BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The University of Southern California and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges come out of the league championship weekend as the top-ranked teams in the nation as the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the official 2023 Week 12/November 22 Men’s Varsity National Top 20, Division III Top 10, Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) Top Five and Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Top Five Polls.
Fordham University and Princeton University complete the league season with the top spots in the MAWPC and NWPC Top Five Polls.
Voted on by a panel of coaches, the polls are compiled and released on Wednesday through the week following the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship.
2023 Men’s Varsity National Top 20 (Week 12/November 22)
The University of Southern California – which claimed the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Championship over the weekend by defeating the University of California by a 13-12 score – takes over at No. 1 in the 2023 Week 12/November 22 National Men’s Varsity Top 20 Poll.
USC (97 points) and California (95 points) rate at No. 1 and 2, while former No. 1 the University of California-Los Angeles (89 points) and Stanford University (89 points) fall into a tie at No. 3.
Princeton University (78 points) edges out the University of California-Irvine (77 points) to acquire custody of the No. 5 spot with the Anteaters remaining at No. 6.
Pepperdine University (57 points), San Jose State University (65 points), the University of California-Santa Barbara (61 points) and the University of California-Davis (57 points) complete the Top 10.
Long Beach State University (53 points), Fordham University (39 points), California Baptist University (38 points), Harvard University (35 points), Loyola Marymount University (32 points), the University of California-San Diego (30 points), Santa Clara University (18 points), University of the Pacific (15 points), the United States Naval Academy (13 points) and Brown University (7 points) complete the official men’s water polo national rankings.
2023 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Week 12/November 22) |
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| Rank | Team | Week 11 Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of Southern California |
3 | 97 |
| 2 |
University of California |
2 | 95 |
| 3 (T) |
Stanford University |
4 | 89 |
| 3 (T) |
University of California-Los Angeles |
1 | 89 |
| 5 |
Princeton University |
6 (T) |
78 |
| 6 |
University of California-Irvine |
6 (T) |
77 |
| 7 |
Pepperdine University |
5 | 67 |
| 8 | San Jose State University |
14 |
65 |
| 9 |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
9 | 61 |
| 10 | University of California-Davis |
10 | 57 |
| 11 |
Long Beach State University |
8 |
53 |
| 12 |
Fordham University |
15 |
39 |
| 13 |
California Baptist University |
16 |
38 |
| 14 |
Harvard University |
11 |
35 |
| 15 |
Loyola Marymount University |
12 |
32 |
| 16 |
University of California-San Diego |
13 |
30 |
| 17 |
Santa Clara University |
19 |
18 |
| 18 |
University of the Pacific |
17 |
15 |
| 19 |
United States Naval Academy |
18 |
13 |
| 20 |
Brown University |
20 |
7 |
| RV | United States Air Force Academy |
RV | 1 |
2023 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 12/November 22)
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges – which defeated former co-No. 1 the University of Redlands by a 9-4 count over the weekend for the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championship – acquires sole custody of the No. 1 position in the 2023 Week 12/November 22 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 Poll.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (99 points) and Redlands (96 points) rate at No. 1 and 2 this week with Chapman University (87 points) and Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (86 points) exchanging the No. 3 and 4 spots.
Changes continue as Occidental College (79 points) takes over at No. 5 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (75 points).
California Lutheran University (72 points) retains the No. 7 position, while the University of La Verne (62 points) and Johns Hopkins University (52 points) trade the No. 8 and 9 positions.
Augustana College (44 points) completes the Division III Top 10.
2023 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 12/November 22) |
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| Rank | Team | Week 11 Poll | Points |
| 1 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
1 (T) |
99 |
| 2 | University of Redlands |
1 (T) | 96 |
| 3 | Chapman University |
4 | 87 |
| 4 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
3 | 86 |
| 5 |
Occidental College |
6 |
79 |
| 6 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
5 |
75 |
| 7 |
California Lutheran University |
7 |
72 |
| 8 |
University of La Verne |
9 |
62 |
| 9 |
Johns Hopkins University |
8 |
52 |
| 10 |
Augustana College |
10 | 44 |
| RV |
California Institute of Technology |
NR | 12 |
| RV |
Whittier College |
NR | 11 |
2023 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 12/November 22/Final)
Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Champion Fordham University finishes the league season at No. 1 in the 2023 Week 12/November 22/Final Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Top Five Poll.
Fordham (100 points) – which completes the league season as a unanimous No. 1 pick – is followed by the United States Naval Academy (95 points), Bucknell University (90 points), Wagner College (85 points) and George Washington University (80 points) as the rankings echo the final placements from the MAWPC Championship hosted at Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa., over the past weekend.
2023 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 12/November 22/FINAL) |
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| Rank | Team | Week 11 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Fordham University |
1 |
100 |
| 2 |
United States Naval Academy |
2 | 95 |
| 3 | Bucknell University |
3 |
90 |
| 4 |
Wagner College |
4 | 85 |
| 5 | George Washington University |
5 | 80 |
2023 Men’s Varsity Northeast Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 12/November 22/Final)
Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) champion Princeton University completes the league season at No. 1 in the 2023 Week 12/November 22/Final NWPC Top Five Poll.
The 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023 NWPC Champion Tigers (100 points) stand alone as a unanimous top selection after defeating No. 2 Harvard University (95 points) over the weekend in Cambridge, Mass., for the Tigers third consecutive NWPC Championship.
Brown University (90 points), Iona University (85 points) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (64 points) complete the poll.
2023 Men’s Varsity Northeast Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 12/November 22/FINAL) |
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| Rank | Team | Week 10 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Princeton University | 1 | 100 |
| 2 |
Harvard University |
2 |
95 |
| 3 | Brown University |
3 | 90 |
| 4 | Iona University |
4 |
85 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
5 | 64 |
| RV | Long Island University |
RV | 16 |
