BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2026 Week 10/November 12 Men’s Collegiate Club Top 20 and Division III Top 10 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 National Collegiate Challenge.
2026 Men’s Collegiate Club National Top 20 (Week 10)
In the aftermath of the 2026 Men’s National Collegiate Club Championship at the Huntsville Aquatics Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday-Sunday, November 6-8, the 2026 Week 10/November 12 Men’s Collegiate Club National Top 20 Poll experiences a litany of changes as no team ranked last week retains its prior billing.
Topping the list of changes is the lead position as 2026 Men’s National Collegiate Club Champion San Diego State University (100 points) becomes a unanimous top pick. SDSU – which was No. 2 last week – ascends to No. 1 following a 7-6 defeat of previously top-billed California Polytechnic State University in the National Collegiate Club Championship title game on Sunday, November 8, in Huntsville.
Cal Poly (93 points) slips back to No. 2 with the University of California-San Diego (92 points) improving two positions to No. 3.
Texas A&M University (85 points), California State University-Chico (80 points), Indiana University (72 points), the University of California-Los Angeles (72 points), the University of Virginia (66 points), the University of Utah (62 points) and the University of Colorado (54 points) complete a new look Top 10.
The University of Alabama (49 points), the University of California-Davis (47 points), Yale University (40 points), Iowa State University (35 points) and the University of Notre Dame (29 points) rise and fall to No. 11-to-15, while Florida International University (26 points), the University of Pittsburgh (18 points), the University of Oregon (10 points) and the University of Texas (8 points) follow suit at No. 16-to-20.
2026 Men’s Collegiate Club Top 20 (Week 10) |
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| Rank | Team | 2026 Week 9 Poll |
Points |
| 1 | San Diego State University | 2 | 100 |
| 2 | California Polytechnic State University | 1 | 93 |
| 3 | University of California-San Diego | 5 | 92 |
| 4 | Texas A&M University | 7 | 85 |
| 5 | California State University-Chico | 3 | 80 |
| 6 | Indiana University | 9 | 72 |
| 7 | University of California-Los Angeles | 4 | 70 |
| 8 | University of Virginia | 19 | 66 |
| 9 | University of Utah | 17 | 62 |
| 10 | University of Colorado | RV | 54 |
| 11 | University of Alabama | 20 | 49 |
| 12 | University of California-Davis | 8 | 47 |
| 13 | Yale University | 15 | 40 |
| 14 | Iowa State University | NR | 35 |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 16 | 29 |
| 16 | Florida International University | 10 | 26 |
| 17 | University of Pittsburgh | 13 | 18 |
| 18 | University of Oregon | 11 | 10 |
| 19 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 18 | 9 |
| 20 | University of Texas | 14 | 8 |
| RV | University of California-Santa Cruz | NR | 2 |
| RV | University of California | 6 | 2 |
| RV | Georgia Institute of Technology | RV | 1 |
2026 Men’s Division III Collegiate Club National Top 10 (Week 10)
The University of California-Santa Cruz remains at No. 1 in Division III as the Banana Slugs top the 2026 Men’s Division III Collegiate Club National Top 10 Week 10/November 12 Poll.
No changes occur in the rankings this week as UC-Santa Cruz (96 points), Augustana College (95 points), New York University (93 points), the University of Chicago (83 points), Bowdoin College (82 points), the United States Coast Guard Academy (73 points), Carleton College (71 points), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) (67 points), Washington University in St. Louis (58 points) and Macalester College (35 points) continue at No. 1-to-10.
2026 Men’s Club Division III Top 10 (Week 10) |
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| Rank | Team | 2026 Week 9 Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 1 | 96 |
| 2 | Augustana College | 2 | 95 |
| 3 | New York University | 3 | 93 |
| 4 | University of Chicago | 4 | 83 |
| 5 | Bowdoin College | 5 | 82 |
| 6 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 6 | 73 |
| 7 | Carleton College | 7 | 71 |
| 8 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 8 | 67 |
| 9 | Washington University in St. Louis | 9 | 58 |
| 10 | Macalester College | 10 | 35 |
| RV | Tufts University | 10 | 22 |
