GUELPH, Ont. - On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, the U SPORTS office and Wrestling Canada released their latest national rankings for the 2024-25 season. Six University of Guelph varsity teams headline the latest rankings, with the Gryphons women's track and field team continuing to hold strong with their No. 2 ranking and the men's track team remaining at No. 4 in the latest rankings. Guelph's wrestling sees no change in their rankings with the men's team at No. 5 and women's team at No. 7. The Gryphons women's hockey team climbs up two spots to No. 7 in the country, while the Gryphons women's basketball team maintains their position at No. 10.
Gryphon Teams Nationally Ranked (Jan. 29, 2025)
| Women's Track and Field |
No. 2 |
| Men's Track and Field |
No. 4 |
| Men's Wrestling |
No. 5 |
| Women's Wrestling |
No. 7 |
| Women's Hockey |
No. 7 |
| Women's Basketball |
No. 10 |
Track and Field – Women No. 2 | Men No. 4
The Gryphons track and field team were idle this past week as the women's team holds strong at No. 2 and the men's team staying pat with their No. 4 ranking. The track and field team are back in competition this weekend as they'll head off the split meet in State College, Pennsylvania for the Penn State National Open and in Toronto for the York Open.
Wrestling – Men No. 5 | Women No. 7
The Gryphons wrestling team sees the men's and women's team maintaining their spot at No. 5 and No. 7 in the latest rankings following their latest meet in London on Sunday (Jan. 26) in the London Open.
Jayden Harrison in the men's 90kg weight class finished in fourth after dropping into the consolation bracket and winning three matches to reach the third place final before losing via technical fall. On the women's side,
Logan Stimson came in first in the 83kg weight class after she won all four of her matches in a round robin,
Kylee Lubbers in the 68kg weight class won both her matches in the best of three to place finish in first and
Claire MacDougall in the 53kg weight class came in second after winning two matches via technical fall to reach the final before falling via technical fall in the finals. The Gryphons are off until February 8 when they head off to Sault Ste. Marie for the OUA Wrestling Championship.
Women's Hockey – No. 7
Moving up two spots to No. 7 in the latest national rankings is the Gryphons women's hockey. The Gryphons are coming off a weekend sweep in their back-to-back against the TMU Bold and Waterloo Warriors.
Katherine Heard's go-ahead goal in midway through the second period was all Guelph needed to come through with a 2-1 win over the Bold on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 25). The following afternoon (Jan. 26) in Waterloo, the Gryphons took the then No. 7-ranked Warriors with the winner taking top spot in the OUA West division. It would be the visitors who would come through in a shootout led by
Sophie Helfenstein as she made 39 in regulation and overtime before stopping both Warrior shootout attempts in the team's 2-1 win. The Gryphons will wrap up their home schedule this weekend with a pair of home games as they host Ontario Tech on Friday night (Jan. 31) before welcoming in the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday night (Feb. 1).
Women's Basketball – No. 10
The Gryphons women's basketball team remains at No. 10 in the latest U SPORTS Top 10 rankings following two impressive wins at home. The Gryphons hosted the Western Mustangs on Wednesday night (Jan. 22) as a fourth quarter run help lead the team to a 75-65 victory.
Lucy Tesseyman led all scorers with 19 points,
Renee Armstrong and
Alexis Wright both had 16 points in the win. On Saturday (Jan. 25), Guelph would play one of their best quarters of the season against the Waterloo Warriors, outscoring the Warriors 28-9, turning their five point halftime lead to a 24 point lead at the end of the third quarter as the Gryphs would comfortably cruise to at 78-46 win. Guelph returns to the GGAC court for Senior Night on Friday (Jan. 31) when they host the Windsor Lancers with the winner taking over top spot in the OUA West division.
Women's Track and Field
| Rank |
School |
Points |
| 1 |
Western |
129.5 |
| 2 |
Guelph |
93.5 |
| 3 |
Saskatchewan |
73 |
| 4 |
Calgary |
63 |
| 5 |
Laval |
49 |
| 6 |
Windsor |
37 |
| 7 |
Manitoba |
30 |
| 8 |
Victoria |
39 |
| 9 |
Regina |
23.5 |
| 10 |
Toronto |
19 |
Men's Track and Field
| Rank |
School |
Points |
| 1 |
Manitoba |
94.5 |
| 2 |
Western |
91 |
| 3 |
Alberta |
54 |
| 4 |
Guelph |
51 |
| 5 |
Windsor |
50.5 |
| 6 |
Sherbrooke |
39 |
| 7 |
Saskatchewan |
32 |
| 8 |
Montreal |
27 |
| 9 |
Toronto |
24.5 |
| 10 |
Dalhousie |
22 |
Men's Wrestling
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Previous Ranking |
| 1 |
Brock |
78 |
1 |
| 2 |
Alberta |
71 |
2 |
| 3 |
Western |
45 |
3 |
| 4 |
Calgary |
34 |
4 |
| 5 |
Guelph |
32 |
5 |
| 6 |
Saskatchewan |
32 |
6 |
| 7 |
McMaster |
31 |
7 |
| 8 |
TMU |
17 |
8 |
| 9 |
Algoma |
10 |
-- |
| 10 |
Lakehead |
10 |
-- |
Women's Wrestling
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Previous Ranking |
| 1 |
Brock |
62 |
1 |
| 2 |
Calgary |
58 |
2 |
| 3 |
McMaster |
43 |
3 |
| 4 |
Alberta |
40 |
4 |
| 5 |
Western |
36 |
6 |
| 6 |
Saskatchewan |
35 |
5 |
| 7 |
Guelph |
31 |
7 |
| 8 |
Algoma |
20 |
8 |
| 9 |
Concordia |
14 |
9 |
| 10 |
Carleton |
12 |
-- |
Women's Hockey
| Rank |
School |
Record |
Previous Ranking |
| 1 |
Concordia |
14-0 |
2 |
| 2 |
UBC |
21-3 |
1 |
| 3 |
Alberta |
20-4 |
3 |
| 4 |
StFX |
17-5 |
4 |
| 5 |
Mount Royal |
15-7 |
6 |
| 6 |
UNB |
17-5 |
5 |
| 7 |
Guelph |
14-6 |
9 |
| 8 |
Toronto |
13-7 |
10 |
| 9 |
Nipissing |
15-5 |
8 |
| 10 |
Laurier |
13-7 |
12 |
Women's Basketball
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Previous Ranking |
| 1 |
Carleton |
17-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Laval |
8-1 |
2 |
| 3 |
Saint Mary's |
14-0 |
3 |
| 4 |
Saskatchewan |
12-2 |
5 |
| 5 |
Ottawa |
15-2 |
4 |
| 6 |
UBC |
12-2 |
6 |
| 7 |
Calgary |
11-3 |
7 |
| 8 |
Alberta |
12-2 |
8 |
| 9 |
TMU |
12-4 |
9 |
| 10 |
Guelph |
13-4 |
10 |
