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U SPORTS TOP 10 TUESDAY (#7)
Panda-monium: Alberta claims top women's hockey ranking for first time since 2007

TORONTO (U SPORTS) – The reigning U SPORTS champion UNB Varsity Reds (men) and Alberta Pandas (women) are the top hockey teams in the nation to begin the 2017-18 season.

UNB (2-0-0), which led the Top 10 rankings from Week 2 on last season, captured its second straight national banner in March with a 5-3 victory on home ice over Saskatchewan, who starts the year ranked No.3. Third-year forward Stephen Anderson led the way with five goals in the first two games, including a hat-trick last Wednesday as the Varsity Reds kicked off their title defence with a 6-2 victory over Moncton at home, before defeating UPEI 5-3 on the road Friday. They'll play the same two teams this Wednesday and Saturday.

On the women's side, Alberta (1-0-1) claimed its first No.1 ranking in 10 years, dating back to the first four polls of the 2007-08 season (Oct.9-30, 2007). The Pandas claimed their eighth national title last season thanks to a dramatic 2-1 double-overtime win over McGill. Alberta began its campaign splitting a home-and-home series against Mount Royal - recording a dominant 4-0 win over the Cougars Friday, followed by 2-1 shootout loss Saturday. This weekend, they'll visit the No.8 Manitoba Bisons for a weekend series.

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

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

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Points / (Previous Ranking)

1. Laval                     98 pts / (1)
2. Guelph                   85 pts / (3)
3. Trinity Western      83 pts / (2)
4. McMaster              58 pts / (4)
5. Queen's                 53 pts / (5)
6. Western                51 pts / (6)
7. Victoria                  35 pts / T7
T8.Windsor           28 pts / (9)
T8. Calgary           28 pts / (T7)
10. Dalhousie        15 pts (T10) 

Other teams receiving votes: Toronto (7), Alberta (5), McGill (4), StFX (4), Waterloo (1), UNB (1), Regina (1)

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Points / (Previous Ranking) 

1. Queen's          96 pts / (1)
2. Guelph            81 pts / (2)
3. Toronto           80 pts / (3)
T4. Trinity Western 63 pts / (4)
T4. Laval              63 pts / (T5)
6. Western          39 pts / (T5)
7. Calgary           34 pts / (9)
8. McGill             32 pts / (8)
9. Victoria           26 pts / (T5)
10. McMaster       13 pts / (NR) 

Other teams receiving votes: Dalhousie (9), Alberta (7), Laurentian (6), StFX (3), Acadia (2), Waterloo (1), Montreal (1), Windsor (1), Saskatchewan (1)

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

1. UNB                (2-0-0) / 142 pts (11) / (-)
2. Alberta            (2-0-0) / 132 pts (2) / (-)
3. Saskatchewan (2-0-0) / 110 pts (1) / (-)
4. StFX*             (2-0-0) / 98 pts (1) / (-)
5. McGill*          (2-0-0) / 98 pts / (-)
6. Acadia             (1-0-1) / 55 pts / (-)
7. Saint Mary's* (1-1-0) / 41 pts / (-)
8. Ryerson*      (0-0-0) / 41 pts / (-)
9. Calgary           (1-0-1) / 40 pts / (-)
10. York              (0-0-0) / 22 pts / (-)

*St. Francis Xavier (over McGill) and Saint Mary's (over Ryerson) were awarded the higher ranking based on number of higher placed votes.
Other teams receiving votes: Queen's (20), UQTR (10), UBC (5), Laurier (3), Carleton (2), Guelph (2), Western (2), Ottawa (1), Concordia (1) 

WOMEN'S HOCKEY

(Regular season record) / Points / (Previous Ranking)

1. Alberta (1-0-1) / 40 pts / (-)
2. UBC (1-1-0) / 32 pts / (-)
3. Mcgill (0-0-0) / 31 pts / (-)
4. Concordia (0-0-0) 30 pts / (-)
5. Saint-Mary's (0-0-0) / 20 pts / (-)
6. Guelph (0-0-0) / 15pts / (-)
7. StFX (0-0-0) / 12 pts / (-)
8. Manitoba (1-1-0) /1 1 pts / (-)
9. Montreal (0-0-0) / 9 pts / (-)
10. Nipissing (0-0-0) / 6 pts / (-) 

Other teams receiving votes: Moncton (3), St. Thomas (2)

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

1. StFX           (5-0 / 0-0) / 122 pts / (1)
2. Guelph       (4-0 / 0-0) / 110 pts / (2)
3. Laval          (6-0 / 0-0) / 99 pts / (3)
4. Victoria       (3-0 / 0-0) / 95 pts / (4)
5. Ottawa       (5-1 / 0-0) / 87 pts / (6)
6. Calgary      (2-0 / 0-0) / 80 pts / (5)
7. McMaster   (3-1 / 0-0) / 54 pts / (7)
8. Queen's     (2-2 / 1-0) / 31 pts / (8)
9. Acadia        (4-1 / 0-0) / 17 pts / (NR)
10. Concordia (3-3 / 0-0) / 12 pts / (9) 

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

1. Montreal     (7-0-0) / 60 pts / (1)
2. Alberta        (7-1-2) 51 pts / (2)
3. Cape Breton (6-0-1) / 46 pts / (3)
4. Carleton     (11-1-2) / 42 pts / (4)
5. York           (10-2-1) / 33 pts / (8)
6. Guelph       (9-2-1) / 29 pts / (6)
7. UBC           (7-3-1) / 24 pts / (5)
8. StFX           (5-1-1) 20 pts / (9)
9. Toronto      (7-1-4) 15 pts / (7)
10. UQAM      (5-2-0) 7 pts / (10) 

Other teams receiving votes: Dalhousie (1), Trinity Western (1), McMaster (1)

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

1. Laval                     (7-0-1) / 69 pts / (1)
2. UOIT                      (11-0-1) / 55 pts (2)
3. UBC                      (7-1-2) / 42 pts / (3)
4. Western                 (12-1-0) / 41 pts / (4)
5. Cape Breton          (7-0-0) / 30 pts / (5)
6. Victoria                   (7-1-2) / 24 pts / (6)
7. Ottawa                  (9-1-3) / 23 pts / (7)
8. Alberta                   (7-1-2) / 20 pts / (9)
9. Montreal                (5-0-3) / 18 pts / (8)
10. Trinity Western    (8-2-0) / 17 pts / (NR) 

Other teams receiving votes: Queen's (1)

FRC – U SPORTS Football Top 10 (#7):
National rankings remain unchanged coming out of Thanksgiving weekend

TORONTO (U SPORTS) – There are no changes to the U SPORTS football national rankings coming out of Thanksgiving weekend.

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The Montreal Carabins (4-0) lead the way for the fifth straight week after receiving eight of 15 first-place votes and 140 points from the Football Reporters of Canada panel but can now feel the Calgary Dinos (5-0) breathing down their necks. Calgary picked up six first-place nods and 135 points in the latest media poll to close the gap for the third week in a row.

The remaining No. 1 vote went to the third-ranked Laval Rouge et Or (5-1 / 122 points), a first in five weeks for the reigning Vanier Cup champions.

Rounding out the seventh poll of the campaign are the No. 4 Western Mustangs (7-0 / 113), No. 5 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (5-1 / 89), No. 6 McMaster Marauders (5-1 / 67), No. 7 UBC Thunderbirds (3-2 / 59), No. 8 Regina Rams (3-2 / 44), No. 9 Saint Mary's Huskies (4-1 / 32) and No. 10 Guelph Gryphons (3-3 / 11).

Thanksgiving weekend took an unexpected turn for top-ranked Montreal, whose Thursday night tilt against Concordia was cancelled due to public health concerns after a number of U of M players and staff members fell ill. The Carabins, who had a scheduled break the previous week, will play their first game in 22 days when they visit Sherbrooke (1-5) on Saturday afternoon, live on TVA Sports at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.

Only four top-10 squads were in action as part of the reduced Thanksgiving schedule, and all prevailed convincingly.

Laval rushed for over 300 yards in a 46-15 road win over Sherbrooke. Western racked up 699 yards of offence in a 51-14 domination of Carleton. Laurier scored two touchdowns in the first six minutes of play en route to a 53-31 decision against York. McMaster took a 28-6 lead to the locker room at halftime on its way to a 43-6 victory over Toronto.

The Week 7 schedule is highlighted by a top-10 battle between No. 5 Laurier and No. 10 Guelph, Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, live on Rogers TV and OUA.TV.

Second-ranked Calgary looks to remain undefeated against visiting Manitoba Saturday at 1 p.m. MT (CanadaWest.TV), while the other members of the leading quintet, No. 3 Laval and No. 4 Western, both enjoy a bye this weekend.

FRC – U SPORTS FOOTBALL TOP 10 (#7)

                                   Pts (1^st place) Last week

1. Montreal (4-0)       140 (8)           1
2. Calgary (5-0)         135 (6)           2
3. Laval (5-1)             122 (1)           3
4. Western (7-0)        113                4 
5. Laurier (5-1)           89                   5
6. McMaster (5-1)      67                   6
7. UBC (3-2)              59                   7
8. Regina (3-2)           44                   8
9. Saint Mary's (4-1)  32                   9
10. Guelph (3-3)        11                   10 

Other teams receiving votes: Ottawa (10), Concordia (2), Saskatchewan (1).

WEEK 7 RESULTS

October 5
Queen's 68, Waterloo 17 (at Queen's)
McMaster 43, Toronto 6 (at Toronto)
Laurier 53, York 31 (at York)
Concordia at Montreal (cancelled due to public health concerns – will not be rescheduled) 

October 6
Western 51, Carleton 14 (at Western) 

October 7
Mount Allison 32, StFX 15 (at Mount Allison)
Acadia 27, Bishop's 24 (at Bishop's)
Laval 46, Sherbrooke 15 (at Sherbrooke) 

WEEK 8 SCHEDULE 

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

October 14
StFX (3-3) at Acadia (4-2), 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT (AUStv.ca)
Waterloo (4-3) at Ottawa (4-2), 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT (OUA.TV)
No. 5 Laurier (5-1) at No. 10 Guelph (3-3), 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT (Rogers TV & OUA.TV)
York (1-5) at Queen's (2-4), 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT (CHCH & OUA.TV)
Windsor (0-6) at No. 6 McMaster (5-1), 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT (OUA.TV)
Toronto (1-5) at Carleton (2-4), 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT (OUA.TV)
Bishop's (1-4) at No. 9 Saint Mary's (4-1), 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT (Bell Aliant Fibe TV1 & AUStv.ca)
Concordia (2-3) at McGill (1-4), 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT (StretchTV)
No. 1 Montreal (4-0) at Sherbrooke (1-5), 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT (TVA Sports)
No. 8 Regina (3-2) at Alberta (1-4), 3 p.m. ET/noon PT (Sasktel maxTV, TELUS Optik TV, Bell MTS & CanadaWest.TVCanadaWest.TV)
Manitoba (1-4) at No. 2 Calgary (5-0), 3 p.m. ET/noon PT (CanadaWest.TV)
No. 7 UBC (3-2) at Saskatchewan (3-3), 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT (Sasktel maxTV, TELUS Optik TV, Bell MTS & CanadaWest.TVCanadaWest.TV)