2026 U SPORTS Rankings - Jan. 26

January 26, 2026

2026 U SPORTS Rankings - Jan. 26

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. (Jan 26, 2026) - U SPORTS today released its weekly Top 10 rankings for volleyball, basketball and hockey.

Women's Volleyball

Including games completed on or before Jan 26, 2026

Rank	Team	W-L	ELO rating	ELO weight	Coach poll	Poll weight	Top 10 Weight	Previous Rank
1	Alberta	14-2	1865.097	50.00	248	29.52	79.52	1
2	UBC	13-3	1786.842	47.90	209	24.88	72.78	2
3	Sherbrooke	15-1	1788.194	47.94	201	23.93	71.87	3
4	Thompson Rivers	12-4	1716.866	46.03	154	18.33	64.36	4
5	UNB	16-0	1766.714	47.36	99	11.79	59.15	7
6	Laval	14-2	1707.400	45.77	109	12.98	58.75	6
7	Brock	13-3	1725.379	46.25	97	11.55	57.80	5
8	McMaster	11-3	1732.622	46.45	61	7.26	53.71	8
9	Manitoba	12-4	1718.809	46.08	59	7.02	53.10	10
10	Western	11-3	1767.258	47.38	34	4.05	51.42	11

Men's Volleyball

Including games completed on or before Jan 26, 2026

Rank	Team	W-L	ELO rating	ELO weight	Coach poll	Poll weight	Top 10 Weight	Previous Rank
1	UBC	15-1	1841.861	50.00	256	41.29	91.29	1
2	Trinity Western	13-3	1727.923	46.91	210	33.87	80.78	2
3	UBCO	14-2	1667.348	45.26	196	31.61	76.88	3
4	Windsor	12-2	1725.373	46.84	173	27.90	74.74	4
5	Montreal	10-1	1644.020	44.63	127	20.48	65.11	6
6	Toronto	13-1	1715.188	46.56	110	17.74	64.30	7
7	Alberta	9-5	1636.836	44.43	121	19.52	63.95	5
8	Laval	9-2	1625.397	44.12	80	12.90	57.03	8
9	Queen's	12-4	1643.426	44.61	64	10.32	54.94	9
10	Manitoba	10-6	1620.185	43.98	48	7.74	51.72	10

Women's Hockey

Including games completed on or before Jan 26, 2026

Rank	School	Regular Season	ELO	Previous Ranking
1	UBC	22-2-0	1842.98	1
2	Concordia	16-1-0	1802.38	2
3	Laurier	17-2-1	1726.86	3
4	StFX	17-5-0	1714.63	5
5	UNB	17-4-1	1664.77	7
6	Guelph	15-2-3	1664.02	8
7	Mount Royal	18-5-1	1648.27	4
8	Waterloo	13-7-1	1632.24	6
9	Montreal	9-6-2	1603.62	11
10	St. Thomas	14-6-2	1599.49	9

Men's Hockey

Including games completed on or before Jan 26, 2026

Rank	School	Regular Season	ELO	Previous Ranking
1	Concordia	14-7-1	1756.69	2
2	UBC	19-2-3	1737.25	1
3	Saskatchewan	16-4-2	1707.16	4
4	Mount Royal	16-6-2	1694.16	5
5	UQTR	17-5-1	1673.97	3
6	UNB	15-8-1	1669.79	6
7	Moncton	17-6-1	1669.09	8
8	Ottawa	13-7-2	1663.35	9
9	Calgary	17-5-0	1633.06	7
10	Toronto Metropolitan	15-7-0	1615.57	11

Women's Basketball

Including games completed on or before Jan 26, 2026

Rank	Team	W-L	ELO rating	ELO weight	Coach poll	Poll weight	Top 10 Weight	Previous Rank
1	Saskatchewan	16-0	1870.254	50.00	460	47.92	97.92	1
2	Queen's	17-0	1802.301	48.18	404	42.08	90.27	3
3	Alberta	13-3	1742.965	46.60	355	36.98	83.58	2
4	Regina	15-1	1766.318	47.22	330	34.38	81.60	4
5	UNB	15-1	1713.894	45.82	274	28.54	74.36	6
6	Toronto Metropolitan	14-2	1761.071	47.08	233	24.27	71.35	5
7	Calgary	12-4	1680.129	44.92	154	16.04	60.96	7
8	UBC	12-4	1699.832	45.44	144	15.00	60.44	9
9	Laval	9-2	1674.037	44.75	96	10.00	54.75	8
10	Windsor	13-4	1680.258	44.92	42	4.38	49.30	10

Men's Basketball

Including games completed on or before Jan 26, 2026

Rank	Team	W-L	ELO rating	ELO weight	Coach poll	Poll weight	Top 10 Weight	Previous Rank
1	Victoria	15-2	1832.475	50.00	428	44.58	94.58	1
2	Bishop's	9-2	1766.442	48.20	381	39.69	87.89	2
3	Carleton	14-2	1726.299	47.10	319	33.23	80.33	5
4	Winnipeg	13-3	1734.165	47.32	260	27.08	74.40	6
5	Toronto Metropolitan	12-4	1728.461	47.16	254	26.46	73.62	7
6	Western	14-3	1655.140	45.16	242	25.21	70.37	4
7	UBC	12-4	1669.048	45.54	174	18.12	63.67	3
8	Ottawa	10-6	1682.838	45.92	103	10.73	56.65	9
9	StFX	13-3	1644.190	44.86	98	10.21	55.07	10
10	Brock	12-4	1571.016	42.87	37	3.85	46.72	8