{"id":326702,"date":"2018-08-23T09:26:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T16:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=326702"},"modified":"2018-08-23T10:58:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T17:58:32","slug":"cwpa-2018-mens-varsity-pre-season-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cwpa-2018-mens-varsity-pre-season-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"CWPA 2018 Men\u2019s Varsity Pre-Season Poll is Out; UCLA, USC, Cal, Stanford, Pacific at the Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Starting tomorrow, Swimming World will post previews of the six conferences that will send teams to the 2018 NCAA Men\u2019s Water Polo Tournament, to be held November 29 &#8211; December 2 at Stanford\u2019s Avery Aquatic Center. Look to SW for in-depth stories and game recaps of all the action from this year\u2019s exciting NCAA men&#8217;s varsity action.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"293316\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-womens-water-polo-preview-the-collegiate-water-polo-association\/cwpa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cwpa.png\" data-orig-size=\"403,403\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cwpa\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;cwpa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cwpa.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cwpa.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-293316\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cwpa.png\" alt=\"cwpa\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cwpa.png 403w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cwpa-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cwpa-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Collegiate Water Polo Association yesterday released its <a href=\"https:\/\/collegiatewaterpolo.org\/polls\/2018-mens-varsity-preseason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 Pre-Season Men\u2019s Varsity poll<\/a>, an annual milestone signaling that the NCAA men\u2019s varsity season is on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>UCLA opens the defense of its 2017 NCAA title\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/gritty-defensive-effort-pays-off-for-ucla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won<\/a> over arch-rival Southern Cal last December at USC\u2019s Uytengsu Aquatics Center\u2014next Saturday with the UCLA Invitational; before players hit the water, it\u2019s instructive to look at which teams the coaches who vote for the CWPA poll selected, now and in the recent past.<\/p>\n<p>The five teams picked one through five in 2018\u2014UCLA, USC, Cal, Stanford and Pacific\u2014are exactly the same as the final CWPA poll for the 2017 season. This is no surprise; over the last five years, those teams have annually been among the poll\u2019s top five finishers. The only anomaly is 2014, when Pacific dropped out of the top five and was replaced by the 49ers of Long Beach State.<\/p>\n<p>On the strength of a strong recruiting class, <strong>Gavin Arroyo\u2019s<\/strong> LBS team claimed sixth in this year\u2019s preseason poll. Rounding out the CWPA top 10 are: UC Davis, Pepperdine, UC Irvine, and UC Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard at #11 is the top selection from the East; Princeton slips in after #12 UC San Diego with Brown following #14 San Jose State.<\/p>\n<p>The final five of the CWPA\u2019s top 20 are: Cal Baptist, Pomona-Pitzer, George Washington, St. Francis Brooklyn and a three-way tie for 20th between Air Force, Bucknell and Wagner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"326703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cwpa-2018-mens-varsity-pre-season-poll\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1099,1112\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cwpa-preseason-mwp2018\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;cwpa-preseason-mwp2018&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: CWPA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018-1012x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-326703\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"cwpa-preseason-mwp2018\" width=\"650\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018-533x539.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018-198x200.jpg 198w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018-1012x1024.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018-150x152.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018-494x500.jpg 494w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cwpa-preseason-mwp2018.jpg 1099w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The CWPA contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting tomorrow, Swimming World will post previews of the six conferences that will send teams to the 2018 NCAA Men\u2019s Water Polo Tournament, to be held November 29 &#8211; 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