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2014 Ranking School Last Year 1 Victoria (2) 2 Simon Fraser (1) 3 Waterloo (3) 4 New Brunswick (4) *5 Guelph (5) *5 Memorial (*6) 7 Carleton (*6) 8 Regina (9) 9 York (8) *10 Ryerson (12) *10 Wilfrid Laurier (11) *10 Windsor (10) 13 Concordia (13) 14 UQAM (14) 15 Brock (15)

* Indicates a tie