The CIS Blog Top 10: Jan. 26, 2009

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It's the latest edition of The CIS Blog Top 10 for men's and women's basketball, volleyball, and hockey. Rankings are based on RPI and are explained here.

Some notes:
  • We now have full exhibition results for volleyball, for more or less every team in the top 10. The dominance of the Université de Montréal women's team, who have an incredible .643 rating, is quite clear.
  • Dave Smart's boys are slightly behind UBC, possibly because Carleton's strength-of-schedule rating took a hit after playing RMC. But the difference between first and second is very small. Also, Western tied Windsor after beating them this week.
  • Very little change in women's basketball. We're at the point now where any one game won't affect a team's rankings much, unless you suffer a really big upset (or, apparently, if you play RMC). In other words, most people would put more weight on recent games than RPI does.
  • I just noticed this now, but the University of Alberta appears on five of the six Top 10s. No school is present on all six.

MEN'S BASKETBALL
1. UBC (20-2), .613
2. Carleton (22-1), .610
3. Victoria (16-6), .587
4. Trinity Western (15-5), .577
5. StFX (18-4), .572
6. Ottawa (22-3), .568
t-7. Windsor (13-6), .557
t-7. Western (14-6), .557
9. Simon Fraser (12-8), .546
10. Toronto (13-8), .544


WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
1. Saskatchewan (19-4), .616
2. Windsor (23-2), .607
3. Simon Fraser (21-1), .600
4. Alberta (24-6), .585
5. Victoria (15-7), .584
t-6. Regina (21-8), .561
t-6. Memorial (13-5), .561
8. Laval (11-5), .554
9. Toronto (16-9), .551
10. Dalhousie (14-4), .550


MEN'S HOCKEY
1. UNB, .575
2. Laurier, .559
3. Alberta, .558
4. Lakehead, .555
5. Moncton, .552
6. Saint Mary's, .548
7. Western, .544
8. UQTR, .538
t-9. Waterloo, .536
t-9. Saskatchewan, .536

WOMEN'S HOCKEY (no pre-season results)
1. Moncton, .586
t-2. McGill, .584
t-2. Laurier, .584
4. Manitoba, .565
5. StFX, .562
6. Alberta, .544
7. Guelph, .524
8. St. Thomas, .523
9. Toronto, .521
10. Saskatchewan, .513


MEN'S VOLLEYBALL (now with exhibition results)
1. Alberta (22-1), .610
2. Laval (23-0), .587
3. Dalhousie (20-4), .585
4. McMaster (22-5), .575
t-5. Trinity Western (10-10), .560
t-5. Queen's (21-9), .560
7. Calgary (18-8), .557
8. Western (22-9), .536
9. Brandon (10-9), .529
10. UBC (10-8), .528


WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL (now with exhibition results)
1. Montreal (28-0), .643
2. Western (19-7), .579
3. Laval (17-9), .577
t-4. York (25-2), .574
t-4. McGill (19-13), .574
6. Calgary (14-9), .572
7. Trinity Western (15-6), .564
8. Sherbrooke (11-13), .560
9. Alberta (21-7), .545
10. Manitoba (23-10), .542
Rob Pettapiece

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous1/27/2009 7:20 am

    How about that...4 teams from the OUA Far West division in the top 10. Perhaps this year the improved competition for these teams will mean one of them is better prepared to compete in the Nationals....4 consecutive weeks of inter-divisional games going into the playoffs for all 5 teams in the division will push all of them.

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  2. Rob Pettapiece1/27/2009 7:40 pm

    Yeah, that's something else, isn't it? Windsor is 16th at .503, so all five teams in the division are in the top half.

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