal (6-1) / 162 / (5)
6. Laval (6-1) / 134 / (6)
7. Mount Royal (6-2) / 126 / (7)
T8. Guelph (6-1) / 54 / (10)
T8. Saskatchewan (6-2) / 54 / (8)
10. Calgary (2-6) / 28 / (9)
Other teams receiving votes: Winnipeg (26), Brandon (17), UBC (14), Dalhousie (9)
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Alberta (8-0) / 60 pts (4) / (1)
2. Toronto (7-0) / 55 pts / (2)
3. Trinity Western (7-1) / 53 pts / (4)
4. UBC Okanagan (7-1) / 46 pts / (5)
5. Calgary (7-1) / 42 pts / (6)
6. Western (8-0) / 38 pts / (10)
7. Dalhousie (9-0) / 36.5 pts / (7)
8. McMaster (7-1) / 34 pts / (3)
9. Montreal (6-3) / 29 pts / (9)
10. UBC (5-3) / 24.5 pts / (8)
Other teams receiving votes: Laval (19.5), Mount Royal (9), Ryerson (8), Ottawa (7.5), Memorial (6)
MEN’S WRESTLING
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Brock / (1)
2. McMaster / (2)
3. Alberta / (3)
4. Winnipeg / (6)
5. Calgary / (4)
6. Regina / (5)
7. Saskatchewan / (7)
8. Concordia / (8)
9. Western / (9)
10. Fraser Valley / (10)
WOMEN’S WRESTLING
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Brock / (1)
2. Calgary / (2)
3. Guelph / (3)
4. Alberta / (4)
5. Regina / (5)
6. Winnipeg / (6)
7. Saskatchewan / (7)
8. McMaster / (8)
9. Concordia / (10)
10. Lakehead / (9)
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