BRIDGEPORT, Pa.
-- The University of Southern California and Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
remain at No. 1 in the nation as the Trojans and Sagehens top the Week 5/October
6 Men's Varsity Top 20 and Division III Top 10 polls released today by the
Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA).
In the CWPA Top 10 Poll, St.
Francis College (N.Y.) held onto the No. 1 ranking in the conference for another
week.
Voted on by a panel of coaches
and administrators from around the country during the preseason and each week of
the season based on the cumulative results of each team, the Varsity Top 20,
Division III Top 10 and Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 10 polls are
released on Wednesday during the season until the week following the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship.
Men's Varsity Top
20
The University of
Southern California and the University of California-Los
Angeles held on at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, but five of the
positions in the Top 10 changed hands in the Week 5/October 6 Men's Varsity Top
20 Poll.
Behind the Trojans and the
Bruins, who met over the weekend in the SoCal Tournament title game, the Top 10
experienced radical changes as the University of
California-Irvine climbed two places to No. 3, the University
of California slipped one spot to No. 4, the University of
California-Santa Barbara jumped one place to No. 5 and Stanford
University dropped two spots to No. 6.
University of the
Pacific and Long Beach State University held on at No.
7 and 8, respectively, while the University of California-San
Diego rose four places to break into the Top 10 at No. 9.
Loyola Marymount University rounds out the Top 10 for another
week.
The final 10 places in the poll
also saw dramatic changes. The University of
California-DavisSanta Clara University,
Pepperdine University, St. Francis College
(N.Y.) and California Baptist University account for
No. 12-15, while Concordia University, Princeton
University, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, the United
States Naval Academy and Brown University rate at No.
16-20. remains at No. 11, but is the only team to hold onto its ranking
from the September 29 poll.
Rank
|
Team
|
September 29
Poll
|
Points
|
| 1 |
University of Southern California |
1 |
100 |
| 2 |
University of California, Los Angeles
|
2 |
95 |
| 3 |
University of California, Irvine
|
5 |
87 |
| 4 |
University of California
|
3 |
86 |
| 5 |
University of California, Santa Barbara
|
6 |
82 |
| 6 |
Stanford University
|
4 |
75 |
| 7 |
University of the Pacific
|
7 |
71 |
| 8 |
Long Beach State University
|
8 |
65 |
| 9 |
University of California, San Diego
|
13 |
58 |
| 10 |
Loyola Marymount University
|
10 |
53 |
| 11 |
University of California, Davis
|
11 |
49 |
12
|
Santa Clara University
|
14
|
47 |
13
|
Pepperdine University
|
9 |
43 |
14
|
St. Francis College (N.Y.)
|
12 |
32 |
| 15 |
California Baptist University
|
15 |
30 |
| 16 |
Concordia University (Calif.)
|
17
|
20 |
| 17 |
Princeton University
|
16
|
19 |
| 18 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
|
20 |
18 |
| 19 |
United States Naval Academy
|
18 |
14 |
| 20 |
Brown University
|
19 |
9 |
| RV |
Whittier College
|
RV |
1 |
| RV |
Bucknell University
|
RV |
1 |
Men's Varsity Division III Top
10
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges picked up 100 points to
continue as a unanimous No. 1 selection in the Week 5/October 6 Men's Varsity
Division III Top 10 poll.
The Sagehens, who replaced the
University of Redlands in the standings as the No. 1 team two
weeks ago, saw their lead dwindle to five points over the Bulldogs (100-to-95),
while Whittier College stayed at No. 3.
Johns Hopkins
University and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Colleges Chapman University, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Occidental
College, California Lutheran University
and the University of La Verne completing the
Top 10. round out the Top Five, with
Washington & Jefferson College finishes
off the rankings as the Presidents received 11 points to miss out on cracking
the Top 10 for another week.
|
|
| Rank |
Team |
September 29
Poll
|
Points |
| 1 |
Pomona Pitzer Colleges
|
1 |
100 |
| 2 |
University of Redlands
|
2 |
95 |
| 3 |
Whittier College
|
3 |
87 |
4
|
Johns Hopkins University
|
4 |
85 |
| 5 |
Claremont Mudd Scripps Colleges
|
5 |
81 |
6
|
Chapman University
|
7
|
73 |
| 7 |
MIT
|
6 |
72 |
| 8 |
Occidental College
|
9 |
63 |
| 9 |
California Lutheran University
|
8 |
61 |
| 10 |
University of La Verne
|
10 |
47 |
| RV |
Washington & Jefferson College |
RV |
11 |
Men's CWPA Top
10
St. Francis College
(N.Y.) continues to roll along on top of the Collegiate Water Polo
Assocaition (CWPA) as the Terriers retained their position as the No. 1 team in
the Week 5/October 6 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Men's Varsity
Division III Top 10 poll.
Princeton
University, the United States Naval Academy,
Brown University and Johns Hopkins University
rank No. 2-5, respectively. The Top Five experienced only one change as Navy
jumped over Brown to take over at No. 3.
Fordham
University, George Washington University and the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology rate at No. 6-to-8, while
Bucknell University and Mercyhurst
CollegeQueens College (N.Y.), Harvard
University and Iona College complete the Top
10, with receiving votes.
|
|
Rank
|
Team
|
September 29 Poll
|
Points
|
1
|
St. Francis College
(N.Y.)
|
1 |
99 |
| 2 |
Princeton University
|
2 |
96 |
3
|
United States Naval
Academy
|
4
|
88 |
4
|
Brown University
|
3 |
86 |
| 5 |
Johns Hopkins University
|
5 |
81 |
6
|
Fordham University
|
8 (T)
|
70 |
| 7 |
George Washington
University
|
6 (T) |
66 |
8
|
MIT
|
6 (T) |
56 |
9
|
Bucknell
University |
8 (T)
|
53 |
| 10 |
Mercyhurst
College
|
10 |
45 |
| RV |
Queens College
(N.Y.)
|
RV |
13 |
| RV |
Iona
College |
RV |
11 |
| RV |
Harvard
University |
NR |
11 |