2021 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Week 1/September 8) |
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| Rank | Team | Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles |
1 | 98 |
| 2 |
University of Southern California |
2 | 96 |
| 3 (T) |
Stanford University |
4 | 89 |
| 3 (T) | University of California |
3 | 89 |
| 5 |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
6 | 80 |
| 6 | Long Beach State University |
8 | 72 |
| 7 |
University of the Pacific |
7 | 71 |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego |
9 (T) |
61 |
| 9 |
University of California-Davis |
9 (T) | 58 |
| 10 |
Pepperdine University | 5 | 55 |
| 11 |
San Jose State University | 12 | 51 |
| 12 |
Princeton University | 14 (T) |
40 |
| 13 |
University of California-Irvine | 13 | 38 |
| 14 |
California Baptist University | 14 (T) | 36 |
| 15 |
Santa Clara University | RV | 22 |
| 16 (T) |
Bucknell University | 17 | 20 |
| 16 (T) |
Fordham University | 20 | 20 |
| 18 |
Harvard University | 11 | 16 |
| 19 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
RV | 14 |
| 20 |
Loyola Marymount University |
16 | 12 |
| RV | United States Air Force Academy |
RV | 5 |
| RV |
Brown University |
18 | 4 |
| RV | United States Naval Academy |
19 | 4 |
| RV | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
RV | 1 |
| RV | George Washington University |
RV | 1 |
2021 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 1/September 8) |
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| Rank | Team | Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
3 | 100 |
| 2 | California Lutheran University |
4 | 93 |
| 3 |
Whittier College |
1 | 88 |
| 4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
2 | 84 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
6 (T) | 81 |
| 6 |
Johns Hopkins University |
6 (T) |
74 |
| 7 | Chapman University |
5 |
70 |
| 8 | Occidental College |
10 | 57 |
| 9 | Austin College |
RV | 52 |
| 10 | University of Redlands |
8 | 51 |
| RV | University of La Verne |
9 | 25 |
2021 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 1/September 8) |
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| Rank | Team | Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 |
Fordham University | 2 (T) | 96 |
| 2 |
Bucknell University |
1 | 94 |
| 3 |
United States Naval Academy |
2 (T) |
93 |
| 4 | George Washington University |
5 | 87 |
| 5 | Wagner College |
NR | 48 |
| RV | Johns Hopkins University | 4 | 47 |
2021 Men’s Varsity Northeast Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 1/September 8) |
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| Rank | Team | Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 |
Princeton University | 1 (T) |
100 |
| 2 |
Harvard University | 1 (T) | 94 |
| 3 | Brown University | 3 | 90 |
| 4 | St. Francis College Brooklyn | 4 | 86 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5 | 64 |
| RV | Iona College | RV | 16 |
