2018 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Week 1/September 5) |
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| Rank | Team | 2018 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 (T) |
University of Southern California |
2 | 98 |
| 1 (T) | University of California-Los Angeles |
1 | 98 |
| 3 | University of California |
3 | 90 |
| 4 | Stanford University |
4 | 84 |
| 5 | University of the Pacific | 5 | 81 |
| 6 | Long Beach State University |
6 | 73 |
| 7 |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
10 | 69 |
| 8 | Pepperdine University | 8 | 60 |
| 9 | Harvard University |
11 | 59 |
| 10 | University of California-Irvine | 9 | 58 |
| 11 | University of California-Davis |
7 |
52 |
| 12 |
University of California-San Diego |
12 |
43 |
| 13 |
Princeton University |
13 |
39 |
| 14 | Bucknell University |
20 (T) |
34 |
| 15 |
San Jose State University |
14 |
29 |
| 16 |
California Baptist University |
16 | 24 |
| 17 |
Brown University |
15 |
22 |
| 18 |
George Washington University |
18 |
16 |
| 19 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 17 |
12 |
| 20 |
Loyola Marymount University |
NR |
10 |
| RV | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
19 | 3 |
| RV |
United States Air Force Academy | 20 (T) |
1 |
| RV | Wagner College | 20 (T) |
1 |
2018 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 1/September 5) |
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| Rank | Team | 2018 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
1 |
100 |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University |
2 |
95 |
| 3 |
Chapman University |
3 | 88 |
| 4 | Whittier College |
4 |
80 |
| 5 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
5 | 78 |
| 6 | University of Redlands |
6 |
75 |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7 | 74 |
| 8 | California Lutheran University | 8 | 69 |
| 9 | University of La Verne | 9 | 61 |
| 10 | Occidental College |
10 | 44 |
| RV | California Institute of Technology |
RV | 11 |
2018 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 1/September 5) |
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| Rank | Team | 2018 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | George Washington University | 1 | 98 |
| 2 | Bucknell University |
3 | 97 |
| 3 | Wagner College |
2 |
89 |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | 4 | 69 |
| 5 | United States Naval Academy |
RV | 49 |
| RV | Fordham University |
5 | 48 |
2018 Men’s Varsity Northeast Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 1/September 5) |
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| Rank | Team | 2018 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | Harvard University |
1 | 100 |
| 2 |
Princeton University |
2 (T) |
94 |
| 3 | Brown University |
2 (T) | 91 |
| 4 | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
4 | 68 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
RV | 65 |
| RV | Iona College |
5 | 32 |

