CIS TOP 10 TUESDAY (#12): Three McGill teams ranked among nation's best
OTTAWA (CIS) - There are no changes this week at the top of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national rankings and three McGill squads remain in the Top 10, including women's hockey at No.1, men's hockey at No.2 and men's swimming at No.10.
Regina (women's basketball), Carleton (men's basketball), McGill (women's hockey), UNB (men's hockey), Calgary (women's swimming), Toronto (men's swimming), UBC (women's volleyball), Trinity Western (men's volleyball), Alberta (women's wrestling) and Concordia (men's wrestling) all maintain their No. 1 status.
All are reigning CIS champions with the exception of the Cougars in women's basketball and the Varsity Blues in men's swimming.
Here are this week's Top 10 rankings.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Regina (5-0) / 396 pts (33) / (1)
2. UBC (3-1) / 354 / (3)
3. Windsor (3-1) / 332 / (2)
4. Carleton (2-2) / 289 / (4)
5. Alberta (6-0) / 275 / (5)
6. Saskatchewan (2-3) / 228 / (6)
7. Cape Breton (2-1) / 199 / (7)
8. Brock (4-0) / 167 / (9)
9. Acadia (2-1) / 110 / (10)
10. Toronto (3-1) / 108 / (8)
Other teams receiving votes: Ottawa (62), Fraser Valley (51).
MEN'S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Carleton (4-0) / 515 pts (43) / (1)
2. StFX (3-0) / 474 (1) / (2)
3. Lakehead (4-0) / 428 / (3)
4. UBC (4-0) / 390 / (4)
5. Saskatchewan (3-2) / 294 / (7)
6. Victoria (6-0) / 286 / (8)
7. Alberta (4-2) / 252 / (5)
8. Fraser Valley (5-1) / 209 / (9)
9. Wilfrid Laurier (4-0) / 184 / (10)
10. Windsor (2-2) / 145 / (6)
Other teams receiving votes: Concordia (61), Ottawa (23).
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / (previous rankings)
1. McGill (8-1-0) / (1)
2. Laurier (11-0-1) / (2)
3. Calgary (8-2-0) / (3)
4. St. FX (7-2-0) / (4)
5. Moncton (8-1-0) / (5)
6. Guelph (10-3-1) / (6)
7. Queens (8-3-1) / (7)
8. Alberta (4-1-5) / (8)
9. Montreal (7-2-1) / (10)
10. Lethbridge (8-4-0) / (9)
MEN'S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. UNB (9-2-1) / 165 pts (12) / (1)
2. McGill (10-1-2) / 148 (5) / (2)
3. Moncton (9-3-0) / 107 / (5)
4. Western Ontario (9-1-2) / 104 / (4)
5. Alberta (8-2-2) / 102 / (6)
6. Acadia (8-3-1) / 80 / (7)
7. Saskatchewan (7-2-2) / 71 / (3)
8. Lakehead (11-3-0) / 63 / (9)
9. Calgary (9-5-0) / 43 / (NR)
10. Manitoba (7-3-2) / 22 / (8)
Other teams receiving votes: UQTR (10), Nipissing (9), UPEI (7),
Carleton (3), Saint Mary's (2).
WOMEN'S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Calgary 538 points / (1)
2. Toronto 444 / (2)
3. UBC 343 / (3)
4. Alberta 192 / (5)
5. Western Ontario 190 / (4)
6. Ottawa 172 / (6)
7. McMaster 157 / (8)
8. Laval 147 / (7)
9. Guelph 113 / (10)
10. Montreal 99 / (9)
MEN'S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Toronto 406 points / (1)
2. Calgary 385 / (2)
3. Alberta 273 / (3)
4. UBC 244 / (5)
5. Dalhousie 232 / (4)
6. McMaster 211 / (8)
T7. Guelph 205 / (6)
T7. Laval 205 / (7)
9. Ottawa 203 / (9)
10. McGill 196 / (10)
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous rankings)
1. UBC (6-0) / 60 points / (1)
2. Alberta (5-1) / 55 / (2)
3. Saint Mary's (6-0) / 52 / (3)
4. Winnipeg (6-2) / 45 / (5)
5. Manitoba (6-2) / 44 / (6)
6. Laval (4-2) / 41 / (7)
7. Montreal (4-2) / 37 / (4)
T8. Dalhousie (7-0) / 29 / (8)
T8. York (8-0) / 29 / (10)
10. Trinity Western (4-2) / 24 / (NR)
Next highest vote getters: Calgary (21), McGill (16), Queen's (10), Brandon (5), UBC O (3), Toronto (3), Sherbrooke (3).
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Trinity Western (6-0) / 260 points (26) / (1)
2. Alberta (6-0) / 225 / (2)
3. Manitoba (8-0) / 216 (1) / (3)
4. Laval (6-0) / 158 / (5)
5. UBC (5-1) / 148 / (6)
6. Calgary (4-4) / 143 / (4)
7. Western Ontario (7-0) / 132 / (7)
8. Brandon (2-6) / 76 / (8)
9. UBC Okanagan (3-3) / 27 / (9)
10. Saskatchewan (1-7) / 20 / (10)
WOMEN'S WRESTLING
(previous rankings)
1. Alberta (1)
2. Brock (2)
3. Guelph (7)
4. Calgary (4)
5. Concordia (3)
6. Saskatchewan (5)
7. Western Ontario (6)
8. Lakehead (9)
9. UNB (10)
10. McMaster (NR)
MEN'S WRESTLING
(previous rankings)
1. Concordia (1)
2. Guelph (5)
3. Alberta (4)
4. Western Ontario (T7)
5. UNB (2)
6. Regina (3)
7. Brock (10)
8. McMaster (5)
9. Calgary (9)
10. Saskatchewan (T7)
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