TORONTO - On Tuesday, September 19, a total of four Gryphon teams were ranked nationally as U SPORTS announced its weekly Top 10 polls.

The first cross country rankings of the season were released with the Gryphons men's and women's teams ranking No. 2 in the country after strong performances at the Queen's Invitational in their season opening event. The Gryphon women's rugby team, who entered the 2017 season as defending OUA champions, come in at No. 3 in the country and will look to improve to 3-0 on the season when they host Western on Saturday (Sept. 23) at Varsity Field. Rounding out the list of Gryphon teams ranked in the national Top 10 is the men's soccer team who land at No. 5. The men's soccer team, also defending OUA champions, currently sit in 1st in the OUA West standings after sweeping Algoma on the weekend and will now prepare to host York on Wednesday (Sept. 20) in a re-match of last year's OUA final. 

For more information on all of the Top 10 rankings, visit www.usports.ca.
 

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WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Points / (Previous Ranking)

1. Queen's                   93 pts / (-)
2. Guelph                    89 pts / (-)
3. Trinity Western        66 pts / (-)
4. Toronto                    62 pts / (-)
5. Laval                       38 pts / (-)
6. McGill                      37 pts / (-)
7. Western                   33 pts / (-)
8. Victoria                    31 pts / (-)
9. McMaster                21 pts / (-)
10. Calgary                 19 pts / (-)

Other team receiving votes: Dalhousie (14), StFX (11), Alberta (11), Saskatchewan (10), Sherbrooke (9), Acadia (3), Ottawa (3), Manitoba (2), Montreal (2), Laurentian (1)

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MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Points / (Previous Ranking)

1. Laval                       97 pts / (-)
2. Guelph                    84pts / (-)
3. Trinity Western        72 pts / (-)
4. Western                   59 pts / (-)
5. McMaster                48 pts / (-)
6. Queen's                   42 pts / (-)
7. Calgary                   30 pts / (-)
8. Victoria                    29 pts / (-)
9. Windsor                   25 pts / (-)
10. McGill                    17 pts / (-)

Other team receiving votes: StFX (13), Dalhousie (9), Regina (8), Sherbrooke (5), Toronto (5), Manitoba (3), Montreal (3), Alberta (2), Ottawa (1), UNB (1)
 

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MEN'S SOCCER
(Regular Season Record / Points / (Previous Ranking)

1. Alberta         (5-0-1) / 60 pts / (1)
2. UBC             (5-0-1) / 52 pts / (2)
3. Montreal      (4-0-0) / 45 pts / (4)
4. Ryerson      (7-0-1) / 44 pts / (7)
5. Guelph        (6-1-1) / 33 pts / (5)
6. Toronto        (6-0-2) / 29 pts / (3)
7. StFX            (4-0-0) / 28 pts / (10)
8. Cape Breton (2-0-1) / 18 pts / (6)
9. UQAM         (2-1-0) / 8 pts / (8)
10. Western     (5-0-2) 8 pts / (NR) 

Other teams receiving votes: Laval (7), Dalhousie (1)
 

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WOMEN'S RUGBY
(Regular Season Record) / Points / (Previous Ranking) 

1. StFX           (2-0) / 184 pts / (1)
2. Laval           (3-0) / 146 pts / (2)
3. Guelph        (2-0) / 124 pts / (3)
4. Calgary       (0-0) / 111 pts / (4)
5. Ottawa        (2-1) / 98 pts / (5)
6. McMaster    (2-0) / 81 pts / (6)
7. Queen's       (2-1) / 69 pts / (7)
8. Victoria        (1-0) / 65 pts / (9)
9. Concordia   (2-1) / 45 pts / (8)
10. Acadia       (2-0) / 17 pts / (10)

Other teams receiving votes:  Brock (8), UBC (2), Lethbridge (1), Western (1)

 

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