CIS TOP TEN TUESDAY (#19)
The undefeated Varsity Blues (17-0), who will host the 2015 CIS championship presented by Canuck Stuff from Feb. 26 to March 1, had never topped the national coaches' poll before this week. The Pandas (17-5) had topped eight straight polls earlier this season before being dethroned by UBC Okanagan two weeks ago. UBC-O (17-5) falls to No. 3 in the new rankings.
In other CIS sports, Windsor (women's basketball), Ottawa (men's basketball), Montreal (women's hockey), Alberta (men's hockey), McMaster (men's volleyball), UBC (women's & men's swimming), Toronto (women's track & field), Guelph (men's track & field), Brock (women's wrestling) and Fraser Valley (men's wrestling) all hold on to their No. 1 status.
In one of the most anticipated matchups of the coming weekend, the top two teams in CIS men's basketball square off in the nation's capital Friday at 8 p.m. for the ninth annual MBNA Capital Hoops Classic at Canadian Tire Centre.
The top-ranked Gee-Gees (14-0) put their unblemished record on the line against the No. 2 Carleton Ravens (12-2). Ottawa prevailed 68-66 in the first head-to-head meeting of the season on Jan. 10 but the last time the rivals met at the CTC, last March, Carleton came out on top 79-67 in the CIS championship match to capture its fourth straight national title.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Windsor (13-1) / 552 points (46) / (1)
2. UBC (13-3) / 497 / (3)
3. Saskatchewan (13-3) / 437 / (4)
4. McGill (9-1) / 432 / (2)
5. Alberta (13-4) / 363 / (6)
6. Wilfrid Laurier (12-2) / 301 / (5)
7. Ryerson (12-3) / 284 / (7)
8. Lakehead (11-3) / 236 / (9)
9. McMaster (11-4) / 209 / (8)
10. Regina (12-4) / 112 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Thompson Rivers (55), Saint Mary's (31).
MEN'S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
2. Carleton (12-2) / 403 (1) / (2)
3. Ryerson (13-2) / 363 / (3)
4. McMaster (12-3) / 306 / (4)
5. Saskatchewan (12-4) / 259 / (6)
6. Windsor (9-5) / 210 / (5)
7. Victoria (12-4) / 200 / (7)
8. UNB (12-3) / 124 / (9)
9. Fraser Valley (15-1) / 66 / (8)
10. Calgary (12-5) / 58 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: UBC (21), Winnipeg (8).
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / (previous ranking)
1. Montreal (13-3-0) / (1)
2. McGill (12-4-0) / (2)
3. Western (16-1-3) / (3)
4. Queen's (14-3-3) / (5)
5. Alberta (17-6-1) / (4)
6. Guelph (15-2-3) / (7)
7. StFX (20-2-0) / (6)
8. Manitoba (18-5-1) / (8)
9. UBC (15-5-4) / (9)
10. Toronto (15-3-3) / (NR)
MEN'S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Alberta (24-3-1) / 160 points (16) / (1)
2. UNB (21-3-2) / 144 / (3)
3. Acadia (19-4-3) / 124 / (2)
4. Calgary (20-8-0) / 107 / (4)
5. Saint Mary's (18-7-1) / 76 / (6)
6. McGill (19-5-0) / 70 / (8)
7. Windsor (20-4-1) / 66 / (7)
8. UQTR (18-4-2) / 63 / (5)
9. Carleton (19-5-0) / 41 / (10)
10. Mount Royal (17-10-1) / 14 / (9)
Other teams receiving votes: StFX (8), Western (7).
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Toronto 155.7 points / (1)
2. Western 64.2 / (3)
3. Trinity Western 62 / (5)
4. York 60 / (6)
5. Guelph 49.2 / (2)
6. Saskatchewan 47.2 / (4)
7. Windsor 36.75 / (7)
8. Alberta 35 / (8)
9. Sherbrooke 29.5 / (10)
10. Regina 25 / (9)
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Guelph 79.5 points / (1)
2. Windsor 76.5 / (2)
3. York 74 / (3)
4. Toronto 65 / (4)
5. Laval 63 / (7)
6. Western 57.5 / (5)
7. Victoria 57 / (6)
8. Trinity Western 47.5 / (8)
9. Sherbrooke 32 / (9)
10. Regina 22 / (10)