2019 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2018 Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of Southern California | 1 | 98 |
| 2 (T) |
University of California-Los Angeles | 3 | 92 |
| 2 (T) | Stanford University | 2 | 92 |
| 4 | University of California | 4 | 87 |
| 5 (T) |
University of the Pacific | 8 | 74 |
| 5 (T) | Long Beach State University | 6 | 74 |
| 7 (T) |
University of California-Santa Barbara | 7 | 68 |
| 7 (T) | Pepperdine University | 9 | 68 |
| 9 | University of California-San Diego | 5 | 66 |
| 10 | University of California-Davis | 10 | 54 |
| 11 | Harvard University | 14 | 45 |
| 12 |
Princeton University | 13 | 44 |
| 13 |
University of California-Irvine | 15 | 36 |
| 14 | Loyola Marymount University | 12 | 33 |
| 15 |
George Washington University | 11 | 29 |
| 16 (T) |
Bucknell University | 18 | 20 |
| 16 (T) |
California Baptist University | 16 | 20 |
| 18 |
San Jose State University | RV | 15 |
| 19 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 17 | 14 |
| 20 |
Brown University | RV | 9 |
| RV | Santa Clara University | 19 | 7 |
| RV |
United States Naval Academy | NR | 5 |
| RV | St. Francis College Brooklyn | 20 | 4 |
| RV | United States Air Force Academy | 20 | 2 |
| RV | Whittier College | 20 | 2 |
2019 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2018 Poll | Points |
| 1 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | Whittier College | 5 | 89 |
| 3 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 2 (T) | 87 |
| 4 | California Lutheran University | 4 | 82 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2 (T) | 81 |
| 6 | Chapman University | 6 | 77 |
| 7 | University of Redlands | 7 | 72 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins University | 8 | 69 |
| 9 | Occidental College | 9 | 46 |
| 10 | University of La Verne | 10 | 38 |
| RV | Austin College | NR | 23 |
| RV | Pen State Behrend | NR | 11 |
2019 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2018 Poll | Points |
| 1 (T) |
George Washington University | 1 | 97 |
| 1 (T) | Bucknell University | 2 | 97 |
| 3 (T) |
Fordham University | 4 | 85 |
| 3 (T) | United States Naval Academy | NR | 85 |
| 5 | Wagner College | 3 | 70 |
| RV | Johns Hopkins University | 5 | 16 |
2019 Men’s Varsity Northeast Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2018 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Princeton University | 1 | 99 |
| 2 |
Harvard University | 2 | 95 |
| 3 | Brown University | 4 | 90 |
| 4 | St. Francis College Brooklyn | 3 | 85 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5 | 65 |
| RV | Iona College | NR | 16 |
