﻿{"id":109632,"date":"2014-09-10T13:15:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T20:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=109632"},"modified":"2014-09-10T13:15:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T20:15:41","slug":"collegiate-water-polo-association-releases-week-1-mens-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/collegiate-water-polo-association-releases-week-1-mens-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Collegiate Water Polo Association Releases Week 1 Men&#8217;s Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Photo Courtesy: Joon Baik<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">BRIDGEPORT, Pennsylvania, September 10.\u00a0STANFORD<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>University,\u00a0<strong>Whittier College<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Princeton University<\/strong>\u00a0maintain their Preseason No. 1 rankings as the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2014 Men&#8217;s Varsity Week 1\/September 10 National Top 20, Division III Top 10 and CWPA Top 10 Polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Following two days of competition\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1972432067\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Saturday<\/span><\/span>-Sunday, September 6-7, the landscape of which teams are the best in the nation underwent significant changes.\u00a0 However, the top-ranked teams remain unchanged as Stanford, which was dormant over the first weekend of play, continues to hang onto its position as the Top Team in the National Top 20 Poll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">In the Division III ranks, Whittier goes from being the top-ranked small college team in the nation to being a unanimous pick in the position as the Poets picked up 100 points to hold a dominating 11-point lead in the balloting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Similar to the National Top 20 and Division III Top 10 poll, the Preseason favorite in the CWPA Top 10 continues to dominate after a weekend of competition as Princeton becomes the unanimous top pick in the league poll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Voted on by a panel of coaches from the CWPA, Western Water Polo Association (WWPA), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the polls are compiled and released\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1972432068\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0during each week of the season through the week following the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>2014 Men&#8217;s Varsity National Top 20 (Week 1)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Stanford University<\/strong>\u00a0may not have competed during the first weekend of permitted play in the varsity ranks, but the Cardinal remain the No. 1 team in the nation with 98 points to remain on top of the National Top 20 Poll in the Week 1\/September 10 voting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">The Cardinal, which finished third in the final 2014 Poll and garnered the No. 1 position in the Preseason Poll of August 27, see a new team move into the No. 2 position as the\u00a0<strong>University of California-Los Angeles<\/strong>\u00a0(95 points) edges out defending National Champion and Preseason No. 2 the\u00a0<strong>University of Southern California<\/strong>\u00a0(91 points) for the runner-up spot after 48 hours of action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Overall, only four teams in the National Top 20 held onto their Preseason ranking as Stanford (No. 1), the\u00a0<strong>University of California<\/strong>\u00a0(No. 4), the\u00a0<strong>University of California-Santa Barbara<\/strong>\u00a0(No. 7) and the\u00a0<strong>University of California-Irvine<\/strong>\u00a0(No. 8) hold firm inside the Top 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Behind the Cardinal, Bruins, Trojans and Golden Bears (87 points),\u00a0<strong>Long Beach State University<\/strong>\u00a0(79 points) inches ahead of 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship runner-up\u00a0<strong>University of the Pacific<\/strong>\u00a0(74 points) to complete the Top Five.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Pacific, UC-Santa Barbara (73 points) and UC-Irvine (64 points) come in at No. 6-to-8, respectively, with the\u00a0<strong>University of California-San Diego<\/strong>\u00a0(61 points) and the\u00a0<strong>University of California-Davis<\/strong>\u00a0(51 points) rounding out the Top 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Princeton University<\/strong>\u00a0(46 points) improves to No. 11, with\u00a0<strong>Pepperdine University<\/strong>\u00a0(45 points) falling back from No. 9 in the Preseason rankings to No. 12 this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Loyola Marymount University<\/strong>\u00a0(42 points) moves up one position to No. 13, while\u00a0<strong>Brown University<\/strong>\u00a0(26 points) and the\u00a0<strong>United States Naval Academy<\/strong>\u00a0(26 points) tie at No. 14.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Santa Clara University<\/strong>\u00a0(22 points) and\u00a0<strong>Whittier College<\/strong>\u00a0(18 points) climb to No. 16 and 17, respectively, to stand in front of the\u00a0<strong>United States Air Force Academy<\/strong>\u00a0(14 points) and\u00a0<strong>Harvard University<\/strong>\u00a0(14 points) which are tied at No. 18, and\u00a0<strong>George Washington University<\/strong>\u00a0(10 points) which completes the Top 20.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>St. Francis College Brooklyn<\/strong>\u00a0(7 points),\u00a0<strong>Concordia University<\/strong>\u00a0(6 points),\u00a0<strong>California Baptist University<\/strong>\u00a0(3 points),\u00a0<strong>Bucknell University<\/strong>\u00a0(3 points) and\u00a0<strong>Pomona-Pitzer Colleges<\/strong>\u00a0(3 points) also received votes.<\/p>\n<table style=\"color: #222222;\" border=\"1\" width=\"585\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"284\" height=\"17\">\n<h2><a name=\"14860fe4807f321b_RANGE!A1:D14\"><\/a>2014 Varsity Top 20 (Week 1\/September 10)<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2014 Preseason Poll<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Stanford University<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0University of California-Los Angeles<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of Southern California<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of California<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Long Beach State University<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of the Pacific<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0University of California-Santa Barbara<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of California-Irvine<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of California-San Diego<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">10<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0University of California-Davis<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">11<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Princeton University<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Pepperdine University<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">13<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Loyola Marymount University<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">14 (T)<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Brown University<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">14 (T)<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0United States Naval Academy<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">16<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Santa Clara University<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">17<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Whittier College<\/td>\n<td>19 (T)<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">18 (T)<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0United States Air Force Academy<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">18 (T)<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Harvard University<\/td>\n<td>19 (T)<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">20<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0George Washington University<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0St. Francis College Brooklyn<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Concordia University<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0California Baptist University<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Bucknell University<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Pomona-Pitzer Colleges<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>2014 Men&#8217;s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 1)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/cIZ9lsdNsurMHVcOe08gJ4YlJcJcnBbh11Sj49KOOhBiFaP8YLxzrboUMX7UZQGW0gcWCcfSVtVzDxsVvGTEmxG3-W3PROOdU4AexfXpaAM2vSzl-cjumcl0HdedQQFdzO00SELnPKAySY0N17T3YdCNbKKLVw=s0-d-e1-ft#http:\/\/collegiatewaterpolo.org\/images\/TeamLogos\/WhittierCollege.gif?max_height=126&amp;max_width=131\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"126\" \/>The Poets of\u00a0<strong>Whittier College<\/strong>\u00a0(100 points), which are ranked No. 17 in the National Top 20 Poll, rate 16 spots better among small college institutions as the squad is the unanimous top choice after a week of play in the Week 1\/September 10 National Division III Top 10 Poll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Whittier, which received all but one first place vote in the Preseason voting, eliminated any question of its position as the Poets hold a commanding 11 point lead in the Division III Top 10 Poll over formerly No. 6-ranked and new runner-up\u00a0<strong>Chapman University<\/strong>\u00a0(89 points).<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges<\/strong>\u00a0(87 points) and\u00a0<strong>Pomona-Pitzer Colleges<\/strong>\u00a0(87 points) fall and rise into a tie at the No. 3 position, while\u00a0<strong>Johns Hopkins University<\/strong>\u00a0(83 points) follows at No. 5 to complete the upper echelon of the Top 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>California Lutheran University<\/strong>\u00a0(73 points), the\u00a0<strong>University of Redlands<\/strong>\u00a0(72 points), the\u00a0<strong>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/strong>\u00a0(68 points), the\u00a0<strong>University of La Verne<\/strong>\u00a0(36 points) and\u00a0<strong>Occidental College<\/strong>\u00a0(35 points) complete the Top 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Washington &amp; Jefferson College<\/strong>\u00a0(22 points) and\u00a0<strong>Connecticut College<\/strong>\u00a0(13 points) also received votes.<\/p>\n<table style=\"color: #222222;\" border=\"1\" width=\"585\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"284\" height=\"17\">\n<h2><a name=\"14860fe4807f321b_RANGE!A1:D14\"><\/a>2014 Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 1\/September 10)<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2014 Preseason Poll<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Whittier College<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Chapman University<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3 (T)<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3 (T)<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Pomona-Pitzer Colleges<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Johns Hopkins University<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0California Lutheran University<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0University of Redlands<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of La Verne<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">10<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Occidental College<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Washington &amp; Jefferson College<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Connecticut College<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>2014 Men&#8217;s Varsity CWPA Top 10 (Week 1)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/uiFJeBumGWmbd6GyhulcNFCzYaDkrGewhGKvPGjziyr9XYukkqMuDAah9Hv-qnxORJbp04FYLnVqZ8I97skmCc-W7YNfQvGv7u5uu0DjqC5jiTkoW2dUQgZJ4-Ue59N3LUG0jVGyUC4Xae8nf4Bql8JdZIPq=s0-d-e1-ft#http:\/\/collegiatewaterpolo.org\/images\/TeamLogos\/PrincetonPLogo.gif?max_height=170&amp;max_width=129\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"170\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Following a weekend in which the defending league champion was felled twice by fellow Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) institutions in the same weekend for the first time in recent history, the runner-up from a year ago and Preseason favorite continues to stand at No. 1 in the Week 1\/September 10 polling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Princeton University<\/strong>, which finished second to\u00a0<strong>St. Francis College Brooklyn<\/strong>\u00a0last season in the CWPA Championship title game, proved its Preseason No. 1 selection was not a fluke as the Tigers downed the Terriers 10-5 in both teams&#8217; season-opening game at the Princeton Invitational.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">For the victory, the Tigers move from simply the No. 1 team in the league poll to a unanimous No. 1 pick by earning 100 points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Overall, the results of the first weekend of play had a dramatic impact on the rankings as the Tigers join the\u00a0<strong>United States Naval Academy<\/strong>\u00a0(Third, 90 points) as the sole squads in the Top 10 to retain its ranking from the Preseason Poll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Behind Princeton,\u00a0<strong>Brown University<\/strong>\u00a0(93 points) jumps three spots to take over at No. 2 in front of the Naval Academy Midshipmen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Harvard University<\/strong>\u00a0(85 points),\u00a0<strong>George Washington University<\/strong>\u00a0(77 points) and\u00a0<strong>Johns Hopkins University<\/strong>\u00a0(75 points) follow at No. four-to-six, respectively, as each improved its position by two berths from their prior sixth, seventh and eighth rankings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Bucknell University<\/strong>\u00a0(71 points) and\u00a0<strong>St. Francis College Brooklyn<\/strong>\u00a0(69 points) fall back to No. 7 and 8, with the\u00a0<strong>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/strong>\u00a0(46 points) and\u00a0<strong>Fordham University<\/strong>\u00a0(34 points) capping off the Top 10.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Mercyhurst University<\/strong>\u00a0(23 points) and\u00a0<strong>Iona College<\/strong>\u00a0(12 points) also received votes.<\/p>\n<table style=\"color: #222222;\" border=\"1\" width=\"585\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"284\" height=\"17\">\n<h2><a name=\"14860fe4807f321b_RANGE!A1:D14\"><\/a>2014 Varsity CWPA Top 10 (Week 1\/September 10)<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2014 Preseason Poll<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Princeton University<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Brown University<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0United States Naval Academy<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Harvard University<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0George Washington University<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Johns Hopkins University<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Bucknell University<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0St. Francis College Brooklyn<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/td>\n<td>10 (T)<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">10<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Fordham University<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Mercyhurst University<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Iona College<\/td>\n<td>10 (T)<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Courtesy: Joon Baik BRIDGEPORT, Pennsylvania, September 10.\u00a0STANFORD\u00a0University,\u00a0Whittier College\u00a0and\u00a0Princeton University\u00a0maintain their Preseason No. 1 rankings as the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2014 Men&#8217;s Varsity Week 1\/September 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