2026 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2025 Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles |
1 | 99 |
| 2 |
University of Southern California |
2 | 96 |
| 3 | Stanford University | 3 | 89 |
| 4 | University of California | 4 | 85 |
| 5 | Fordham University | 5 | 81 |
| 6 |
University of California-Davis | 7 | 69 |
| 7 | Long Beach State University | 8 | 68 |
| 8 | Pepperdine University | 9 (T) | 62 |
| 9 |
San Jose State University | 6 | 61 |
| 10 | Princeton University |
12 | 57 |
| 11 | University of the Pacific | 11 | 51 |
| 12 |
University of California-San Diego |
15 | 41 |
| 13 (T) | University of California-Irvine | 16 | 33 |
| 13 (T) | California Baptist University | 9 (T) | 33 |
| 15 |
University of California-Santa Barbara | 14 | 30 |
| 16 |
Loyola Marymount University |
13 | 29 |
| 17 |
Harvard University |
18 | 22 |
| 18 | Santa Clara University | 17 | 13 |
| 19 | United States Naval Academy | RV | 12 |
| 20 (T) | Brown University | 19 | 10 |
| 20 (T) | Saint Mary’s University (Calif.) | NR | 10 |
| RV | Wagner College | NR | 3 |
| RV | George Washington University | 20 | 1 |
2026 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2025 Poll | Points |
| 1 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 2 | 98 |
| 2 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 1 | 97 |
| 3 | University of Redlands | 4 | 86 |
| 4 | Occidental College | 5 | 83 |
| 5 | Chapman University |
6 (T) | 78 |
| 6 | Whittier College | 3 | 76 |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins University | 8 (T) | 74 |
| 8 | California Lutheran University | 6 (T) | 65 |
| 9 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8 (T) | 62 |
| 10 |
Augustana College | 8 (T) | 34 |
| RV |
University of La Verne | NR | 11 |
| RV |
Austin College | NR | 11 |
2026 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2025 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Fordham University |
1 |
100 |
| 2 |
United States Naval Academy |
3 | 95 |
| 3 | Bucknell University |
5 | 88 |
| 4 |
George Washington University | 2 | 83 |
| 5 | Mount St. Mary’s University | NR | 50 |
| RV | Wagner College | 4 | 34 |
2026 Men’s Varsity Northeast Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | Final 2025 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Princeton University | 1 | 100 |
| 2 |
Harvard University |
2 |
95 |
| 3 | Brown University |
3 | 90 |
| 4 | Iona University |
RV | 81 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
4 | 68 |
| NR | Long Island University | 5 | 16 |
