2017 Varsity Top 25 Poll (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2016 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Stanford University | 2 | 98 |
| 2 | University of Southern California | 1 | 97 |
| 3 | University of California-Los Angeles | 3 | 93 |
| 4 | University of California | 6 | 86 |
| 5 | Arizona State University | 5 | 81 |
| 6 | University of Hawaii | 7 | 79 |
| 7 | University of Michigan | 4 | 78 |
| 8 | University of California-Irvine | 8 | 76 |
| 9 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 9 (T) | 65 |
| 10 | University of California-San Diego | 9 (T) | 63 |
| 11 | Long Beach State University | 12 | 52 |
| 12 (T) | University of the Pacific | 15 | 51 |
| 12 (T) | Princeton University | 17 | 51 |
| 14 | San Jose State University | 11 | 50 |
| 15 | San Diego State University | 14 | 47 |
| 16 | Indiana University | 13 | 44 |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 16 | 40 |
| 18 | Hartwick College | 19 | 33 |
| 19 | Harvard University | 20 (T) | 27 |
| 20 | Wagner College | 18 | 25 |
| 21 | Loyola Marymount University | 23 (T) | 18 |
| 22 | Bucknell University | 20 (T) | 17 |
| 23 | California State University-Northridge | 22 | 13 |
| 24 | California Baptist University | 23 (T) | 12 |
| 25 | California State University-Bakersfield | RV | 4 |
| RV | Marist College | 25 | 2 |
| RV | California State University-East Bay | NR | 1 |
2017 Division III Top 10 Poll (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2016 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Whittier College | 1 | 97 |
| 2 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 3 | 95 |
| 3 | University of La Verne | 2 | 88 |
| 4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 5 | 82 |
| 5 | Chapman University | 4 | 80 |
| 6 | California Lutheran University | 6 | 77 |
| 7 | University of Redlands | 7 | 73 |
| 8 | Washington & Jefferson College | 10 | 64 |
| 9 | Occidental College | 8 (T) | 59 |
| 10 | Connecticut College | 8 (T) | 37 |
| RV | Carthage College | NR | 24 |
2017 CWPA Poll Top 10 Poll (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2016 Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of Michigan | 1 | 97 |
| 2 | Princeton University | 3 | 95 |
| 3 | Hartwick College | 4 | 91 |
| 4 | Indiana University | 2 | 84 |
| 5 | Harvard University | 6 | 81 |
| 6 | Bucknell University | 5 | 74 |
| 7 | Brown University | 7 | 73 |
| 8 | George Washington University | 8 | 65 |
| 9 | Washington & Jefferson College | 10 | 55 |
| 10 | Connecticut College | 9 | 48 |
| RV | Saint Francis University (Pa.) | NR | 12 |
2017 CWPA Division III Top 5 Poll (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2016 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Washington & Jefferson College | 2 | 96 |
| 2 | Carthage College | 3 | 95 |
| 3 | Connecticut College | 1 | 89 |
| 4 | Grove City College | 5 | 88 |
| 5 | Penn State Behrend | 4 | 50 |
| RV | Monmouth College | NR | 32 |

