The Lakehead Thunderwolves will be the higher-ranked squad when the Manitoba Bisons invade Fort William Gardens at the end of the month.
The Wolves jumped two places in the CIS national rankings, settling in at seventh spot as the Christmas break arrives.
It’s the team’s highest ranking of the 2010-11 season.
The Bisons, who arrive on Dec. 29 for a pair of games, are ranked ninth.
Alberta maintains its season-long stranglehold on top spot, followed by UNB, which moves up one spot, leapfrogging McGill, the highest-listed OUA squad.
Neither the men's nor women's basketball teams, both 6-2 at the break, garnered as much as an honourable mention in their respective sport's rankings.
