2016 Varsity Top 20 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2015 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Stanford University | 1 | 98 |
| 2 | University of California-Los Angeles | 2 | 95 |
| 3 | University of Southern California | 3 | 92 |
| 4 | University of California | 4 | 86 |
| 5 | University of California-Irvine | 5 | 77 |
| 6 | Arizona State University | 9 | 73 |
| 7 | University of Hawaii | 6 (T) | 67 |
| 8 | San Jose State University | 8 | 62 |
| 9 | University of California-Davis | 11 | 46 |
| 10 | University of the Pacific | 16 (T) | 45 |
| 11 | Princeton University | 6 (T) | 40 |
| 12 (T) | Indiana University | 12 | 36 |
| 12 (T) | University of Michigan | RV | 36 |
| 14 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13 (T) | 34 |
| 15 | Loyola Marymount University | 13 (T) | 33 |
| 16 | San Diego State University | 16 (T) | 31 |
| 17 | Long Beach State University | 15 | 28 |
| 18 | California State University-Northridge | 10 | 26 |
| 19 | Hartwick College | 18 (T) | 24 |
| 20 | Wagner College | 18 (T) | 8 |
| RV | University of California-San Diego | 20 | 7 |
| RV | Harvard University | NR | 7 |
| RV | Marist College | NR | 2 |
| RV | Iona College | NR | 2 |
| RV | California Baptist University | NR | 1 |
| RV | Bucknell University | NR | 1 |
2016 Division III Poll (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2015 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 2 | 95 |
| 2 | Whittier College | 1 | 93 |
| 3 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 4 | 89 |
| 4 | Chapman University | 3 | 87 |
| 5 | California Lutheran University | 7 | 78 |
| 6 | University of La Verne | 5 | 74 |
| 7 | University of Redlands | 8 | 71 |
| 8 | Occidental College | 9 | 64 |
| 9 | Washington & Jefferson College | 10 | 59 |
| 10 | Connecticut College | 6 | 42 |
| RV | Carthage College | NR | 23 |
2016 CWPA Poll (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2015 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Indiana University | 2 | 94 |
| 2 (T) | Princeton University | 1 | 93 |
| 2 (T) | University of Michigan | 4 | 93 |
| 4 | Hartwick College | 3 | 87 |
| 5 | Harvard University | 6 | 81 |
| 6 | Brown University | 5 | 76 |
| 7 | Bucknell University | 7 | 70 |
| 8 | George Washington University | 8 | 66 |
| 9 | Washington & Jefferson College | NR | 58 |
| 10 | Connecticut College | 10 | 35 |
| RV | Carthage College | NR | 22 |
2016 CWPA Division III Poll (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2015 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Washington & Jefferson College | 2 | 97 |
| 2 | Carthage College | 3 | 96 |
| 3 | Macalester College | 5 | 86 |
| 4 | Grove City College | 4 | 82 |
| 5 | Connecticut College | 1 | 73 |
| RV | Penn State Behrend | NR | 16 |

