U SPORTS TOP TEN TUESDAY (#15): Laval tops women's basketball rankings for first time since 2005

TORONTO (U Sports) – For the first time in over a decade, the Laval Rouge et Or are the top team in U Sports women's basketball.

Laval (idle), which became the third school in six polls this season to lead the nation, claimed its first pole position since Nov. 15, 2005, after McMaster and Regina both went 1-1 in the final weekend of the fall semester. The Marauders, ranked No.1 the last two weeks, lost 77-51 to No.2 Carleton, while the Cougars, who were previously ranked second, fell 59-52 to unranked Saskatchewan.

In other U Sports rankings, Carleton (men's basketball), UNB (men's hockey), UBC (women's hockey & men's and women's swimming), Trinity Western (men's volleyball), Alberta (women's volleyball), and Brock (men's and women's wrestling), hold on to their pole positions heading into the holiday break.

Note: Top 10 rankings will resume on Jan. 10

MEN'S BASKETBALL

(regular season record) / votes (1^st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Carleton (5-0) / 458 points (45) / (1) 
2. UBC (8-0) / 412 (1) / (2) 
3. Calgary (7-1) / 354 / (3) 
4. Ottawa (5-0) / 340 / (4) 
5. Ryerson (7-0) / 262 / (6) 
6. Brock (4-2) / 221 / (5) 
7. McGill (3-1) / 144 / (8) 
8. Alberta (10-0) / 141 / (9) 
9. McMaster (3-4) / 133 / (7) 
10. Dalhousie (5-2) / 63 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: Memorial (1), Laval (1)

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

(regular season record) / votes (1^st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Laval (4-0) / 527 points (23) / (3)
2. Carleton (4-1) / 525 (19) / (4)
3. McMaster (6-1) / 479 (2) / (1)
4. Regina (6-2) / 438 (3) / (2)
5. Queen's (6-0) / 363 / (6)
6. Ryerson (6-1) / 293 / (8)
7. Windsor (7-1) / 286 / (5)
8. Saint Mary's (7-0) / 273 / (7)
9. Winnipeg (10-0) / 184 / (9)
10. UBC (8-0) / 146 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: UQAM (51), McGill (46)

MEN'S HOCKEY

(regular season record) / votes (1^st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. UNB (14-2-2) / 147 (12) / (1)
2. Saskatchewan (11-3-2) / 127 (2) / (3)
3. Ryerson (13-2-1) / 111 (1) / (4)
4. Alberta (10-5-1) / 77 / (2)
5. Mount Royal (11-5-0) / 71* / (9)
6. McGill (12-3-2) / 71* / (6)
7. Acadia (11-6-1) / 66 / (8)
8. Queen's (13-4-1) / 62 / (NR)
9. StFX (11-7-0) / 41 / (5)
10. UQTR (11-5-1) / 19* (7)

Other teams receiving votes: Calgary (19)*, Carleton (5), UOIT (5), Concordia (3), York (1)

*Mount Royal (over McGill) and UQTR (over Calgary) were awarded the higher
ranking based on number of higher-placed votes.

WOMEN'S HOCKEY

(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)

1. UBC (15-1-0) /40 pts / (1)
2. St. Thomas (12-1-1) / 36 / (2)
3. Saint Mary's (10-1-2) / 32 / (3)
4. Guelph (11-2-1) / 28 / (4)
5. Montreal (7-4-0) / 24 / (5)
6. McGill (8-2-0) / 20 / (6)
7. Nipissing (10-1-1) / 14 / (6)
8. Manitoba (11-4-1) / 14 / (7)
9. Saskatchewan (9-5-2) / 4 / (9)
10. Alberta (10-3-3) / 4 / (NR) 

Other teams receiving votes: Ottawa (4)

MEN'S SWIMMING

(points) / (previous ranking)

1. UBC 798 pts / (1)
2. Toronto 423 pts / (3)
3. Calgary 361 pts / (2)
4. Alberta 310 pts / (4)
5. McGill 133 pts / (6)
6. Victoria 132 pts / (5)
7. Dalhousie 96 pts / (7)
8. Montreal 95 pts / (8)
T9. Western 85 pts / (NR)
T9. Sherbrooke 85 pts / (10) 

Other teams receiving votes:  Laval (76), Ottawa (69), Lethbridge (64), Guelph (51), Waterloo (45), Laurentian (36), Regina (20), McMaster (14), UNB (14), Memorial (13), UNB (12), Queen's (10), Acadia (9), Manitoba (8), Mount Allison (6), York (3)

WOMEN'S SWIMMING

(points) / (previous ranking)

1. UBC 740 pts / (1)
2. Toronto 430 pts / (3)
3. Montreal 368 pts / (2)
4. Calgary 247 pts / (4)
5. Alberta 228 pts / (5)
6. Manitoba 129 pts / (6)
7. Dalhousie 118 pts / (7)
8. McGill 102 pts / (8)
9. UQAM 78 pts / (9)
10. Laurier 75 pts / (10) 

Other teams receiving votes: Lethbridge (70), Victoria (57), Laval (52), Western (50), Guelph (40), McMaster (39), Regina (25), Queen's (24), Memorial (20), Ottawa (20), Laurentian (18), Sherbrooke (13), Brock (4), Waterloo (2), UQTR (2)

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL

(regular season record) / votes (1^st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Trinity Western (10-0) / 278 pts (26) / 1
2. McMaster (6-0) / 235 (2) / 2
3. Manitoba (9-1) / 233 (1) / 3
4. Alberta (8-2) / 199 / 4
5. Montreal (6-1) / 170 / 5
6. Laval (6-1) / 137 / 6
7. Mount Royal (6-4) / 117 / 7
8. Guelph (6-1) / 72 / 10
9. Brandon (7-3) / 54 / NR
10. Saskatchewan (6-4) / 34 / 8

Other teams receiving votes: UBC (18), Nipissing (18), Calgary (10), Dalhousie (8)

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

(regular season record) / votes (1^st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Alberta (10-0) / 60 pts (4) / (1)
2. Toronto (7-0) / 55 pts / (2)
3. Trinity Western (9-1) / 53 pts / (3)
T4. Calgary (8-2) / 44 pts / (5)
T4. UBC Okanagan (8-2) / 44 pts / (4)
6. Western (8-0) / 40 pts / (6)
7. Dalhousie (9-0) / 34.5 pts / (7)
8. McMaster (7-1) / 31 pts / (8)
9. Montreal (6-3) / 30 pts / (9)
10. UBC (7-3) / 23.5 pts / (10)  

Other teams receiving votes: Laval (21), Ryerson (11), Mount Royal (9), Ottawa (8), Memorial (6) 

MEN'S WRESTLING

(previous ranking)

 1. Brock / (1)

2. Alberta / (3)
3. McMaster / (2)
4. Calgary / (5)
5. Winnipeg / (4)      
6. Regina / (6)
7. Saskatchewan / (7)  
8. Concordia / (8)
9. Western / (9)
10. York / (NR) 

WOMEN'S WRESTLING

(previous ranking)

1. Brock / (1)
2. Calgary / (2)
3. Guelph / (3)
4. Alberta / (4)
5. Regina / (5)
6. Winnipeg / (6)
7. Saskatchewan / (7)
8. UNB / (NR)
9. McMaster / (8)
10. Lakehead / (10)