BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2026 Week 8//October 29 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 the National Collegiate Club Championship.
2026 Men’s Collegiate Club National Top 20 (Week 8)
Change is abundant in the 2026 Week 8/October 29 Men’s Collegiate Club National Top 20 Poll as only four of the ranked teams retain their positions from the Week 7/October 22 balloting.
Leading the slew of changes is California State University-Chico (91 points) as the Sierra Pacific Division regular season champion improves two spots to take over at No. 1. Pacific Coast Division regular season champion California Polytechnic State University (90 points) remains at No. 2, while previously top-ranked/Southwest Division regular season champion San Diego State University (89 points) drops back to No. 3.
The University of California-Los Angeles (88 points), the University of California (80 points) and Long Beach State University (74 points) remain at No. 4-to-6 to join Cal Poly as the only teams in the Top 20 to retain their previous rankings.
The University of California-San Diego (72 points) and Texas Division regular season champion Texas A&M University (67 points) exchange the No. 7 and 8 berths prior to Florida Division Champion Florida International University (56 points) breaking into the Top 10 at No. 9. Previously unranked the University of California-Davis (54 points) completes the Top 10 by going from unranked to No. 10.
Indiana University (43 points) – which went from the No. 6 seed in the eight-team Big Ten Division Championship to the division’s champion – also moves from being unranked into the poll as the Hoosiers assume the No. 11 spot.
Northwest Division Champion the University of Oregon (39 points), Mid-Atlantic Division Champion the University of Pittsburgh (32 points), New England Division Champion Yale University (26 points), Atlantic Division Champion the University of Virginia (23 points), The Ohio State University (16 points), the University of Texas (16 points) rearrange to No. 12-to-17, respectively, prior to a tie at No. 18 between Rocky Mountain Division Champion the University of Utah (15 points) and Rocky Mountain regular season champion the University of Colorado (15 points).
New York Division regular season champion Cornell University (12 points) concludes the Top 20 by achieving the final position.
2026 Men’s Collegiate Club Top 20 (Week 8) |
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| Rank | Team | 2026 Week 7 Poll |
Points |
| 1 | California State University-Chico | 3 | 91 |
| 2 | California Polytechnic State University | 2 | 90 |
| 3 | San Diego State University | 1 | 89 |
| 4 | University of California-Los Angeles | 4 | 88 |
| 5 | University of California | 5 | 80 |
| 6 | Long Beach State University | 6 | 74 |
| 7 | University of California-San Diego | 8 | 72 |
| 8 | Texas A&M University | 7 | 67 |
| 9 | Florida International University | 14 (T) | 56 |
| 10 | University of California-Davis | NR | 54 |
| 11 | Indiana University | NR | 45 |
| 12 | University of Oregon | NR | 43 |
| 13 | University of Pittsburgh | 10 | 39 |
| 14 | Yale University | 17 | 32 |
| 15 | University of Virginia | RV | 26 |
| 16 | Ohio State University | 18 | 23 |
| 17 | University of Texas | 9 | 16 |
| 18 (T) | University of Utah | 13 | 15 |
| 18 (T) | University of Colorado | 11 | 15 |
| 20 | Cornell University | 19 | 12 |
| RV | Florida State University | 14 (T) | 11 |
| RV | University of Notre Dame | NR | 6 |
| RV | University of Alabama | 20 (T) | 3 |
| RV | Georgia Institute of Technology | 16 | 1 |
2026 Men’s Division III Collegiate Club National Top 10 (Week 8)
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 8/October 29 Poll.
UC-Santa Cruz (99 points) – which moves within a point of being a unanimous top selection – lead a Top 10 which experiences changes in the bottom half of the rankings as Augustana College (90 points), New York University (89 points), Bowdoin College (85 points) and the United States Coast Guard Academy (81 points) remain at No. 2-to-5.
The University of Chicago (73 points) – which was tied with Macalester College at No. 6 last week – gains sole custody of the spot, while Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) (67 points) moves up to No. 7.
Washington University in St. Louis (59 points) improves to No. 8 with Macalester (47 points) and Tufts University (46 points) standing at No. 9 and 10.
2026 Men’s Club Division III Top 10 (Week 8) |
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| Rank | Team | 2026 Week 7 Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 1 | 99 |
| 2 | Augustana College | 2 | 90 |
| 3 | New York University | 3 | 89 |
| 4 | Bowdoin College | 4 | 85 |
| 5 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 5 | 81 |
| 6 | University of Chicago | 6 (T) | 73 |
| 7 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 8 | 67 |
| 8 | Washington University in St. Louis | 10 | 59 |
| 9 | Macalester College | 6 (T) | 47 |
| 10 | Tufts University | 9 | 46 |
| RV | Carleton College | NR | 39 |
