2018 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2017 Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles |
1 | 99 |
| 2 | University of Southern California |
2 | 96 |
| 3 | University of California |
3 | 89 |
| 4 | Stanford University |
4 | 86 |
| 5 | University of the Pacific | 5 | 81 |
| 6 | Long Beach State University |
7 | 71 |
| 7 |
University of California-Davis |
8 | 68 |
| 8 | Pepperdine University | 9 | 63 |
| 9 | University of California-Irvine |
6 | 60 |
| 10 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 10 | 59 |
| 11 | Harvard University | 11 (T) |
50 |
| 12 |
University of California-San Diego |
13 |
43 |
| 13 |
Princeton University |
14 |
40 |
| 14 | San Jose State University |
11 (T) |
37 |
| 15 |
Brown University |
15 |
34 |
| 16 |
California Baptist University |
16 | 24 |
| 17 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
18 |
18 |
| 18 |
George Washington University |
17 |
12 |
| 19 | St. Francis College Brooklyn | 19 |
10 |
| 20 (T) |
United States Air Force Academy |
RV |
4 |
| 20 (T) | Bucknell University |
20 | 4 |
| 20 (T) |
Wagner College |
RV |
4 |
| RV | Concordia University |
RV |
2 |
2018 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2017 Poll | Points |
| 1 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
1 |
100 |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University |
2 |
91 |
| 3 |
Chapman University |
4 | 90 |
| 4 | Whittier College |
3 |
89 |
| 5 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
6 | 76 |
| 6 | University of Redlands |
7 |
74 |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5 | 73 |
| 8 | California Lutheran University | 8 | 67 |
| 9 | University of La Verne | 9 | 60 |
| 10 | Occidental College |
NR | 33 |
| RV | California Institute of Technology |
10 | 22 |
2018 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2017 Poll | Points |
| 1 | George Washington University | 1 | 96 |
| 2 | Wagner College | 2 (T) | 95 |
| 3 | Bucknell University | 2 (T) |
91 |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | NR | 64 |
| 5 | Fordham University |
4 | 51 |
| RV | United States Naval Academy | 5 | 37 |
| RV | Gannon University | NR | 16 |
2018 Men’s Varsity Northeast Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2017 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Harvard University |
1 | 100 |
| 2 (T) |
Princeton University |
2 | 92 |
| 2 (T) | Brown University |
3 | 92 |
| 4 | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
4 | 86 |
| 5 | Iona College |
5 | 48 |
| RV | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | RV | 32 |

