2017 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Week 1/September 6) |
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| Rank | Team | 2017 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of California | 1 | 98 |
| 2 | University of Southern California | 2 | 97 |
| 3 | Stanford University | 3 | 90 |
| 4 | University of California-Los Angeles | 4 | 87 |
| 5 | University of the Pacific | 5 | 80 |
| 6 (T) | Long Beach State University | 8 | 71 |
| 6 (T) | University of California-Santa Barbara | 6 | 71 |
| 8 | Pepperdine University | 7 | 68 |
| 9 | University of California-Davis | 9 | 60 |
| 10 | Harvard University | 10 | 49 |
| 11 (T) | University of California-Irvine | 13 | 47 |
| 11 (T) | Princeton University | 11 | 47 |
| 13 | University of California-San Diego | 12 | 38 |
| 14 | Brown University | 15 | 37 |
| 15 | California Baptist University | 16 | 29 |
| 16 | Bucknell University | 14 | 20 |
| 17 | George Washington University | 18 | 18 |
| 18 (T) | St. Francis College Brooklyn | 19 (T) | 12 |
| 18 (T) | Loyola Marymount University | 17 | 12 |
| 20 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 19 (T) | 10 |
| RV | United States Air Force Academy | RV | 6 |
| RV | Concordia University | NR | 4 |
| RV | San Jose State University | RV | 4 |
| RV | United States Naval Academy | NR | 2 |
| RV | Wagner College | NR | 1 |
2017 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 1/September 6) |
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| Rank | Team | 2017 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 1 | 97 |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 (T) | 95 |
| 3 | Whittier College | 2 (T) | 92 |
| 4 (T) | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 5 | 80 |
| 4 (T) | University of Redlands | 4 | 80 |
| 6 | Chapman University | 6 | 78 |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8 | 71 |
| 8 (T) | Occidental College | 9 | 58 |
| 8 (T) | University of La Verne | 10 | 58 |
| 10 | California Lutheran University | 7 | 52 |
| RV | Connecticut College | NR | 14 |
2017 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 1/September 6) |
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| Rank | Team | 2017 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | Bucknell University | 1 | 98 |
| 2 | George Washington University | 2 | 93 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 3 | 91 |
| 4 | Fordham University | 4 (T) | 87 |
| 5 | Wagner College | 4 (T) | 65 |
| RV | United States Naval Academy | NR | 16 |
2017 Men’s Varsity Northeast Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 1/September 6) |
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| Rank | Team | 2017 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 (T) | Harvard University | 1 | 97 |
| 1 (T) | Princeton University | 2 | 97 |
| 3 | Brown University | 3 | 91 |
| 4 | St. Francis College Brooklyn | 4 | 84 |
| 5 | Iona College | 5 | 64 |
| RV | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | RV | 17 |
