BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2022 Week 12/April 28 Women’s Collegiate Club Top 20 and Division III Top 10 Polls.
2022 Women’s Collegiate Club National Top 20 (Week 12/April 28)
The No. 1 position in the Week 12/April 28 Women’s Collegiate Club Top 20 Poll changes hands this week as Pacific Coast Division Champion California Polytechnic State University assumes the top spot.
Cal Poly (95 points) edges out previously No. 1/Sierra Pacific Division Champion the University of California (94 points) by a point as the first poll following the conclusion of division competition reflects a wide-open women’s collegiate club landscape with no team as a dominant presence.
Midwest Division Champion the University of Notre Dame (87 points) drops back to No. 3, while Southwest Division Champion the University of California-San Diego (86 points) rockets up the rankings from No. 12 the past two weeks to No. 4. Sierra Pacific Division runner-up Fresno State University (80 points) moves up two places to No. 5, while Pacific Coast Division runner-up the University of California-Santa Barbara (75 points) rises from No. 18 to No. 6.
Big Ten Division Champion the University of Michigan (69 points), Southwest Division runner-up Arizona State University (57 points), Pacific Coast Division third place finisher the University of Southern California (54 points) and Texas Division Champion Texas A&M University (52 points) complete the Top 10.
Southeast Division Champion the University of Florida (51 points), Sierra Pacific Division third place finisher the University of California-Davis (44 points), New England Division Champion Boston College (41 points), Pacific Coast Division fourth place finisher the University of California-Los Angeles (39 points) and Northwest Division Champion the University of Oregon (38 points) rate at No. 11-to-15, while the quintet of Southeast Division runner-up the University of Central Florida (24 points), Southwest Division third place finisher San Diego State University (22 points), Big Ten Division runner-up Michigan State University (16 points), Mid-Atlantic Division Champion Pennsylvania State University (15 points) and Texas Division runner-up the University of Texas (6 points) conclude the Top 20.
2022 Women’s Club Top 20 (Week 12/April 28) |
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| Rank | Team | Week 11 Poll |
Points |
| 1 |
California Polytechnic State University |
5 | 95 |
| 2 |
University of California |
1 |
94 |
| 3 |
University of Notre Dame |
2 (T) |
87 |
| 4 |
University of California-San Diego |
12 |
86 |
| 5 |
Fresno State University |
7 |
80 |
| 6 |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
18 (T) | 75 |
| 7 |
University of Michigan |
4 | 69 |
| 8 |
Arizona State University |
8 |
57 |
| 9 |
University of Southern California |
NR | 54 |
| 10 |
Texas A&M University |
6 |
52 |
| 11 |
University of Florida |
16 |
51 |
| 12 |
University of California-Davis |
NR |
44 |
| 13 |
Boston College |
15 |
41 |
| 14 |
University of California-Los Angeles | 10 |
39 |
| 15 |
University of Oregon |
18 (T) |
38 |
| 16 |
University of Central Florida |
2 (T) |
24 |
| 17 |
San Diego State University |
14 |
22 |
| 18 | Michigan State University |
20 |
16 |
| 19 |
Pennsylvania State University |
13 |
15 |
| 20 |
University of Texas |
17 |
6 |
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University of Virginia |
11 | 4 |
| RV |
Colorado State University | RV |
3 |
| RV |
University of Washington |
9 |
2 |
| RV |
Grand Valley State University |
NR |
1 |
2022 Women’s Collegiate Club Division III National Top 10 (Week 12/April 28)
Leading into this weekend’s Women’s Division III Collegiate Club Championship hosted by Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt., the answer of which program is the best in the land remains in doubt as the University of California-Santa Cruz and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology come in tied at No. 1 in the Week 12/April 28 Division III Top 10 poll.
UC-Santa Cruz (97 points) and MIT (97 points) will not have a chance to duke it out for the Division III National Championship as the Banana Slugs will head to Middlebury, but the Engineers will compete at the Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship next weekend in Huntsville, Alabama, due to winning the North Atlantic Division Championship.
However, the host Panthers (88 points) stand at No. 3 in the poll and are another contender to take over at No. 1 as the 2019 Women’s Division III Club Champions will aim to defend their crown and keep the crown in the Green Mountain State.
Washington University in St. Louis (86 points), which rates at No. 4, will also compete at Middlebury.
Grinnell College (78 points), Division III Club Championship participant Hamilton College (77 points) and Tufts University (68 points) hold the No. 5-to-7 spots, while Saint Olaf College (61 points) and the United States Coast Guard Academy (61 points) are tied at No. 8 with Williams College (51 points) completing the Top 10.
2022 Women’s Club Division III Top 10 (Week 12/April 28) |
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| Rank | Team | Week 11 Poll | Points |
| 1 (T) |
University of California-Santa Cruz |
1 |
97 |
| 1 (T) |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2 (T) | 97 |
| 3 |
Middlebury College |
2 (T) |
88 |
| 4 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
4 |
86 |
| 5 |
Grinnell College |
6 |
78 |
| 6 | Hamilton College |
8 | 77 |
| 7 | Tufts University | 5 | 68 |
| 8 (T) |
Saint Olaf College |
9 |
61 |
| 8 (T) | United States Coast Guard Academy |
10 | 61 |
| 10 |
Williams College |
7 | 51 |
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Carleton College |
RV | 11 |
