TORONTO, Ont. – On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, the U SPORTS office released its latest national rankings for the 2026-27 season. Five Guelph Gryphons varsity teams are represented in the latest U SPORTS National Top 10 Rankings, presented by Shoeless Joe's Sports Grill. The biggest movers this week comes from our Gryphon cross country teams with both the men and women's team moving into the Top 5 in the latest rankings at No. 4. Women's hockey makes their debut in the national rankings at No. 4 and the undefeated women's soccer team continues their stay in the Top 5 at No. 5. Football dropped out of the latest rankings following their 42-41 road defeat to the reigning Yates Cup Champions, Queen's Gaels. For more information on the latest U SPORTS rankings, head to
usports.ca. The Gryphons men's rugby team continues their hold on the No. 1 ranking for the sixth straight week in latest McTavish Cup Top 10 rankings. Click
this link for more information on the latest national men's rugby rankings.
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Gryphon Teams Nationally Ranked (Oct. 20, 2026)
| Men's Rugby |
No. 1 |
| Women's Hockey |
No. 4 |
| Men's Cross Country |
No. 4 |
| Women's Cross Country |
No. 4 |
| Women's Soccer |
No. 5 |
Men's Rugby: No. 1
For the sixth consecutive week, the Gryphons men's rugby team remains at No. 1 in the latest National Top 10 Coaches' Choice rankings. The reigning champions finished off an undefeated 6-0 regular season following their 82-3 road win at McMaster.
Will Gordon led the way for the Gryphs, scoring three tries in the win. The Gryphons finish the regular season with a perfect 6-0 regular season record to earn the No. 1 seed in the OUA Playoffs. The Gryphons are on a bye this week and will return to action on Friday, October 30 when they host an OUA Semifinal from Varsity Field.
Women's Hockey: No. 4
The Gryphons women's hockey team makes their debut in the U SPORTS Top 10 rankings in the No. 4 spot. The Gryphons opened their season with a pair of road games in Ottawa over the weekend. In a rematch of last season's McCaw Cup Final on Friday (Oct. 16), the Gryphons got the better of the Gee-Gees, defeating the hosts 2-1 thanks to goals from
Katie Dance and
Maggie Alcock. Guelph would fall to the Carleton Ravens 1-0 on Saturday (Oct. 17) in the back end of their back-to-back. The Gryphons now return home the Gryphon Centre Arena for the first time this season when they host the Queen's Gaels on Friday night (Oct. 23) and the Nipissing Lakers on Saturday (Oct. 24).
Men's and Women's Cross Country: No. 4
After an impressing showing at the Marauder BayFront Open on Friday (Oct. 16), the Gryphons men's and women's cross country teams moved up into the No. 4 spot in the latest national rankings. The men's team moved up three spots and the women's team moved up five slots from last week's rankings. The men's team finished in 2nd in the team standings in the meet from Hamilton with
Jack Lehto winning his second race of the season, crossing the line with a time of 23:42.8 in the 8km race.
Luke Feltham had an impressive showing, finishing in 3rd place.
Owen Lloyd (11th) and
Charles Mills (18th) both placed inside the top 20. The women's team won the team title at the meet, finishing first in the team standings.
Alexandra McDougall led the Gryphs, crossing the line in 3rd place. Mikaela Ryan (5th) and
Michelle Gray (7th) both had a top 10 placing in Hamilton and Jocelyn Giancotti finished inside the top 20, crossing the line in 16th place. The Gryphons are idle this week before heading off the Windsor for the OUA Cross Country Championships on Saturday, October 31.
Women's Soccer: No. 5
The Gryphons women's soccer holds steady at No. 5 in the latest national rankings after completing the first undefeated regular season in program history. The Gryphons over the weekend defeated the Brock Badgers 1-0 on Friday night (Oct. 16) in St. Catharines before blanking the Laurier Golden Hawks 2-0 on Sunday (Sept. 18) at home to finish the 2026 OUA regular season with a perfect 12-0 record. The Gryphons have clinched the No. 1 overall seed in the OUA Playoffs as they'll have homefield advantage through the postseason. The Gryphons will get their postseason underway in the OUA Quarterfinals on Saturday (Oct. 24) from the Gryphon Soccer Complex with their opponent to be determined after Wednesday's (Oct. 21) preliminary round games.
Men's Rugby
| Rank |
School |
| 1 |
Guelph |
| 2 |
UBC |
| 3 |
ETS |
| 4 |
Victoria |
| 5 |
Montreal |
| 6 |
Western |
| 7 |
Ottawa |
| 8 |
Queen's |
| 9 |
Trinity Western |
| 10 |
Dalhousie |
Women's Hockey
| Rank |
School |
Record |
| 1 |
UBC |
3-1-0 |
| 2 |
Montreal |
1-0-0 |
| 3 |
Concordia |
0-1-0 |
| 4 |
Guelph |
2-1-0 |
| 5 |
StFX |
1-0-1 |
| 6 |
Toronto |
3-0-0 |
| 7 |
Waterloo |
1-1-0 |
| 8 |
Bishop's |
2-0-0 |
| 9 |
St. Thomas |
2-0-0 |
| 10 |
UPEI |
2-0-0 |
Men's Cross Country
| Rank |
School |
Points |
| 1 |
McMaster |
98 |
| 2 |
Sherbrooke |
83 |
| 3 |
Laval |
71 |
| 4 |
Guelph |
67 |
| 5 |
Queen's |
58 |
| 6 |
Victoria |
53 |
| 7 |
Western |
41 |
| 8 |
UNB |
25 |
| 9 |
Windsor |
17 |
| 10 |
Dalhousie |
15 |
Women's Cross Country
| Rank |
School |
Points |
| 1 |
Victoria |
100 |
| 2 |
UBC |
68 |
| 2 |
Windsor |
68 |
| 4 |
Guelph |
63 |
| 5 |
Laval |
56 |
| 6 |
McMaster |
55 |
| 7 |
Queen's |
49 |
| 8 |
StFX |
38 |
| 9 |
UNB |
16 |
| 10 |
Dalhousie |
15 |
Women's Soccer
| Rank |
School |
Record |
Previous Ranking |
| 1 |
UBC |
13-0-1 |
1 |
| 2 |
Montreal |
12-0-0 |
2 |
| 3 |
Ottawa |
11-0-1 |
3 |
| 4 |
Calgary |
12-0-0 |
4 |
| 5 |
Guelph |
12-0-0 |
5 |
| 6 |
Dalhousie |
8-1-2 |
8 |
| 7 |
Cape Breton |
7-1-2 |
7 |
| 8 |
Toronto |
8-3-1 |
6 |
| 9 |
Trinity Western |
7-3-2 |
11 |
| 10 |
Nipissing |
8-3-1 |
10 |
