2026 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Week 1) |
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| Rank | Team | 2026 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles |
1 | 100 |
| 2 |
University of Southern California |
2 | 95 |
| 3 | Stanford University | 3 | 89 |
| 4 | University of California | 4 | 86 |
| 5 | Fordham University | 5 | 81 |
| 6 |
University of California-Davis | 6 | 73 |
| 7 | Long Beach State University | 7 | 71 |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego | 12 | 62 |
| 9 |
Pepperdine University | 8 | 53 |
| 10 (T) | University of the Pacific | 11 | 51 |
| 10 (T) | San Jose State University | 9 | 51 |
| 12 |
Princeton University | 10 | 44 |
| 13 (T) | University of California-Santa Barbara | 15 | 39 |
| 13 (T) | University of California-Irvine | 13 (T) | 39 |
| 15 |
Loyola Marymount University | 16 | 31 |
| 16 (T) | California Baptist University |
13 (T) | 19 |
| 16 (T) | Brown University |
20 (T) | 19 |
| 18 | Harvard University | 17 | 17 |
| 19 | Santa Clara University | 18 | 13 |
| 20 (T) | United States Naval Academy | 19 | 8 |
| 20 (T) | Saint Mary’s University (Calif.) | 20 (T) | 8 |
| RV | United States Air Force Academy | NR | 4 |
| RV | Bucknell University | NR | 2 |
| RV | Long Island University | NR | 1 |
| RV | Wagner College | RV | 1 |
2026 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 1) |
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| Rank | Team | 2026 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 1 | 98 |
| 2 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 2 | 96 |
| 3 | University of Redlands | 3 | 90 |
| 4 | Occidental College | 4 | 83 |
| 5 (T) | Chapman University |
5 | 76 |
| 5 (T) | Johns Hopkins University | 7 | 76 |
| 7 | Whittier College | 6 | 73 |
| 8 | California Lutheran University | 8 | 52 |
| 9 (T) | Augustana College | 10 | 47 |
| 9 (T) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9 | 47 |
| RV |
University of La Verne | RV | 36 |
2026 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 1) |
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| Rank | Team | 2026 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | Fordham University |
1 |
100 |
| 2 |
United States Naval Academy |
2 | 95 |
| 3 | George Washington University |
4 | 89 |
| 4 |
Bucknell University | 3 | 84 |
| 5 | Mount St. Mary’s University | 5 | 50 |
| RV | Wagner College | RV | 32 |
2026 Men’s Varsity Northeast Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 1) |
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| Rank | Team | 2026 Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | Princeton University | 1 | 99 |
| 2 |
Harvard University |
2 |
95 |
| 3 | Brown University |
3 | 91 |
| 4 | Long Island University |
RV | 84 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
5 | 48 |
| NR | Iona University | 4 | 33 |
