Cal players with 2016 NCAA Men's Championship hardware. Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne
In case you missed it, the men’s varsity water polo season kicks off this weekend. Just in time, Ed Haas, Director of Communications for the Collegiate Water Polo Association, has released the first of the CWPA’s weekly polls tracking the country’s top varsity programs.
There’s no surprises this year; Cal is on top by virtue of winning the 2016 NCAA Men’s title with an 11-8 overtime victory over University of Southern California.
The East’s top team is #10 Harvard, coming off its first-ever Final Four appearance thanks to wins over Bucknell and UC Davis in NCAAs—the Crimsons’ first-ever trip to the country’s biggest polo tournament.
| 2017 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Preseason) | |||
| Rank | Team | 2016 Final Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of California | 1 | 99 |
| 2 | University of Southern California | 2 | 96 |
| 3 | Stanford University | 5 | 88 |
| 4 | University of California-Los Angeles | 3 | 87 |
| 5 | University of the Pacific | 4 | 79 |
| 6 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 6 | 73 |
| 7 | Pepperdine University | 7 | 70 |
| 8 | Long Beach State University | 8 | 69 |
| 9 | University of California-Davis | 10 | 53 |
| 10 | Harvard University | 9 | 47 |
| 11 | Princeton University | 13 | 46 |
| 12 | University of California-San Diego | 14 | 41 |
| 13 | University of California-Irvine | 19 | 39 |
| 14 | Bucknell University | 11 | 37 |
| 15 | Brown University | 12 | 32 |
| 16 | California Baptist University | 15 (T) | 22 |
| 17 | Loyola Marymount University | 17 | 21 |
| 18 | George Washington University | 15 (T) | 18 |
| 19 (T0 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 18 | 12 |
| 19 (T) | St. Francis College Brooklyn | 20 | 12 |
| RV | United States Air Force Academy | RV | 8 |
| RV | Santa Clara University | RV | 4 |
| RV | San Jose State University | NR | 4 |
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