U SPORTS TOP 10 TUESDAY (#19): Manitoba rises to No. 1 in men’s volleyball for first time in 14 years
TORONTO (U SPORTS) – The Manitoba Bisons have taken over the lead in men’s volleyball for the first time in 14 years, while the Guelph Gryphons stand alone on top of the U SPORTS track and field rankings.
In men’s volleyball, the Bisons (17-1) claimed their first No.1 ranking since Feb. 19, 2003, following a pair of convincing 3-0 sweeps at then-ranked No.8 Brandon (11-7) on Friday and Saturday. Manitoba hosts Thompson Rivers (2-14) in a weekend series beginning Friday.
In women’s track and field, the Gryphons jumped into top spot to sweep both the men’s and women’s polls after claiming 12 medals at the McGill Team Challenge over the weekend. Guelph will compete at the York Open on Saturday.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Carleton (men’s basketball), Laval (women’s basketball), UNB (men’s hockey), UBC (women’s hockey; men’s and women’s swimming), Alberta (women’s volleyball), and Brock (men’s and women’s wrestling) hold on to their pole positions for another week.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Carleton (14-0) / 470 pts (47) / (1)
2. UBC (15-1) / 421 / (2)
3. Ottawa (13-1) / 376 / (3)
4. Brock (10-4) / 300 / (6)
5. Ryerson (13-1) / 288 / (4)
6. Calgary (12-4) / 242 / (5)
7. Alberta (12-4) / 186 / (7)
8. McGill (7-3) / 125 / (8)
9. Saskatchewan (11-5) / 99 / (9)
10. Dalhousie (10-4) / 48 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Saint Mary’s (25), Manitoba (3)
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Laval (9-1) / 546 pts (40) / (1)
2. Regina (14-2) / 498 (2) / (2)
3. McMaster (13-2) / 458 (1) / (3)
4. Queen’s (14-0) / 429 (3) / (4)
5. Carleton (13-1) / 369 / (5)
6. Windsor (13-3) / 286 / (6)
7. Winnipeg (15-1) / 262 / (8)
8. Ryerson (11-3) / 257 / (7)
9. Saskatchewan (12-4) / 197 / (9)
10. Cape Breton (12-2) / 129 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Saint Mary’s (59), UQAM (36)
MEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. UNB (21-2-3) / 150 pts (15) / (1)
2. Saskatchewan (18-4-2) / 134 / (2)
3. Ryerson (19-4-1) / 98 / (6)
4. McGill (18-4-3) / 97 / (3)
5. Acadia (17-8-2) / 96 / (4)
6. Alberta (16-7-1) / 77 / (8)
7. Queen’s (17-5-2) / 58 / (5)
8. York (17-6-2) / 38 / (10)
9. Mount Royal (15-8-1) / 35 / (7)
10. Concordia (16-7-2) / 12 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Carleton (11), Calgary (8), StFX (7), UQTR (4)
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)
1. UBC (20-3-1) / 40 pts / (1)
2. Guelph (16-2-1) / 35 / (2)
3. Saint Mary's (16-2-3) / 33 / (3)
4. St. Thomas (16-3-2) / 26* / (4)
5. Manitoba (17-5-2) / 26* / (5)
6. McGill (12-4-0) / 20 / (6)
7. Alberta (17-4-3) / 15 / (8)
8. Montreal (9-7-1) / 13 / (7)
9. Nipissing (13-3-2) / 8 / (9)
10. Toronto (13-6-0) / 2 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Ottawa (2)
*St. Thomas is ranked higher than Manitoba due to a higher number of higher-placed votes
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 / (9)
9. Ottawa 88 / (8)
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 418 / (3)
3. Toronto 416 / (2)
4. Alberta 210 / (4)
5. Calgary 199 / (5)
6. Victoria 144 / (6)
7. Manitoba 119 / (7)
T8. Dalhousie 90 / (8)
T8. UQAM 90 / (10)
10. Regina 87 / (9)
Other teams receiving votes: Laval (73), Laurier (70), Lethbridge (69), McGill (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 116 pts / (1)
2. Windsor 64.5 / (2)
3. Western 59 / (3)
4. Laval 53.5 / (NR)
5. Toronto 50.5 / (4)
6. Manitoba 41.5 / (9)
7. Alberta 35 / (5)
8. Dalhousie 34 / (6)
9. Waterloo 27 / (8)
10. Victoria 26 / (7)
Other teams receiving votes: Lethbridge (25), Trinity Western (21)
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Guelph 107.5 pts / (2)
2. Toronto 103.16 / (1)
3. Calgary 77.5 / (3)
4. Sherbrooke 59 / (6)
5. Western 57.58 / (4)
6. Windsor 46 / (5)
7. Laval 34.25 / (NR)
8. Alberta 31 / (7)
9. Regina 20 / (8)
10. Manitoba 18.5 / (9)
Other teams receiving votes: Saskatchewan (17.5), York (17)
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Manitoba (17-1) / 254pts (13) / (3)
2. Trinity Western (16-2) / 250 (9) / (1)
3. McMaster (10-0) / 240 (7) / (2)
4. Alberta (13-3) / 213 / (4)
5. Montreal (10-2) / 157 / (5)
6. Laval (10-2) / 139 / (6)
7. UBC (12-6) / 77 / (10)
8. Saskatchewan (8-8) / 75 / (7)
9. Brandon (11-7) / 67 / (8)
10. Mount Royal (10-6) / 59 / (9)
Other teams receiving votes: Dalhousie (13), Winnipeg (12), Nipissing (11)
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Alberta (16-0) / 60 pts (4) / (1)
2. Toronto (11-0) / 55 / (2)
3. Trinity Western (15-3) / 53 / (3)
4. UBC (14-4) / 47.5 / (4)
5. Calgary (14-4) / 43.5 / (6)
6. Montreal (10-4) / 37 / (5)
7. Dalhousie (14-0) / 36.5 / (7)
8. Western (11-1) / 30 / (8)
9. UBC Okanagan (10-6) / 29.5 / (9)
10. McMaster (10-2) / 24.5 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Laval (15.5), McGill (13), Ryerson (12.5), Thompson Rivers (11), Memorial (6)
MEN’S WRESTLING
(previous ranking)
1. Brock / (1)
2. Alberta / (3)
3. McMaster / (2)
4. Winnipeg / (4)
5. Calgary / (5)
6. Saskatchewan / (6)
7. Regina / (7)
8. Western / (9)
9. Concordia / (8)
10. UNB / (NR)
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 / (NR)
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