National Collegiate Athletic Association Releases Rating Percentage Index Rankings Through Games of April 5

Apr 7, 2026

2026 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women’s Water Polo RPI (through Games of April 5)

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) published the organization’s Rating Percentage Index (RPI) calculations for women’s water polo through games of Sunday, April 5.

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 5)

RPI Rank	Team	Conference	RPI Value	Previous RPI
1	UCLA	MPSF	0.75198	1
2	Stanford	MPSF	0.74643	2
3	Southern California	MPSF	0.69825	4
4	California	MPSF	0.69262	3
5	Arizona State	MPSF	0.64219	5
6	Hawaii	Big West	0.63267	6
7	Loyola Marymount	GCC	0.62519	7
8	Harvard	CWPA	0.62251	8
9	Michigan	CWPA	0.61283	9
10	Long Beach State	Big West	0.60859	10
11	Princeton	CWPA	0.60525	14
12	Marist	MAAC	0.60254	11
13	Indiana	MPSF	0.59693	12
14	Fresno State	GCC	0.59447	13
15	San Diego State	GCC	0.58899	15
16	UC Irvine	Big West	0.57415	16
17	Wagner	MAAC	0.56792	17
18	Villanova	MAAC	0.56232	19
19	UC San Diego	Big West	0.5579	18
20	San Jose St.	MPSF	0.5473	20
21	California Baptist	GCC	0.54431	21
22	UC Davis	Big West	0.53491	22
23	Pacific	GCC	0.52464	23
24	Brown	CWPA	0.52394	24
25	Salem (W.Va.)	WWPA	0.51299	25
26	La Salle	MAAC	0.50657	26
27	Cal State Northridge	Big West	0.50324	27
28	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	0.49962	30
29	Bucknell	CWPA	0.49863	29
30	Siena	MAAC	0.49448	28
31	Saint Francis	CWPA	0.49441	31
32	Concordia	WWPA	0.49173	33
33	Pomona-Pitzer	SCIAC	0.48888	32
34	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	SCIAC	0.48766	35
35	Azusa Pacific	GCC	0.48446	34
36	Augustana	CWPA	0.48412	36
37	Iona	MAAC	0.47179	37
38	McKendree	WWPA	0.4691	39
39	Mount St. Mary’s	MAAC	0.46774	38
40	Long Island	MAAC	0.46716	40
41	California Lutheran	SCIAC	0.45806	41
42	Macalester	CWPA	0.45607	42
43	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	0.44644	43
44	Biola	WWPA	0.44384	44
45	VMI	MAAC	0.44216	45
46	Gannon	WWPA	0.43098	46
47	Chapman	SCIAC	0.43061	47
48	Cal State Monterey Bay	WWPA	0.41995	50
49	Mercyhurst	CWPA	0.41948	48
50	Santa Clara	GCC	0.41649	49
51	Washington & Jefferson	CWPA	0.40394	51
52	Austin	CWPA	0.40148	52
53	Fresno Pacific	WWPA	0.39536	53
54	Occidental	SCIAC	0.38263	54
55	Whittier	SCIAC	0.37907	55
56	UC Merced	WWPA	0.37078	56
57	Carthage	CWPA	0.36985	57
58	La Verne	SCIAC	0.34976	58
59	Connecticut College	CWPA	0.34883	59
60	Grove City	CWPA	0.34401	60
61	Redlands	SCIAC	0.33066	61
62	Penn St.-Behrend	CWPA	0.3241	62
63	Caltech	SCIAC	0.30852	63
64	Wheaton	CWPA	0.27397	64