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U SPORTS Final 8 Selection Criteria for the At-large Berth
The Women's Basketball Playing Regulations document was found at
Playing Regulations 2025-26 Season
on the U SPORTS website.
The applicable section (retrieved on 11-Feb-2026) says:
1.4.5. BERTH CRITERIA FOR THE AT-LARGE BERTH SPOT
The Selection/Seeding Committee will use the following criteria to determine the
at-large berth for the W-Final 8. The criteria will also be used for seeding the teams
for the W-Final 8 while respecting the guidelines listed below.
- Win-Loss record:
Winning percentage in all games against U SPORTS opponents, including playoffs
and non-conference games.
- RPI:
RPI rank based on non-conference and regular-season games (i.e., all games
except playoffs.)
- Playoff advancement:
The number of wins the team fell short of qualifying for the Final 8 automatically.
For example, the AUS runner-up would be one win short, both semi-finalists would
be two wins short, and so on. A lower number of "wins away from Final 8" is better
here, of course. If two teams from the same conference play a 3rd place game, the
winner of that game would win this category.
- SRS (Simple Ranking System)
NOTES:
- If still tied: use the winning percentage versus Top 12 teams in final RPI.
- All teams will be considered for the at-large berth and ranked in each category. If any
team is the only team to lead two, three or four of these categories following the
conclusion of conference playoffs, it will be awarded the at-large berth. If no team leads
in more categories than all other teams, the berth will be awarded to the tied team who
has the highest winning percentage vs. the Top 12 teams in the final RPI.
Teams Already Qualified for Women's U Sports Final 8
| Team | League | How qualified |
|---|
| UNB | AUS | AUS Champion |
| Calgary | Canada West Prairie | Canada West Champion |
| Toronto Metropolitan | OUA Central | OUA Champion |
| McGill | RSEQ | RSEQ Champion |
| UBC | Canada West Pacific | Canada West Representative |
| Carleton | OUA East | OUA Representative |
| Laval | RSEQ | Host Team |
1) Winning percentage in all games against U SPORTS opponents.
| Pos | Team | League | Win | Loss | Pct |
|---|
| 1 | Saskatchewan
| Canada West Prairie | 30 | 1 | 0.968 |
| 2 | Queen's
| OUA East | 26 | 4 | 0.867 |
| 3 | Regina
| Canada West Prairie | 24 | 5 | 0.828 |
| 4 | Alberta
| Canada West Prairie | 24 | 6 | 0.800 |
| | Windsor
| OUA West | 24 | 6 | 0.800 |
| 6 | Acadia
| AUS | 18 | 7 | 0.720 |
| 7 | Guelph
| OUA West | 20 | 9 | 0.690 |
| 8 | UPEI
| AUS | 18 | 10 | 0.643 |
| | Western
| OUA West | 18 | 10 | 0.643 |
| 10 | Brock
| OUA Central | 19 | 11 | 0.633 |
2) RPI for non-conference and league games (not playoffs)
| Pos | Team | League | WP | OWP | OOWP | RPI |
|---|
| 1 | Saskatchewan
| Canada West Prairie | 1.000 | 0.551 | 0.509 | 0.65277 |
| 2 | Queen's
| OUA East | 0.904 | 0.527 | 0.501 | 0.61500 |
| 3 | Regina
| Canada West Prairie | 0.854 | 0.513 | 0.510 | 0.59765 |
| 4 | Alberta
| Canada West Prairie | 0.836 | 0.509 | 0.499 | 0.58832 |
| 5 | Bishop's
| RSEQ | 0.556 | 0.597 | 0.495 | 0.56139 |
| 6 | Windsor
| OUA West | 0.820 | 0.451 | 0.500 | 0.55572 |
| 7 | Acadia
| AUS | 0.759 | 0.478 | 0.496 | 0.55294 |
| 8 | Guelph
| OUA West | 0.710 | 0.479 | 0.504 | 0.54306 |
| 9 | Western
| OUA West | 0.669 | 0.497 | 0.499 | 0.54073 |
| 10 | Brock
| OUA Central | 0.652 | 0.499 | 0.508 | 0.53955 |
| 11 | Ottawa
| OUA East | 0.597 | 0.513 | 0.503 | 0.53165 |
| 12 | UPEI
| AUS | 0.631 | 0.487 | 0.497 | 0.52521 |
4) SRS rating for non-conference and league games (not playoffs)
| Pos | Team | League | U Sports Record | Avg PM | SoS factor | SRS Rating |
|---|
| 1 | Saskatchewan | Canada West Prairie | 26-0 | 32.69 | 1.05 | 33.74 |
| 2 | Alberta | Canada West Prairie | 23-5 | 21.04 | -0.05 | 20.99 |
| 3 | Queen's | OUA East | 25-3 | 21.57 | -0.97 | 20.61 |
| 4 | Regina | Canada West Prairie | 23-4 | 14.26 | 0.61 | 14.87 |
| 5 | Windsor | OUA West | 23-5 | 13.82 | -4.85 | 8.98 |
| 6 | Acadia | AUS | 18-6 | 8.00 | 0.06 | 8.06 |
| 7 | UPEI | AUS | 16-9 | 6.52 | 0.92 | 7.44 |
| 8 | Ottawa | OUA East | 17-12 | 7.76 | -0.57 | 7.19 |
| 9 | StFX | AUS | 16-12 | 7.18 | -0.25 | 6.93 |
| 10 | Bishop's | RSEQ | 12-10 | 2.18 | 4.44 | 6.62 |
Tie-breaker Criteria to be used only if no clear leader from above criteria
a) Highest winning percentage vs. Top 12 teams in the final RPI. Those 12 teams are:
Saskatchewan, Queen's, Toronto Metropolitan, Regina, UBC, Laval, UNB, Alberta, Calgary, Carleton, Bishop's, Windsor,
| Pos | Team | League | Win-Loss | Pct |
|---|
| 1 | Saskatchewan
| Canada West Prairie | 12-1 | 0.923 |
| 2 | Queen's
| OUA East | 4-4 | 0.500 |
| | Acadia
| AUS | 2-2 | 0.500 |
| 4 | Regina
| Canada West Prairie | 3-5 | 0.375 |
| 5 | Alberta
| Canada West Prairie | 3-6 | 0.333 |
| 6 | Western
| OUA West | 2-5 | 0.286 |
| 7 | Guelph
| OUA West | 2-6 | 0.250 |
| | Windsor
| OUA West | 1-3 | 0.250 |
| 9 | Ottawa
| OUA East | 2-7 | 0.222 |
| 10 | StFX
| AUS | 1-4 | 0.200 |
| 11 | Bishop's
| RSEQ | 1-5 | 0.167 |
| | Lakehead
| OUA Central | 1-5 | 0.167 |
| | Laurentian
| OUA East | 1-5 | 0.167 |
| 14 | Victoria
| Canada West Pacific | 1-6 | 0.143 |
| 15 | Brock
| OUA Central | 1-7 | 0.125 |
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