2023 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Week 1/September 6) |
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| Rank | Team | 2023 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of California | 1 | 100 |
| 2 |
University of Southern California | 2 | 94 |
| 3 | University of California-Los Angeles |
3 | 91 |
| 4 | University of California-Davis |
5 | 83 |
| 5 |
University of the Pacific |
6 | 79 |
| 6 (T) |
Princeton University |
8 | 70 |
| 6 (T) | Stanford University |
4 | 70 |
| 8 (T) | University of California-Irvine |
10 | 57 |
| 8 (T) | Pepperdine University | 11 (T) | 57 |
| 8 (T) | Long Beach State University |
9 | 57 |
| 11 |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
7 | 48 |
| 12 |
University of California-San Diego |
11 (T) |
47 |
| 13 |
United States Naval Academy |
20 |
45 |
| 14 |
Loyola Marymount University |
13 | 40 |
| 15 |
California Baptist University |
17 |
32 |
| 16 |
San Jose State University |
14 |
25 |
| 17 |
Brown University |
RV |
22 |
| 18 |
Harvard University |
18 |
15 |
| 19 | Santa Clara University |
16 | 13 |
| 20 (T) |
Fordham University |
15 |
7 |
| 20 (T) | United States Air Force Academy |
19 | 7 |
2023 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 1/September 6) |
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| Rank | Team | 2023 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of Redlands |
1 | 100 |
| 2 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
3 | 94 |
| 3 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
2 | 86 |
| 4 | Chapman University | 5 | 82 |
| 5 |
California Lutheran University |
4 |
80 |
| 6 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
6 (T) | 79 |
| 7 | Occidental College |
6 (T) |
72 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins University |
8 | 67 |
| 9 | Augustana College |
10 | 57 |
| 10 | Whittier College |
9 | 24 |
| RV | Austin College |
RV | 23 |
| RV | University of La Verne |
RV | 11 |
2023 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 1/September 6) |
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| Rank | Team | 2023 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy |
2 (T) |
100 |
| 2 |
Fordham University |
1 | 93 |
| 3 | George Washington University |
2 (T) | 89 |
| 4 | Bucknell University | 4 | 87 |
| 5 | Wagner College |
RV | 65 |
| RV | Johns Hopkins University |
5 | 16 |
2023 Men’s Varsity Northeast Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 1/September 6) |
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| Rank | Team | 2023 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | Princeton University | 1 | 98 |
| 2 |
Brown University |
3 | 96 |
| 3 | Harvard University |
2 | 91 |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
4 |
84 |
| 5 | Iona University |
5 | 81 |

