CIS TOP TEN TUESDAY (#10)
McMaster women, Ottawa men open at No. 1 in basketball
Nov. 3, 2015
OTTAWA (CIS) 鈥� The McMaster Marauders women and Ottawa Gee-Gees men top the first CIS basketball rankings of the season.
In other CIS sports, the Alberta Pandas move up to No. 1 in women鈥檚 volleyball, the Montreal Carabins return to first place in women鈥檚 hockey, and the UBC Thunderbirds are now alone at the top in men鈥檚 soccer, breaking a tie with UQAM. Meanwhile, the Guelph Gryphons (women鈥檚 & men鈥檚 cross country), UNB Varsity Reds (men鈥檚 hockey), Laval Rouge et Or (women鈥檚 soccer) and McMaster Marauders (men鈥檚 volleyball) all maintain their pole position.
In women鈥檚 basketball, the Marauders open at No. 1 for the first time since 2006-07, when they topped the first 10 coaches鈥� polls of the season. McMaster hadn鈥檛 reached No. 1 since.
The Marauders received 28 first-place votes and 522 points in the inaugural poll of 2015-16 to distance No. 2 Saskatchewan (468 points / 2 first-place votes), No. 3 McGill (446 / 14), No. 4 Ryerson (356) and No. 5 Saint Mary鈥檚 (339).
The reigning five-time national champion Windsor Lancers, who topped all 13 weekly rankings last season and who had opened at No. 1 each of the past three years, settled for ninth place after receiving only one first-place nod.
McMaster, an OUA quarter-finalist last winter, went a perfect 6-0 in preseason action this fall, including a 5-0 record against CIS competition. The Marauders kick off conference play Wednesday night when they host No. 6 Brock.聽
On the men鈥檚 side, Ottawa debuts at No. 1 for the first time in program history. The Gee-Gees topped the national rankings for four straight weeks last season, in January and February.
In the first poll of 2015-16, Ottawa merited 11 first-place votes and 401 points to edge the defending five-time CIS champion Carleton Ravens, who earned 14 first-place nods and 372 points. Carleton had opened at No. 1 each of the past nine years.
Rounding out the leading quintet are No. 3 McGill (365 points / 13 first-place votes), No. 4 Brock (336 / 7) and No. 5 Ryerson (221).
The Gee-Gees, national finalists each of the past two campaigns, posted an 8-1 record versus CIS rivals in the preseason, their lone loss coming against McGill on Sunday, 74-70. Ottawa wraps up exhibition play Tuesday night in Bloomington, Ind., against NCAA foe Indiana University, before returning home on Friday to face Nipissing in its league opener.
NOTES: Regina, in 2011-12, was the last team other than Windsor to open at No. 1 in women鈥檚 basketball... Laval, in 2005-06, was the last program other than Carleton to debut on top in men鈥檚 hoops.
WOMEN鈥橲 BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. McMaster (0-0) / 522 points (28) / (-)聽
2. Saskatchewan (0-0) / 468 (2) / (-)聽
3. McGill (0-0) / 446 (14) / (-)聽
4. Ryerson (0-0) / 356 / (-)聽
5. Saint Mary鈥檚 (0-0) / 339 / (-)聽
6. Brock (0-0) / 304 (1) / (-)聽
7. Regina (0-0) / 267 / (-)聽
8. Laval (0-0) / 234 / (-)聽
9. Windsor (0-0) / 216 (1) / (-)聽
10. Alberta (0-0) / 148 / (-)聽
Other teams receiving votes: Concordia (85), Queen鈥檚 (61).
MEN鈥橲 BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Ottawa (0-0) / 401 points (11) / (-)聽
2. Carleton (0-0) / 372 (14) / (-)
3. McGill (0-0) / 365 (13) / (-)
4. Brock (0-0) / 336 (7) / (-)
5. Ryerson (0-0) / 221 / (-)
6. Western (0-0) / 186 (1) / (-)聽
7. Saskatchewan (0-0) / 165 (1) / (-)
8. McMaster (0-0) / 162 / (-)聽
9. Calgary (0-0) / 120 / (-)聽
10. UBC (0-0) / 116 / (-)
Other teams receiving votes:聽AV俱乐部 (37), Concordia (35).
WOMEN鈥橲 CROSS COUNTRY
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Guelph 100 points / (1)聽
2. Trinity Western 90 / (2)
3. Queen鈥檚 80 / (T3)
4. McMaster 60 / (T6)
T5. Toronto 47 / (T3)聽
T5. Victoria 47 / (T6)聽
7. Laval 44 / (5)
8. AV俱乐部 40 / (T8)聽
9. Laurentian 27 / (10)
10. Calgary 14 / (T8)
MEN鈥橲 CROSS COUNTRY
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Guelph 97 points / (1)聽
2. Windsor 87 / (3)
3. Laval 84 / (2)聽
4. McMaster 70 / (4)聽
5. Trinity Western 64 / (5)
6. Queen鈥檚 47 / (6)
7. Victoria 44 / (7)
8. Lakehead 24 / (8)聽
9. StFX 20 / (9)
10. AV俱乐部 10 / (NR)
WOMEN鈥橲 HOCKEY
(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Montreal (2-1-1) / 39 points / (3)聽
2. McGill (2-1-0) / 36 / (1)
3. Toronto (7-0-0) / 33 / (5)聽
T4. Western (4-3-0) / 26 / (2)
T4. Guelph (6-2-0) / 26 / (6)
6. Lethbridge (7-3-0) / 20 / (4)
7. StFX (3-2-1) / 14 / (8)聽
8. Saskatchewan (7-2-1) / 13 / (9)
9. Moncton (2-3-0) / 8 / (7)聽
10. Alberta (5-4-1) / 3 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Ottawa (1), St. Thomas (1).
MEN鈥橲 HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. UNB (5-0-1) / 158 points (15) / (1)
2. Saskatchewan (7-1-0) / 137 / (2)
3. Alberta (5-2-1) / 122 (1) / (3)
4. McGill (7-1-0) / 109 / (4)
5. Acadia (5-1-1) / 88 / (7)
6. UQTR (6-1-1) / 71 / (6)
7. Western (6-1-0) / 58 / (5)
8. UBC (6-0-2) / 45 / (10)
9. Moncton (5-1-1) / 38 / (NR)
10. Windsor (6-1-1) / 23 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: StFX (13), Saint Mary鈥檚 (12), York (4), Mount Royal (1), Queen鈥檚 (1).
WOMEN鈥橲 SOCCER (last rankings of season)
(regular season / playoff records) / votes / (previous ranking)
1. Laval (12-0-2) / 59 points / (1)聽
2. York (15-0-1 / 1-0) / 54 / (2)
3. Ottawa (13-0-3 / 1-0) / 49 / (3)
4. UBC (11-1-2 / 1-0) / 42 / (4)
5. Trinity Western (10-1-3 / 1-0) / 33 / (5)
6. Laurier (12-2-2 / 1-0) / 30 / (6)
7. Sherbrooke (10-2-2) / 15 / (8) *
8. Acadia (10-1-2) / 14 / (9)聽
9. Victoria (7-3-4 / 1-0) / 7 / (10)聽
10. Saskatchewan (10-3-1 / 1-0) / 19 / (NR)聽
* Sherbrooke edged Acadia for the No. 7 position thanks to a higher ranking the previous week
Other聽teams receiving votes:聽Cape Breton (2), Queen鈥檚 (2).
MEN鈥橲 SOCCER (last rankings of season)
(regular season / playoff records) / votes / (previous ranking)
1. UBC (10-0-2 / 1-0) / 60 points / (T1)
2. York (13-1-2 / 1-0) / 51 / (3)
3. UQAM (10-1-1) / 47 / (T1)
4. Ryerson (11-2-3 / 1-0) / 44 / (5)
5. Cape Breton (8-1-4) / 31 / (10)
6. Toronto (11-3-2 / 1-0) / 26 / (6)
7. UNB (8-2-3) / 21 / (7)
8. Montreal (9-3-0) / 19 / (9)
9. Victoria (6-3-3 / 1-0) / 16 / (NR)
10. McMaster (11-5-0 / 2-0) / 8 / (NR)
WOMEN鈥橲 VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)
1. Alberta (4-0) / 59 points / (2)
2. Trinity Western (6-0) / 57 / (3)
3. UBC Okanagan (5-1) / 49 / (1)聽
4. McGill (5-0) / 47 / (4)
5. Montreal (6-0) / 45.5 / (T5)聽
6. Toronto (3-0) / 42.5 / (T5)
7. UBC (4-0) / 35 / (8)聽
8. Sherbrooke (4-1) / 31 / (7)
9. AV俱乐部 (1-0) / 25 / (10)
T10. McMaster (2-1) / 21 / (9)聽
T10. Calgary (4-2) / 21 / (NR)聽
Next highest votes:聽 Ottawa (16), Thompson Rivers (10.5), Brandon (6.5), Ryerson (4), Winnipeg (4).
MEN鈥橲 VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. McMaster (4-0) / 284 points (23) / (1)
2. Alberta (4-0) / 268 (7) / (2)
3. Calgary (6-0) / 230 / (3)
4. Manitoba (6-0) / 210 / (4)
5. Mount Royal (4-2) / 108 / (6)
6. UBC (2-2) / 105 / (7)
7. Laval (6-0) / 104 / (8)
8. Saskatchewan (4-2) / 83 / (NR)
9. Trinity Western (3-3) / 74 / (5)
10. Ryerson (3-0) / 73 / (NR)
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