Guelph rugby rises to the top, Mac men's volleyball open at No. 1 in CIS Top 10

OTTAWA (CIS) – The Montreal Carabins (women) and Alberta Golden Bears (men) top the first national rankings of the season in CIS hockey, while the UBC Okanagan Heat (women) and McMaster Marauders open at No. 1 in volleyball.

Montreal, UBC Okanagan and McMaster all debut at No. 1 for the first time in program history.

In other CIS sports, the only change at No. 1 sees the Guelph Gryphons move past the Ottawa Gee-Gees in women's rugby. For their part, the Laval Rouge et Or (women's soccer), UQAM Citadins (men's soccer) and Guelph (women's and men's cross country) maintain their pole position.

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

1. Guelph 96 points / (1)
T2. Trinity Western 86 / (2)
T2. Toronto 86 / (3)
4. Laval 64 / (5)
5. Queen's 52 / (4)
6. Victoria 42 / (6)
7. McMaster 33 / (8)
8. Dalhousie 32 / (7)
9. McGill 24 / (NR)
10. Laurentian 22 / (9)

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

1. Guelph 100 points / (1)
2. Windsor 80 / (4)
3. Laval 70 / (2)
4. Trinity Western 64 / (3)
5. Victoria 54 / (6)
6. McMaster 48 / (5)
7. Queen's 46 / (7)
8. StFX 36 / (8)
9. Lakehead 22 / (9)
10. Calgary 16 / (10)

WOMEN'S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)

1. Montreal (0-0-0) / - / (-)
2. Western (2-1-0) / - / (-)
3. Guelph (2-1-0) / - / (-)
4. McGill (0-0-0) / - / (-)
5. Lethbridge (4-0-0) / - / (-)
6. Toronto (2-0-0) / - / (-)
7. StFX (0-0-0) / - / (-)
8. Alberta (1-3-0) / - / (-)
9. Moncton (0-0-0) / - / (-)
10. Laurentian (3-0-0) / - / (-)

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

1. Alberta (1-0-1) / 150 points (9) / (-) *
2. UNB (1-0-0) / 150 (6) / (-)
3. Saint Mary's (1-0-0) / 88 / (-)
4. McGill (2-0-0) / 84 / (-)
5. Saskatchewan (2-0-0) / 78 (1) / (-)
6. Windsor (2-0-0) / 63 / (-)
7. Acadia (0-1-0) / 56 / (-)
8. UQTR (1-1-0) / 53 / (-)
9. Calgary (0-1-1) / 26 / (-)
10. StFX (1-0-0) / 25 / (-)

* Alberta (over UNB) was awarded the higher ranking based on number of higher place votes.

Other teams receiving votes: Western (20), Guelph (19), Carleton (19), Lethbridge (15), UBC (10), Manitoba (8), Moncton (7), UPEI (6), Queen's (3).

WOMEN'S RUGBY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Guelph (5-0) / 203 points (7) / (2)
2. Ottawa (6-0) / 200 (12) / (1)
3. McMaster (4-1) / 138 (1) / (4)
4. Acadia (5-0) / 135 (1) / (5)
5. Queen's (4-1) / 134 / (3)
6. StFX (3-1) / 103 / (6)
7. Calgary (3-0) / 93 / (7)
8. Concordia (5-1) / 73 / (8)
9. Laval (4-2) / 38 / (9)
10. Alberta (1-1) / 30 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: Victoria (18), Western (11).

WOMEN'S SOCCER
(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)

1. Laval (6-0-2) / 57 points / (1)
2. York (11-0-1) / 53 / (3)
3. Ottawa (9-0-3) / 52 / (2)
4. UBC (8-1-1) / 40 / (5)
5. Laurier (9-2-1) / 30 / (4)
6. Western (9-1-3) / 26 / (7)
7. Sherbrooke (6-1-1) / 19 / (8) *
8. Victoria (6-2-2) / 19 / (9)
9. Trinity Western (6-1-2) / 11 / (NR)
10. Fraser Valley (6-2-1) / 9 / (6)

* Sherbrooke edged Victoria for No. 8 based on a higher ranking the previous week.

Other teams receiving votes: Calgary (6), StFX (6), Cape Breton (1), Montreal (1).

MEN'S SOCCER
(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)

1. UQAM (6-0-1) / 58 points / (1)
2. UBC (7-0-1) / 56 / (2)
T3. Windsor (10-2-1) / 40 / (3)
T3. York (9-1-2) / 40 / (5)
5. Alberta (7-1-0) / 38 / (6)
6. Ryerson (8-1-3) / 35 / (4)
7. Cape Breton (5-1-2) / 26 / (7)
8. UQTR (5-1-1) / 23 / (8)
9. McMaster (10-3-0) / 11 / (NR)
10. Toronto (8-3-1) / 7 / (10)

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

1. UBC Okanagan (0-0) / 58.5 points / (-)
2. Alberta (0-0) / 55.5 / (-)
3. Trinity Western (0-0) / 51 / (-)
4. McGill (0-0) / 47.5 / (-)
5. Toronto (0-0) / 40 / (-)
6. Montreal (0-0) / 39 / (-)
7. McMaster (0-0) / 34.5 / (-)
8. Sherbrooke (0-0) / 22 / (-)
T9. Calgary (0-0) / 21 / (-)
T9. UBC (0-0) / 21 / (-)

Next highest votes: Dalhousie (18), Winnipeg (13), Manitoba (9), Mount Royal (8), Brandon (7).

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)

1. McMaster (0-0) / 215 points / (-)
2. Alberta (0-0) / 204 / (-)
3. Trinity Western (0-0) / 136 / (-)
4. Calgary (0-0) / 127 / (-)
5. Manitoba (0-0) / 113 / (-)
6. UBC (0-0) / 87 / (-)
7. Western (0-0) / 70 / (-)
8. Mount Royal (0-0) / 61 / (-)
9. Winnipeg (0-0) / 58 / (-)
10. Dalhousie (0-0) / 56 / (-)

Source: CIS