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National Collegiate Athletic Association Releases Rating Percentage Index Final/April 27 Rankings

Apr 28, 2026

National Collegiate Athletic Association Releases Rating Percentage Index Final/April 27 Rankings
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2026 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women’s Water Polo RPI (through Games of April 26)

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) published the organization’s final Rating Percentage Index (RPI) calculations for women’s water polo through games of Sunday, April 26, and the conclusion of the NCAA Championship hosted by the University of California-San Diego.

The rating is utilized to compare teams based upon a program’s wins, losses and strength of schedule.

2025-26 National Collegiate Athletic Association Women’s Water Polo Rating Percentage Index (through Games of April 26/Final)
NOTE: AQ indicates automatic qualifier for 2026 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women’s National Collegiate Championship

RPI Rank Team Conference RPI Value Previous RPI
1 UCLA MPSF 0.73727 2
2 Stanford (AQ) MPSF 0.72799 1
3 Southern California MPSF 0.70956 3
4 California MPSF 0.6954 4
5 Arizona St. MPSF 0.6335 5
6 Loyola Marymount (AQ) Golden Coast 0.62519 6
7 Harvard (AQ) CWPA 0.62518 7
8 Hawaii (AQ) Big West 0.61869 8
9 Princeton CWPA 0.60708 9
10 Long Beach State Big West 0.60438 10
11 Michigan CWPA 0.60009 11
12 Marist MAAC 0.59979 12
13 Fresno State Golden Coast 0.59026 13
14 San Diego State Golden Coast 0.58771 15
15 Indiana MPSF 0.58726 14
16 Wagner (AQ) MAAC 0.58386 16
17 UC Irvine Big West 0.56575 17
18 Villanova MAAC 0.55371 18
19 UC San Diego Big West 0.54319 19
20 California Baptist Golden Coast 0.53931 20
21 San Jose State MPSF 0.5359 21
22 UC Davis Big West 0.53072 22
23 Pacific Golden Coast 0.52712 23
24 Brown CWPA 0.52354 24
25 Pomona-Pitzer SCIAC 0.50739 32
26 La Salle MAAC 0.50483 25
27 Cal State Northridge Big West 0.49872 28
28 Bucknell CWPA 0.4983 29
29 Salem (W.Va.) WWPA 0.49811 30
30 Cal State Fullerton Big West 0.49762 27
31 Concordia (AQ) WWPA 0.49684 26
32 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps SCIAC 0.49634 31
33 Siena MAAC 0.49032 33
34 Azusa Pacific Golden Coast 0.47985 36
35 Augustana CWPA 0.47976 34
36 Saint Francis CWPA 0.4792 35
37 Macalester CWPA 0.47409 37
38 Iona MAAC 0.46862 38
39 LIU MAAC 0.46482 39
40 Mount St. Mary’s MAAC 0.46392 40
41 Cal Lutheran SCIAC 0.45446 42
42 Biola WWPA 0.45435 41
43 McKendree WWPA 0.45141 43
44 UC Santa Barbara Big West 0.44645 44
45 VMI MAAC 0.44115 45
46 Chapman SCIAC 0.43469 46
47 Cal St. Monterey Bay WWPA 0.42673 47
48 Santa Clara Golden Coast 0.41431 48
49 Fresno Pacific WWPA 0.40923 49
50 Carthage CWPA 0.4066 50
51 Mercyhurst CWPA 0.40629 52
52 Gannon WWPA 0.406 53
53 Austin CWPA 0.40562 51
54 Washington & Jefferson CWPA 0.40104 54
55 Occidental SCIAC 0.38463 55
56 Whittier SCIAC 0.38213 56
57 UC Merced WWPA 0.37344 57
58 Grove City CWPA 0.36703 58
59 Connecticut College CWPA 0.36125 59
60 La Verne SCIAC 0.35185 60
61 Redlands SCIAC 0.33636 61
62 Penn State Behrend CWPA 0.32486 62
63 Caltech SCIAC 0.30404 63
64 Wheaton (Mass.) CWPA 0.2663 64

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