X-Women rugby hold onto No. 1 ranking, X-Men soccer No. 9

U SPORTS TOP 10 TUESDAY (#6):
Allez Montreal: Carabins top first men's soccer poll in eight years

TORONTO (U SPORTS) – The Montreal Carabins are the new team to beat in U SPORTS men's soccer.

After starting the season unranked, the Carabins (7-0-0) reached the top of the national rankings for the first time since Oct.20, 2009, standing as the final team in the country with a perfect record.

Continuing their high-scoring efforts over the weekend, Montreal beat UQTR 8-1 last Thursday, before following it up with a 1-0 win against UQAM on Sunday. Having only allowed four goals while scoring 26, Montreal owns the largest goal differential (+22) in their conference and the second largest in U SPORTS men's soccer to Carleton.

Alberta (7-1-2) dropped to second in the rankings for the first time this season after a scoreless draw with unranked Saskatchewan.

This weekend, the Carabins will host Sherbrooke on Friday and visit Concordia Sunday.

In other U SPORTS rankings, Laval (men's cross country and women's soccer) StFX (women's rugby), and Queen's (women's cross country) all remain national leaders for another week.

Note: Top 10 rankings for men's and women's hockey will begin next Tuesday, Oct. 10.

U SPORTS TOP 10 Tuesday Rankings – Oct. 3, 2017  

MEN'S CROSS COUNRTY
Points / (Previous Ranking)

1. Laval                     98 pts / (1)
2. Trinity Western      87 pts / (2)
3. Guelph                  82 pts / (3)
4. McMaster              57 pts / (4)
T5. Queen's              49 pts / (5)
T5. Western               49 pts / (6)
T7. Calgary                33 pts / (9)
T7. Victoria                33 pts / (8)
9. Windsor                 32 pts / (7)
T10. Toronto              9 pts / (NR)
T10. Dalhousie          9 pts / (NR) 

Other teams receiving votes: StFX (6), McGill (5), Regina (3), Alberta (2), UNB (1), Waterloo (1), Sherbrooke (1)

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Points / (Previous Ranking) 

1. Queen's                96 pts / (1)
2. Guelph                 83 pts / (2)
3. Toronto                  80 pts / (3)
4. Trinity Western       57 pts / (4)
T5. Western              42 pts / (5)
T5. Laval                   42 pts / (6)
T5. Victoria                 42 pts / (8)
8. McGill                     32 pts / (7)
9. Calgary                  27 pts / (9)
10. Alberta                 14 pts / (NR) 

Other teams receiving votes: McMaster (13), Dalhousie (7), Laurentian (6), Saskatchewan (6), Sherbrooke (4), Acadia (3), Manitoba (1), Waterloo (1)

WOMEN'S RUGBY
(Regular season record) / Points / (Previous Ranking) 

1. StFX          (4-0) / 154 pts / (1)
2. Guelph      (4-0) / 105 pts / (3)
3. Laval         (5-0) 99 pts / (2)
4. Victoria      (3-0) / 75 pts / (6)
5. Calgary     (2-0) / 74 pts / (4)
6. Ottawa      (4-1) / 72 pts / (5)
7. McMaster  (3-1) / 61 pts / (7)
8. Queen's      (2-2) / 42 pts / (9)
9. Concordia (3-2) / 26 pts / (8)
10. Lethbridge (1-2) / 21 pts (NR) 

Other teams receiving votes: Acadia (16), Carleton (1), Brock (1)

MEN'S SOCCER
(Regular season record) / Points / (Previous Ranking) 

1. Montreal     (7-0-0) / 58 pts / (2)
2. Alberta        (7-1-2) / 52 pts / (1)
3. Cape Breton (6-0-1) / 42 pts / (7)
4. Carleton     (9-1-2) / 34* pts / (8)
5. UBC           (6-2-1) / 34* pts / (3)
6. Guelph       (8-2-1) / 31 pts / (5)
7. Toronto       (7-0-4) / 26 pts / (6)
8. York           (8-2-1) / 23 pts / (9)
9. StFX           (5-1-1) / 21 pts / (4)
10. UQAM      (5-2-0) / 5 pts / (NR) 

*Carleton edges UBC for No.4 thanks to a higher number of higher-placed votes

Other teams receiving votes: Laval (1), McMaster (1), Dalhousie (1)

WOMEN'S SOCCER
(Regular season record) / Points / (Previous Ranking) 

1. Laval (7-0-1) / 59 pts / (1)
2. UOIT (10-0-0) / 55 pts / (2)
3. UBC (7-1-1) / 47 pts / (3)
4. Western (10-1-0) / 42 pts / (4)
5. Cape Breton (7-0-0) / 29 pts / (7)
6. Victoria (7-1-1) / 27 pts / (8)
7. Ottawa (7-1-3) / 25 pts / (5)
8. Montreal (5-0-3) / 21 pts / (6)
9. Alberta (5-1-2) / 16 pts / (9)
10. Queen's (7-2-1) / 9 pts / (10) 

Other teams receiving votes: None

FRC – U SPORTS Football Top 10 (#6):
Top five remains unchanged heading into Thanksgiving weekend

TORONTO (U SPORTS) – There are no changes in the top half of the U SPORTS football national rankings heading into Thanksgiving weekend.

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The Montreal Carabins (4-0) lead the way for the fourth straight week after receiving 12 of 19 first-place votes and 182 points from the Football Reporters of Canada panel. All remaining first-place nods once again went to the Calgary Dinos (5-0), who tallied 171 points to stay clear of the Laval Rouge et Or (4-1 / 151 points) in second position.

The fourth-ranked Western Mustangs (6-0 / 142) and No. 5 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (4-1 / 109) also stay put following their much-anticipated head-to-head battle, won by Western.

Rounding out the sixth media poll of the campaign are the No. 6 McMaster Marauders (4-1 / 79 / up one position), No. 7 UBC Thunderbirds (3-2 / 79 / down one), No. 8 Regina Rams (3-2 / 60 / up one), No. 9 Saint Mary's Huskies (5-0 / 41 / up one), as well as the previously unranked Guelph Gryphons (3-3 / 10).

McMaster earned the tie-breaker for sixth spot over UBC thanks to a greater number of higher-placed votes.

Top-ranked Montreal is coming off a bye and gets back on the field Thursday night for a home tilt against crosstown rival Concordia (2-3). 

Calgary continued to roll last Friday in Canada West action and now has a two-game lead atop the conference standings following a convincing 31-17 road win over No. 7 UBC.

Laval defeated McGill for a second time this fall, this time by 34-0 on home turf, while in the other top-10 matchup of the past weekend, Western downed Laurier 29-13 at University Stadium in Waterloo in a rematch of last year's Yates Cup won by the Hawks in London. 

Other results from top-10 teams this past week included McMaster 32, York 2 (at McMaster); Regina 50, Saskatchewan 40 (at Saskatchewan); Saint Mary's 22, StFX 21 (at StFX); Guelph 53, Waterloo 49 (at Waterloo).

Only eight games are on the national schedule on Thanksgiving weekend as Canada West heads into a conference-wide break, in addition to regular bye weeks in the OUA, RSEQ and AUS.

Besides the Montreal-Concordia confrontation on Thursday evening, other top-10 teams in action include No. 3 Laval visiting Sherbrooke (1-4) Saturday at 2 p.m. Eastern Time (TVA Sports); No. 4 Western hosting Carleton (2-3) Friday at 7 p.m. ET (Rogers Sports Preview & OUA.TV); No. 5 Laurier at York (1-4) Thursday at 7 p.m. ET (OUA.TV); No. 6 McMaster at Toronto (1-4) Thursday at 7 p.m. ET (OUA.TV).

NOTES: Sportsnet and TVA Sports are once again the official broadcasters of the U SPORTS football semifinals and final in 2017... The Mitchell Bowl (RSEQ at Canada West) and Uteck Bowl (OUA at AUS) are set for Saturday, Nov. 18, while the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Vanier Cup follows on Saturday, Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. ET at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton... For all the information on the 53^rd Vanier Cup (including tickets) visit vaniercup.com.

FRC – U SPORTS FOOTBALL TOP 10 (#6)

                                   Pts (1^st place) Last week

1. Montreal (4-0)       182 (12)         1
2. Calgary (5-0)         171 (7)           2
3. Laval (4-1)             151               3
4. Western (6-0)       142                 4 
5. Laurier (4-1)         109                 5
6. McMaster (4-1)      79 *                7
7. UBC (3-2)              79                   6
8. Regina (3-2)           60                   9
9. Saint Mary's (5-0)  41                   10
10. Guelph (3-3)        10                  NR

* McMaster edges UBC for 6^th place based on number of higher-placed votes.

Other teams receiving votes: Ottawa (8), Saskatchewan (5), Waterloo (3), Concordia (3), Carleton (2).

WEEK 6 RESULTS

September 29
Alberta 36, Manitoba 25 (at Manitoba)
Regina 50, Saskatchewan 40 (at Saskatchewan)
Calgary 31, UBC 17 (at UBC) 

September 30
Saint Mary's 22, StFX 21 (at StFX)
Acadia 33, Mount Allison 14 (at Acadia)
Carleton 33, Ottawa 30 (2OT) (at Ottawa)
McMaster 32, York 2 (at McMaster)
Queen's 54, Windsor 10 (at Windsor)
Western 29, Laurier 13 (at Laurier)
Guelph 53, Waterloo 49 (at Waterloo)
Sherbrooke 30, Concordia 13 (at Concordia) 

October 1
Laval 34, McGill 0 (at Laval) 

WEEK 7 SCHEDULE 

NOTE: Click HERE for the complete 2017 regular season schedule & results

October 5
Waterloo (4-2) at Queen's (1-4), 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT (OUA.TV)
No. 6 McMaster (4-1) at Toronto (1-4), 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT (OUA.TV)
No. 5 Laurier (4-1) at York (1-4), 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT (OUA.TV)
Concordia (2-3) at No. 1 Montreal (4-0), 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT 

October 6
Carleton (2-3) at No. 4 Western (6-0), 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT (Rogers Sports Preview & OUA.TV) 

October 7
StFX (2-3) at Mount Allison (1-4), 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT (Bell Aliant Fibe TV1 & AUStv.ca)
Acadia (3-2) at Bishop's (1-3), 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT (AUStv.ca)
No. 3 Laval (4-1) at Sherbrooke (1-4), 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT (TVA Sports)