2026 Women’s Varsity Top 25 (Week 1/January 21)
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| Rank | Team | Preseason Poll |
Points |
| 1 |
Stanford University | 1 | 99 |
| 2 |
University of Southern California | 2 | 97 |
| 3 |
University of California-Los Angeles | 3 | 92 |
| 4 | University of California | 5 | 88 |
| 5 |
University of Hawaii | 4 | 84 |
| 6 | Long Beach State University | 6 | 80 |
| 7 (T) | Indiana University |
10 (T) |
73 |
| 7 (T) | Loyola Marymount University |
8 (T) | 73 |
| 9 | Fresno State University | 7 | 69 |
| 10 | University of California-Irvine | 8 (T) | 64 |
| 11 | Arizona State University | 10 (T) | 58 |
| 12 |
San Jose State University | 12 | 56 |
| 13 (T) | Harvard University | 14 | 48 |
| 13 (T) | University of California-San Diego | 13 | 48 |
| 15 | Princeton University | 15 (T) | 46 |
| 16 | University of California-Davis | 17 | 42 |
| 17 |
University of Michigan | 15 (T) |
33 |
| 18 |
University of California-Santa Barbara | 18 | 31 |
| 19 |
University of the Pacific |
19 | 28 |
| 20 |
Wagner College | 20 | 27 |
| 21 |
San Diego State University | 21 | 20 |
| 22 |
Brown University |
22 | 19 |
| 23 |
Marist College | 23 | 14 |
| 24 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 24 | 7 |
| 25 | Long Island University | RV | 3 |
| RV | California Baptist University | 25 | 1 |
| RV | California State University-Northridge | RV |
1 |
| RV | Villanova University | RV |
1 |
| RV | La Salle University | RV |
1 |
2026 Women’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 1/January 21)
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| Rank | Team | Preseason Poll |
Points |
| 1 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
1 | 99 |
| 2 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
2 | 96 |
| 3 |
California Lutheran University |
3 | 88 |
| 4 | Chapman University |
4 | 85 |
| 5 |
Augustana College | 5 | 81 |
| 6 | University of La Verne | 6 | 72 |
| 7 |
Austin College |
7 | 68 |
| 8 | Macalester College |
8 | 60 |
| 9 | Whittier College | NR | 42 |
| 10 | University of Redlands | NR | 26 |
| RV | Occidental College | 10 | 25 |
| RV | Carthage College |
9 | 22 |
| RV | Washington & Jefferson College |
RV | 11 |
2026 Women’s Varsity Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 5 (Week 1/January 21)
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| Rank | Team | Preseason Poll |
Points |
| 1 | Harvard University |
1 (T) | 97 |
| 2 | Princeton University | 1 (T) | 96 |
| 3 (T) | University of Michigan | 1 (T) | 88 |
| 3 (T) | Brown University |
4 | 88 |
| 5 | Bucknell University |
5 |
81 |
2026 Women’s Varsity Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III Top 5 (Week 1/January 21)
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| Rank | Team | Preseason Poll |
Points |
| 1 | Augustana College |
1 | 98 |
| 2 | Austin College |
2 | 95 |
| 3 | Macalester College | 3 | 92 |
| 4 | Carthage College |
4 | 66 |
| 5 | Connecticut College |
5 | 49 |
| RV | Washington & Jefferson College |
RV | 33 |
| RV | Grove City College |
RV | 17 |
