he top-ranked Calgary Stampeders lost a close one in Mosaic Stadium but still put up enough points and yards to maintain a lead over the rest of the pack in this week's CFL power rankings.

With the loss, though, the Stampeders saw the Riders close the gap between them to four points in the West standings. Winnipeg and BC played well but shot themselves in the foot.

And—surprise, surprise—the Montreal Alouettes beak the Eskimos.

TW LW     Pts    Team(Record)

 1     1       93.1    Calgary Stampeders (9-2)

 2     2       86.7    Montreal Alouettes (8-3)

 3     3       79.3    Saskatchewan Roughriders (7-4)

 4     4       78.5    Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3-8)

 5     5       77.6    Hamilton Tiger-Cats (6-5)

 6     6       76.3    Toronto Argonauts (6-5)

 7     7       71.9    BC Lions (3-8)

 8     8       65.4    Edmonton Eskimos (2-9)

Remember, rankings are based completely on statistics.