BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Stanford University retains the No. 1 position as the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the Week 13/November 28 Men’s Varsity National Top 20 Poll for the 2018 season. It marks the second to last poll of the season with the final rankings due next Wednesday (December 5) following the conclusion of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship this weekend at Stanford.
Voted on by a panel of coaches from the MAWPC, NEWPC, Golden Coast Conference, Western Water Polo Association (WWPA), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), SCIAC and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the weekly polls (National Top 20, Division III Top 10, Northeast Water Polo Conference Top Five, Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top Five) are compiled and released on Wednesday during each week of the season through the week following the NCAA Championship.
2018 Men’s Varsity National Top 20 (Week 13/November 28)
Stanford University retains the top spot in the 2018 Week 13/November 28 National Men’s Varsity Top 20 Poll.
Stanford (100 points) is followed by the University of California-Los Angles (93 points), the University of Southern California (93 points), the University of California (86 points), Long Beach State University (79 points), the University of California-Santa Barbara (76 points), the University of California-San Diego (70 points), the University of the Pacific (65 points), Pepperdine University (60 points) and the University of California-Davis (52 points) in the Top 10.
George Washington University (46 points) climbs to No. 11 with Loyola Marymount University (41 points), Princeton University (40 points), Harvard University (38 points), the University of California-Irvine (30 points), California Baptist University (20 points), Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (18 points), Bucknell University (14 points), Santa Clara University (13 points) and St. Francis College Brooklyn (9 points) completing the Top 20.
2018 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Week 13/November 28) |
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| Rank | Team | Week 12 Poll | Points |
| 1 |
Stanford University |
1 | 100 |
| 2 |
University of California-Los Angeles |
2 (T) |
93 |
| 3 | University of Southern California | 2 (T) | 91 |
| 4 | University of California | 4 | 86 |
| 5 |
Long Beach State University |
5 (T) |
79 |
| 6 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 5 (T) | 76 |
| 7 |
University of California-San Diego |
7 | 70 |
| 8 |
University of the Pacific |
8 |
65 |
| 9 | Pepperdine University | 9 |
60 |
| 10 | University of California-Davis |
10 | 52 |
| 11 | George Washington University |
16 (T) |
46 |
| 12 |
Loyola Marymount University |
11 |
41 |
| 13 |
Princeton University | 12 |
40 |
| 14 | Harvard University |
13 |
38 |
| 15 |
University of California-Irvine | 14 |
30 |
| 16 |
California Baptist University |
15 | 20 |
| 17 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
19 |
18 |
| 18 |
Bucknell University |
16 (T) |
14 |
| 19 |
Santa Clara University |
18 |
13 |
| 20 |
St. Francis College Brooklyn |
20 |
9 |
| RV | Brown University |
RV | 6 |
| RV |
United States Air Force Academy |
RV | 3 |
| RV | San Jose State University |
RV |
2 |
| RV | Wagner College |
RV |
1 |
