Reigning National Champion USC Tops 2022 Preseason Women’s CWPA Poll

USC's Verica Bakoc; Photo Courtesy: John McGillen

Reigning National Champion USC Tops 2022 Preseason Women’s CWPA Poll

Reigning national champion USC holds the top spot in the first women’s CWPA Poll of 2022, released on Wednesday.

USC is coming off its sixth national championships, having beaten No. 3 seed UCLA in the final last spring in an 18-9 romp.

The top four spots in the first poll of the season reflect the seeds entering the NCAA tournament last May. Stanford holds the second seed. The Cardinal had lost to UCLA in last year’s national semifinal. UCLA occupies the third spot with Arizona State fourth.

ASU, Hawaii (sixth) and Michigan (eighth) are the only non-California schools in the top 10.

2022 Preseason Women’s CWPA Poll

Rank Team (Final 2021 Poll), Points

University of Southern California (1), 97
Stanford University (3), 96
UCLA (2) 94
Arizona State (4), 84
University of California (6), 83
University of Hawaii (5), 82
University of California-Irvine (T-7), 80
University of Michigan (T-7), 72
University of California-San Diego (9), 64
Fresno State University (10), 62
Indiana University (15), 51
Long Beach State University (13), 50
University of the Pacific (14), 47
University of California-Davis (11), 46
San Diego State University (12), 42
San Jose State University (16), 39
Loyola Marymount University (18), 38
University of California-Santa Barbara (NR), 36
Princeton University (NR), 26
Harvard University (NR), 24
California Baptist University (17), 22
Marist College (T-20), 15
Wagner College (NR), 13
Bucknell University (19), 12
California State University-Northridge (NR), 7

Receiving Votes: Azusa Pacific University, Santa Clara University, Long Island University, Brown, Salem University, La Salle University, Saint Francis University, California State University-East Bay

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