2026 Women’s Varsity Top 25 (Preseason)
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| Rank | Team | Final 2025 Poll |
Points |
| 1 |
Stanford University | 1 | 98 |
| 2 |
University of Southern California | 2 | 95 |
| 3 |
University of California-Los Angeles | 3 | 92 |
| 4 | University of Hawaii | 4 | 89 |
| 5 |
University of California | 5 | 86 |
| 6 | Long Beach State University | 6 | 78 |
| 7 | Fresno State University |
8 (T) |
73 |
| 8 (T) | Loyola Marymount University |
7 | 68 |
| 8 (T) | University of California-Irvine | 8 (T) | 68 |
| 10 (T) | Arizona State University |
11 (T) | 64 |
| 10 (T) | Indiana University |
14 | 64 |
| 12 |
San Jose State University | 15 | 57 |
| 13 |
University of California-San Diego | 13 | 52 |
| 14 |
Harvard University | 10 | 48 |
| 15 (T) | Princeton University | 11 (T) | 43 |
| 15 (T) | University of Michigan | 16 (T) |
43 |
| 17 |
University of California-Davis | 16 (T) |
38 |
| 18 |
University of California-Santa Barbara | 19 | 27 |
| 19 |
University of the Pacific |
20 | 25 |
| 20 |
Wagner College | 16 (T) |
20 |
| 21 |
San Diego State University | 22 | 19 |
| 22 |
Brown University |
23 (T) | 15 |
| 23 |
Marist College | 21 | 11 |
| 24 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 25 | 10 |
| 25 | California Baptist University | NR | 8 |
| RV | California State University-Northridge | RV | 6 |
| RV | Long Island University | RV |
4 |
| RV | Villanova University | RV |
3 |
| RV | La Salle University | RV |
1 |
2026 Women’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Preseason)
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| Rank | Team | Final 2025 Poll |
Points |
| 1 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
1 | 100 |
| 2 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
2 | 92 |
| 3 |
California Lutheran University |
4 | 91 |
| 4 | Chapman University |
3 | 83 |
| 5 |
Augustana College | 7 | 79 |
| 6 | University of La Verne | 5 | 76 |
| 7 |
Austin College |
10 | 70 |
| 8 | Macalester College |
9 | 66 |
| 9 | Carthage College | NR | 55 |
| 10 | Occidental College |
6 | 38 |
| RV | Washington & Jefferson College |
8 | 25 |
2026 Women’s Varsity Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 5 (Preseason)
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| Rank | Team | Final 2025 Poll |
Points |
| 1 (T) | Harvard University |
1 | 95 |
| 1 (T) | Princeton University | 2 | 95 |
| 1 (T) | University of Michigan | 3 | 95 |
| 4 |
Bucknell University |
4 | 83 |
| 5 | Brown University |
5 |
82 |
2026 Women’s Varsity Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III Top 5 (Preseason)
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| Rank | Team | Final 2025 Poll |
Points |
| 1 | Augustana College |
1 | 99 |
| 2 | Austin College |
4 | 94 |
| 3 | Macalester College | 3 | 91 |
| 4 | Carthage College |
5 | 69 |
| 5 | Connecticut College |
NR | 64 |
| RV | Washington & Jefferson College |
2 | 17 |
| RV | Grove City College |
NR | 16 |
