BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2022 Men’s Collegiate Club Top 20 and Division III Top 10 Preseason Polls.
Released each week during the season, the Top 20 and Division III Top 10 polls have no bearing on qualifiers for either the National Collegiate Club Championship or the Division III Collegiate Club Championship.
2022 Men’s Collegiate Club National Top 20 (Preseason)
2021 Men’s National Collegiate Club Champion Michigan State University rates at No. 1 as the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2022 Men’s Collegiate Club National Top 20 Preseason rankings.
The poll follows the final voting of 2021 as the University of California-San Diego (92 points), Washington University in St. Louis (90 points), the University of California (88 points), San Diego State University (80 points), the University of Southern California (75 points), the University of California-Santa Barbara (66 points), the University of California-Los Angeles (64 points), McKendree University (59 points) and California State Maritime Academy (53 points) round out the Top 10.
The University of Colorado (48 points), California Polytechnic State University (45 points), the University of Texas (39 points), the University of Pennsylvania (37 points) and Florida State University (29 points) rate at No. 11-to-15, while the University of Michigan (27 points), Cornell University (14 points), the University of Utah (11 points), the United States Naval Academy (9 points) and Boston College (6 points) stand at No. 16-to-20, respectively.
The 2022 Men’s National Collegiate Club Championship will be decided in a yet to be disclosed site in the Northwest Division on Friday-Sunday, November 11-13.
2022 Men’s Collegiate Club Top 20 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2021 Poll |
Points |
| 1 | Michigan State University |
1 | 100 |
| 2 |
University of California-San Diego |
2 |
92 |
| 3 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
3 |
90 |
| 4 | University of California |
4 | 88 |
| 5 |
San Diego State University |
5 |
80 |
| 6 |
University of Southern California |
6 | 75 |
| 7 |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
7 |
66 |
| 8 | University of California-Los Angeles |
8 | 64 |
| 9 |
McKendree University |
9 | 59 |
| 10 |
California State University Maritime Academy |
10 |
53 |
| 11 |
University of Colorado |
11 |
48 |
| 12 |
California Polytechnic State University |
12 |
45 |
| 13 |
University of Texas |
13 |
39 |
| 14 |
University of Pennsylvania |
14 |
37 |
| 15 |
Florida State University |
15 |
29 |
| 16 |
University of Michigan |
16 |
27 |
| 17 |
Cornell University |
17 |
14 |
| 18 |
University of Utah |
18 |
11 |
| 19 |
United States Naval Academy |
19 | 9 |
| 20 |
Boston College |
20 |
6 |
| RV | Texas A&M University |
RV |
4 |
| RV | Stanford University |
RV | 3 |
| RV | California State University-Chico |
RV | 3 |
| RV | Georgia Institute of Technology |
RV | 3 |
| RV | San Jose State University |
RV | 2 |
| RV | Pennsylvania State University |
RV | 2 |
2022 Men’s Division III Collegiate Club National Top 10 (Preseason)
Seven-time defending Division III Collegiate Club National Champion Washington University in St. Louis begins the year at No. 1 in the 2022 Preseason Men’s Division III Collegiate Club National Top 10 Poll.
The 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Division III Collegiate Club Champion, Washington in St. Louis (100 points) is coming off a 2021 season in which the team finished third at the Men’s National Collegiate Club Championship. The Bears did not claim the Division III National Championship last year as the event was canceled due to a lack of pool availability on a Division III campus or in the community surrounding a campus.
Grinnell College (91 points), New York University (90 points), Macalester College (82 points), Bowdoin College (79 points), the United States Coast Guard Academy (71 points), Colby College (68 points), Carnegie Mellon University (66 points), Tufts University (58 points) and the University of California-Santa Cruz (51 points) round out the Top 10.
2022 Men’s Collegiate Club Division III Top 10 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2021 Poll |
Points |
| 1 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
1 |
100 |
| 2 |
Grinnell College |
2 | 91 |
| 3 | New York University | 3 |
90 |
| 4 |
Macalester College |
4 | 82 |
| 5 | Bowdoin College |
5 | 79 |
| 6 |
U.S. Coast Guard Academy |
6 |
71 |
| 7 |
Colby College |
7 | 68 |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University |
8 | 66 |
| 9 |
Tufts University |
9 | 58 |
| 10 | University of California-Santa Cruz |
10 |
51 |
| RV | Bates College |
RV |
19 |
