BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2025 Week 8/March 12 Women’s Varsity National Top 25, Division III Top 10, CWPA Top Five and CWPA Division III Top Five Polls.
Stanford University remains the undisputed queens in the National Top 25, while Pomona-Pitzer Colleges remains at No. 1 in the Division III Top 10 voting.
Harvard University stays at No. 1 in the CWPA Division I Top Five with Augustana College continuing to reign in the CWPA Division III Top Five.
Voted on by a panel of coaches from around the country based on the cumulative results of the season, the polls will be compiled and released on Wednesday during the season starting the Wednesday following the first regular season contest.
2025 Women’s Varsity National Top 25 (Week 8)
Stanford University remains the unanimous No. 1 pick in the Week 8/March 12 Women’s Varsity National Top 25 Poll.
Stanford (100 points), the University of Southern California (96 points), the University of Hawaii (92 points), the University of California-Los Angeles (88 points) and the University of California (84 points) stay at No. 1-to-5, respectively, while Fresno State (78 points) gains company at No. 6 from previously No. 7 Long Beach State University (78 points).
Harvard University (68 points) and the University of California-Irvine (68 points) settle into a tie at No. 8 with Arizona State University (66 points) again completing the Top 10.
The University of California-San Diego (60 points) takes over at No. 11 with Princeton University (57 points) backing up to No. 12.
Loyola Marymount University (52 points), the University of California-Davis (50 points), Wagner College (41 points), the University of Michigan (40 points), Indiana University (38 points), San Jose State University (33 points) and the University of California-Santa Barbara (29 points) rearrange to rate at No. 13-to-19 with San Diego State University (16 points) and University of the Pacific (16 points) tying at No. 20.
Marist College (14 points), California State University-Northridge (13 points), California Baptist University (8 points) and Brown University (5 points) conclude the Week 8 Top 25.
2025 Women’s Varsity Top 25 (Week 8/March 12)
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| Rank | Team | Week 7 Poll |
Points |
| 1 | Stanford University | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | University of Southern California | 2 | 96 |
| 3 |
University of Hawaii | 3 | 92 |
| 4 | University of California-Los Angeles | 4 | 88 |
| 5 |
University of California | 5 | 84 |
| 6 (T) | Fresno State | 6 | 78 |
| 6 (T) | Long Beach State University | 7 | 78 |
| 8 (T) | Harvard University | 8 | 68 |
| 8 (T) | University of California-Irvine | 13 (T) | 68 |
| 10 | Arizona State University | 10 | 66 |
| 11 | University of California-San Diego | 9 | 60 |
| 12 | Princeton University | 11 | 57 |
| 13 | Loyola Marymount University | 13 (T) | 52 |
| 14 | University of California-Davis | 16 | 50 |
| 15 |
Wagner College | 17 | 41 |
| 16 | University of Michigan | 12 | 40 |
| 17 | Indiana University | 15 | 38 |
| 18 | San Jose State University | 18 | 33 |
| 19 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 19 | 29 |
| 20 (T) | San Diego State University | 20 | 16 |
| 20 (T) | University of the Pacific | 21 (T) | 16 |
| 22 | Marist College | RV | 14 |
| 23 | California State University-Northridge | 23 (T) | 13 |
| 24 | California Baptist University | 25 | 8 |
| 25 | Brown University |
21 (T) | 5 |
| RV | Long Island University | RV | 4 |
| RV | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
RV | 1 |
2025 Women’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 8)
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges stays at No. 1 in the Week 8/March 12 Women’s Varsity Division III Top 10 Poll.
Pomona-Pitzer (100 points), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (95 points), Chapman University (90 points), California Lutheran University (85 points) and Augustana College (80 points) retain their prior billing at No. 1-to-5.
Macalester College (72 points), the University of La Verne (69 points) and Occidental College (67 points) rise and fall to No. 6-to-8 with Washington & Jefferson College (49 points) breaking into the Top 10 at No. 9.
Austin College (45 points) remains at No. 10 to complete the rankings.
2025 Women’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 8/March 12)
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| Rank | Team | Week 7 Poll |
Points |
| 1 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
1 | 100 |
| 2 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
2 | 95 |
| 3 |
Chapman University | 3 | 90 |
| 4 | California Lutheran University | 4 | 85 |
| 5 |
Augustana College | 5 | 80 |
| 6 | Macalester College | 7 | 72 |
| 7 |
University of La Verne | 8 | 69 |
| 8 | Occidental College | 6 | 67 |
| 9 | Washington & Jefferson College | RV | 49 |
| 10 | Austin College |
10 | 45 |
| RV | University of Redlands | 9 | 23 |
2025 Women’s Varsity Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 5 (Week 8)
The Crimson of Harvard University continues to rate as a unanimous No. 1 pick in the Week 8/March 12 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division I Top Five Poll.
Harvard (100 points) leads at CWPA Top Five which again experiences no changes with 2000, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2023 and 2024 league champion Princeton University (95 points), 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 league champion Michigan (90 points), Brown University (85 points) and Bucknell University (80 points) remaining stagnant at No. 2-to-5.
2025 Women’s Varsity Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 5 (Week 8/March 12)
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| Rank | Team | Week 7 Poll |
Points |
| 1 | Harvard University |
1 | 100 |
| 2 | Princeton University | 2 | 95 |
| 3 | University of Michigan | 3 | 90 |
| 4 |
Brown University |
4 | 85 |
| 5 | Bucknell University |
5 | 80 |
2025 Women’s Varsity Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III Top 5 (Week 8)
2023 and 2024 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Champion Augustana College continues as the top-ranked program in the Week 8/March 12 CWPA Division III Top Five Poll.
The Vikings (100 points) maintain a five-point lead over 2017, 2018 and 2019 CWPA Division III Champion Macalester College (95 points).
2021 and 2022 CWPA Division III Champion Austin College (89 points), Washington & Jefferson College (86 points) and Carthage College (80 points) complete the Top Five.
2025 Women’s Varsity Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III Top 5 (Week 8/March 12)
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| Rank | Team | Week 7 Poll |
Points |
| 1 | Augustana College |
1 | 100 |
| 2 |
Macalester College |
2 | 95 |
| 3 | Austin College | 3 | 89 |
| 4 | Washington & Jefferson College |
4 | 86 |
| 5 | Carthage College |
5 | 80 |
