BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) published the organization’s Rating Percentage Index (RPI) calculations for men’s water polo through games of Sunday, October 11.
The rating is utilized to compare teams based upon a program’s wins, losses and strength of schedule.
A quartet of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) institutions top the list with Stanford University, the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California standing at No 1-to-4. Fordham University of the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) and Princeton University of the Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) rate as the only non-West Coast institutions in the Top 10 at No. 5 and 6, while the University of California-Irvine (Big West Conference), Loyola Marymount University (West Coast Conference), the University of California-San Diego (Big West Conference) and Long Beach State University (Big West Conference) come in at No. 7-to-10.
Among conferences, the Big West (.645584) holds the highest RPI with the West Coast Conference (.569861), MAWPC, (.47243), MPSF (.47217), NWPC (.43081), Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) (.34886) and Western Water Polo Association (.32091) rating at No. 2-to-7, respectively.

