LONDON, Ont. -- The Mustangs men’s hockey team was the top Western squad in this week's Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) rankings, as the men earned the No. 1 spot in the country for the first time in a decade. Meanwhile, six other Mustangs teams found themselves with top 10 rankings in their respective sports on Tuesday.

Western's men's hockey team (21-2-3) jumped ahead of both UNB (17-5-3) and McGill (20-4-2), receiving a total of 152 points from the 17-member media panel (including six first-place votes), to finish nine points ahead of UNB and earn the No. 1 spot for the first time since the 2001-02 season.

The Mustangs went 2-0 last week, beating Waterloo 5-1 on Friday night (Feb. 3), and downing Lakehead 7-4 on Saturday night (Feb. 4) to move 11 points ahead of the Thunderwolves in the OUA West and improve to a perfect 13-0-0 at home.

Western's men’s volleyball team, meanwhile, held onto its No. 5 spot in the rankings this week despite a rare loss on Saturday (Feb. 4) when they were swept 3-0 by Queen's on the road. On Sunday (Feb. 5), the men regrouped with a 3-0 win over RMC to improve to 16-2 on the season, six points ahead of the McMaster Marauders (13-3) for first place in the OUA West.

The Mustangs’ women’s track and field team dropped four spots to No. 6 this week, while the men's team remained at No. 5. Both teams had successful weekends split between the 25th Annual Meyo Invitational and the York Open.

Western's women’s swimming team (No. 6) and women's wrestling team (No. 6) retained their ranks from last week, while the men's wrestling squad dropped one spot to No. 5.

Complete CIS rankings below …

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MEN’S HOCKEY

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Western (21-2-3) / 152 pts (6) / (3)
2. UNB (17-5-3) / 143 (4) / (2)
3. McGill (20-4-2) / 142 (6) / (1)
4. Manitoba (17-5-2) / 108 (1) / (7)
5. Alberta (16-6-2) / 93 / (5)
6. Saint Mary’s (17-7-2) / 89 / (8)
7. Moncton (16-8-1) / 62 / (4)
8. UPEI (17-8-0) / 49 / (NR)
9. Saskatchewan (15-6-3) / 41 / (6)
10. UQTR (18-6-2) / 34 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: Acadia (11), Lakehead (6), Calgary (4), Nipissing (1).

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Laurier (23-0-1) / (1)
2. McGill (15-1-1) / (2)
3. Calgary (18-4-0) / (3)
4. Moncton (15-2-1) / (5)
5. StFX (16-4-0) / (4)
6. Guelph (18-5-1) / (6)
7. Alberta (12-3-7) / (7)
8. Saskatchewan (14-6-2) / (8)
9. Montreal (10-5-2) / (9)
10. Toronto (14-9-1) / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Queen’s.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Trinity Western (17-1) / 246 pts (21) / (1)
2. Manitoba (16-2) / 224 (2) / (2)
3. Laval (17-0) / 197 (3) / (3)
4. Alberta (14-4) / 188 / (4)
5. Western (16-2) / 128 / (5)
6. UBC (10-8) / 123 / (6)
7. Calgary (9-9) / 101 / (7)
8. Brandon (10-8) / 97 / (8)
9. McMaster (13-3) / 60 / (9)
10. Winnipeg (7-13) / 29 / (10)

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous rankings)
1. UBC (17-1) / 60 pts / (1)
2. Saint Mary’s (14-1) / 55 / (3)
3. Alberta (13-5) / 51 / (4)
4. Winnipeg (14-6) / 50 / (5)
T5. Trinity Western (12-6) / 42 / (2)
T5. Montreal (12-3) / 42 / (8)
7. Laval (10-5) / 36 / (7)
8. Dalhousie (12-3) / 29 / (9)
9. Calgary (10-8) / 28 / (NR)
10. Manitoba (9-9) / 26 / (6)

Next highest vote getters: York (21), Ottawa (14), McGill (10), Queen’s (8), Thompson Rivers (4), Cape Breton (4).

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Regina (17-0) / 384 pts (32) / (1)
2. Windsor (17-2) / 352 / (2)
3. Saskatchewan (13-4) / 311 / (4)
4. UBC (13-3) / 292 / (3)
5. Carleton (13-5) / 254 / (6)
6. Ottawa (15-3) / 229 / (5)
7. Acadia (11-1) / 194 / (7)
8. Alberta (11-7) / 136 / (8)
9. Calgary (13-5) / 133 / (10)
10. Fraser Valley (11-6) / 92 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Toronto (71), McGill (14), Brock (12), Saint Mary’s (12).
 
MEN’S BASKETBALL

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Carleton (18-0) / 516 pts (44) / (1)
2. Lakehead (16-2) / 473 / (2)
3. Saskatchewan (13-4) / 429 / (4)
4. Victoria (13-3) / 352 / (7)
5. Fraser Valley (12-5) / 315 / (8)
6. Wilfrid Laurier (15-3) / 298 / (5)
7. UBC (12-4) / 277 / (3)
8. StFX (10-4) / 200 / (6)
9. Concordia (10-1) / 185 / (9)
10. Alberta (12-6) / 106 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: UPEI (63), McMaster (48).

WOMEN’S SWIMMING

(points) / (previous rankings)
1. UBC 661 pts / (1)
2. Calgary 565 / (2)
3. Toronto 361 / (3)
4. Laval 222 / (4)
5. Alberta 201 / (5)
6. Western 172 / (6)
7. Dalhousie 107 / (7)
8. McMaster 83 / (8)
9. Ottawa 79 / (9)
10. Guelph 73 / (10)

MEN’S SWIMMING

(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Toronto 443 pts / (1)
2. Alberta 394 / (2)
3. Calgary 382 / (3)
4. UBC 363 / (4)
5. Dalhousie 338 / (5)
6. McGill 203 / (6)
7. Laval 143 / (7)
8. Victoria 140 / (9)
9. McMaster 138 / (8)
10. Guelph 128 / (10)

WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD

(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Windsor 77.5 pts / (4)
2. Saskatchewan 68.83 / (3)
3. Guelph 68.5 / (1)
4. Toronto 60.5 / (5)
5. Calgary 57.5 / (6)
6. Western 55.83 / (2)
7. Alberta 48 / (7)
8. York 37.5 / (8)
9. Ottawa 32 / (9)
10. Victoria 30 / (NR)

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD

(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Windsor 98 pts / (1)
2. Ottawa 81 / (2)
3. York 74.5 / (4)
4. Guelph 66 / (3)
5. Western 61 / (5)
6. Laval 51 / (6)
7. Toronto 42 / (8)
8. Sherbrooke 37 / (7)
9. Saskatchewan 29 / (9)
T10. Victoria 23 / (NR)
T10. Regina 23 / (NR)

WOMEN’S WRESTLING

(previous rankings)
1. Brock (1)
2. Alberta (2)
3. Lakehead (3)
4. Guelph (4)
5. Saskatchewan (5)
6. Western (6)
7. Calgary (7)
T8. Concordia (T8)
T8. Regina (T8)
10. UNB (10)

MEN’S WRESTLING

(previous rankings)
1. Concordia (1)
2. Alberta (2)
3. Regina (3)
4. McMaster (7)
5. Western (4)
6. Brock (5)
7. UNB (6)
8. Guelph (8)
9. Lakehead (9)
T10. Saskatchewan (T10)
T10. Calgary (T10)