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Women’s Volleyball up to No. 2, Men’s Hockey up to No. 7 in U SPORTS Top 10

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Queen's Gaels
January 28, 2025

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – U SPORTS announced its weekly Top 10 rankings for basketball, hockey, and volleyball. These rankings include games played up to and including January 26, 2025.

Women’s Basketball

Rank	Team	W-L	ELO rating	ELO weight	Coach poll	Poll weight	Top 10 Weight	Previous Rank
1	Carleton	17-0	1810.192	50.00	430	44.79	94.79	1
2	Laval	8-1	1720.155	47.51	392	40.83	88.35	2
3	Saint Mary’s	14-0	1774.368	49.01	374	38.96	87.97	3
4	Saskatchewan	12-2	1796.736	49.63	305	31.77	81.40	5
5	Ottawa	15-2	1748.485	48.30	316	32.92	81.21	4
6	UBC	12-2	1740.306	48.07	220	22.92	70.99	6
7	Calgary	11-3	1747.957	48.28	175	18.23	66.51	7
8	Alberta	12-2	1705.620	47.11	166	17.29	64.40	8
9	Toronto Metropolitan	12-4	1649.465	45.56	84	8.75	54.31	9
10	Guelph	13-4	1715.153	47.37	44	4.58	51.96	10

Men’s Basketball

Rank	Team	W-L	ELO rating	ELO weight	Coach poll	Poll weight	Top 10 Weight	Previous Rank
1	Victoria	14-0	1824.681	50.00	460	47.92	97.92	1
2	UBC	10-4	1685.148	46.18	345	35.94	82.11	2
3	Winnipeg	12-2	1714.185	46.97	328	34.17	81.14	4
4	Calgary	11-3	1719.942	47.13	322	33.54	80.67	3
5	Ottawa	15-2	1745.134	47.82	286	29.79	77.61	5
6	Queen’s	14-2	1716.318	47.03	208	21.67	68.70	6
7	StFX	12-2	1684.652	46.16	177	18.44	64.60	7
8	Carleton	14-3	1687.137	46.23	134	13.96	60.19	8
9	Lakehead	14-2	1637.871	44.88	86	8.96	53.84	10
10	Brock	13-3	1655.848	45.37	53	5.52	50.89	14

Women’s Hockey

Rank	School	Regular Season	ELO	Previous Ranking
1	Concordia	14-0	1889.77	2
2	UBC	21-3	1879.28	1
3	Alberta	20-4	1726.50	3
4	StFX	17-5	1721.60	4
5	Mount Royal	15-7	1668.52	6
6	UNB	17-5	1655.90	5
7	Guelph	14-6	1632.39	9
8	Toronto	13-7	1620.19	10
9	Nipissing	15-5	1611.34	8
10	Laurier	13-7	1592.54	12

Full U SPORTS rankings by week

Men’s Hockey

Rank	School	Regular Season	ELO	Previous Ranking
1	UNB	21-2	1913.13	1
2	Saskatchewan	18-4	1753.13	7
3	UBC	17-7	1729.65	3
4	Concordia	18-5	1717.86	2
5	Mount Royal	17-5	1714.03	5
6	McGill	14-8	1678.77	6
7	Queen’s	18-5	1677.66	10
8	Alberta	18-6	1668.36	4
9	Toronto Metropolitan	13-9	1651.72	9
10	Ottawa	14-8	1649.91	11

Full U SPORTS rankings by week

Women’s Volleyball

Rank	Team	W-L	ELO rating	ELO weight	Coach poll	Poll weight	Top 10 Weight	Previous Rank
1	UBC	12-2	1844.319	49.50	260	30.95	80.46	1
2	Queen’s	13-1	1862.847	50.00	232	27.62	77.62	3
3	Manitoba	12-4	1852.819	49.73	229	27.26	76.99	6
4	Alberta	13-3	1804.293	48.43	218	25.95	74.38	4
5	UFV	12-2	1729.798	46.43	201	23.93	70.36	2
6	Sherbrooke	15-2	1766.364	47.41	116	13.81	61.22	7
7	Montreal	15-1	1774.955	47.64	107	12.74	60.38	8
8	Thompson Rivers	10-4	1673.487	44.92	120	14.29	59.20	5
9	Brock	11-3	1779.940	47.77	58	6.90	54.68	10
10	Dalhousie	12-3	1658.278	44.51	33	3.93	48.44	12

Men’s Volleyball

Rank	Team	W-L	ELO rating	ELO weight	Coach poll	Poll weight	Top 10 Weight	Previous Rank
1	Sherbrooke	11-1	1825.153	50.00	208	33.55	83.55	1
2	Alberta	12-4	1736.061	47.56	178	28.71	76.27	2
3	Winnipeg	12-2	1668.163	45.70	183	29.52	75.22	3
4	Windsor	14-2	1715.189	46.99	157	25.32	72.31	4
5	UBC	11-3	1760.760	48.24	136	21.94	70.17	5
6	Queen’s	11-3	1698.595	46.53	106	17.10	63.63	6
7	Saskatchewan	11-5	1663.768	45.58	92	14.84	60.42	8
8	Trinity Western	10-6	1577.260	43.21	65	10.48	53.69	7
9	York	10-4	1560.009	42.74	57	9.19	51.93	9
10	Toronto	9-5	1631.172	44.69	26	4.19	48.88	11

NOTE: Hockey rankings are determined by teams’ Elo ratings. Rankings in volleyball and basketball are determined by a combination of Elo ratings and a weekly coaches’ poll.

U SPORTS will unveil individual sports rankings (swimming, track and field) on Tuesday at 3 pm ET on USPORTS.ca, the U SPORTS Media Portal and via social media.

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