CIS Top Ten Tuesday (#13): Varsity Blues move up to No. 1 in men’s swimming

OTTAWA (CIS) – The University of Toronto Varsity Blues are the new top-ranked team in CIS men’s swimming.

The Blues earned 580 points in this week’s rankings compared to 342 for the Calgary Dinos, who drop to No. 2. The McGill Redmen (284) are the big winners in the new Top 10 as they move up five spots all the way to No. 3. Reigning national champion UBC (260) falls two positions to fifth place.

In other CIS sports, Windsor (women’s basketball), Carleton (men’s basketball), McGill (women’s hockey), Alberta (men’s hockey & men’s volleyball), UBC (women’s swimming) and Trinity Western (women’s volleyball) all hold on to the pole position.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Windsor (6-0) / 502 points (41) / (1)
2. Fraser Valley (8-0) / 462 (1) / (2)
3. Regina (7-1) / 420 / (3)
4. Saint Mary’s (6-0) / 376 / (4)
5. Carleton (4-2) / 336 / (5)
6. Acadia (5-0) / 294 / (6)
7. Victoria (6-2) / 250 / (7)
8. Calgary (8-0) / 213 / (8)
9. Saskatchewan (3-5) / 129 / (9)
10. Concordia (4-0) / 109 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: UBC (86), Brock (85).

MEN’S BASKETBALL

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Carleton (5-1) / 513 points (41) / (1)
2. Acadia (5-0) / 474 (2) / (2)
3. McGill (3-0) / 426 / (4)
4. UBC (6-2) / 380 / (3)
5. Cape Breton (5-0) / 352 / (5)
6. Fraser Valley (5-3) / 286 / (7)
7. Alberta (7-1) / 216 / (10)
8. Windsor (4-2) / 209 / (6)
9. Saskatchewan (5-3) / 155 / (8)
10. Ryerson (6-0) / 143 / (NR)

Also receiving votes: Laurentian (59), Ottawa (14).

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

(regular season record) / (previous rankings)
1. McGill (10-0-0) / (1)
2. Calgary (11-2-1) / (2)
3. Montreal (9-2-0) / (3)
4. Queen’s (13-1-1) / (5)
5. StFX (10-1-0) / (7)
6. Laurier (12-1-2) / (6)
7. Alberta (9-5-0) / (4)
8. Western (11-3-1) / (10)
9. St. Thomas (9-2-1) / (8)
10. Guelph (11-3-2) / (9)

MEN’S HOCKEY

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Alberta (13-3-0) / 169 points (16) / (1)
2. UNB (11-3-0) / 152 (1) / (2)
3. Saskatchewan (11-3-0) / 124 / (4)
4. Acadia (10-3-1) / 111 / (3)
5. UQTR (10-3-1) / 102 / (5)
6. Western (11-3-0) / 87 / (8)
7. Windsor (11-3-0) / 73 / (6)
8. Saint Mary’s (9-4-1) / 50 / (NR)
9. Carleton (9-4-1) / 20 / (NR)
10. Manitoba (8-4-2) / 19 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Guelph (8), Moncton (7), St. Francis Xavier (7), Lakehead (4), McGill (1), Ottawa (1).

WOMEN’S SWIMMING

(points) / (previous rankings)
1. UBC 504 points / (1)
2. Toronto 379 / (4)
3. Calgary 347 / (2)
4. Dalhousie 327 / (NR)
5. Montreal 271 / (3)
6. McGill 229 / (5)
7. McMaster 213 / (T8)
8. Alberta 158 / (7)
9. UQTR 131 / (6)
10. Guelph 130 / (10)

MEN’S SWIMMING

(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Toronto 580 points / (2)
2. Calgary 342 / (1)
3. McGill 284 / (8)
4. Dalhousie 262 / (NR)
5. UBC 260 / (3)
6. Alberta 249 / (5)
7. McMaster 155 / (NR)
8. Laval 129 / (4)
9. Guelph 110 / (NR)
10. Montreal 109 / (6)

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

(regular season record) / votes / (previous rankings)
1. Trinity Western (9-1) / 60 points / (1)
2. UBC (9-1) / 56 / (2)
3. Alberta (8-2) / 52 / (3)
4. Laval (12-2) / 44 / (5)
T5. Ottawa (8-1) / 41 / (4)
T5. Dalhousie (7-2) / 41 / (6)
T5. York (8-0) / 41 / (7)
8. Sherbrooke (11-3) / 32 / (8)
9. Montreal (10-4) / 26 / (9)
10. Mount Royal (8-2) / 23.5 / (NR)

Next highest: UBC-O (23), Manitoba (14.5), Queen’s (9), Moncton (8), Brandon (8).

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Alberta (10-0) / 270 points (27) / (1)
2. McMaster (9-0) / 218 / (3)
3. Trinity Western (8-2) / 213 (1) / (2)
4. Manitoba (7-2) / 191 / (4)
5. Laval (10-0) / 184 / (5)
6. Brandon (8-2) / 147 / (6)
7. Saskatchewan (5-5) / 102 / (7)
8. UBC (6-4) / 82 / (8)
9. Thompson Rivers (4-6) / 48 / (T9)
10. Waterloo (8-1) / 44 / (T9)

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