Top 6 Unchanged In Women's Top 20 Varsity Poll
2/16/2011 12:00:00 AM
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. --
The top teams in the nation remain the same as Stanford
University and Occidental College held
onto their No. 1 preseason national rankings for a fourth week in a
row to top the Women's Varsity Top 20 and Division III Top 10 polls
released today by the Collegiate Water Polo Association. In the
CWPA polls, defending conference champion the University of
Michigan and Grove City College continue
to rate No. 1 in the league's Division I and Division III polls,
respectively.
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.
Women's Varsity Top
20
Stanford University remains a unanimous selection
at No. 1 in the nation as the Cardinal garnered 100 points to hang
on in the February 16 Women's Varsity Top 20 Poll.
Ranked No. 1 in the preseason (98
points), and the first two polls of the regular season (99 points),
the Cardinal clinched a unanimous spot on top of the poll last week
and remain the consensus pick as the top program in the nation.
Defending National Champion USC
remains at No. 2, while the University of California-Los
Angeles (UCLA), University of
California, University of Hawaii and
Loyola Marymount University remain locks at No.
3-6, respectively.
The first change in the Top 20
comes at No. 7 as San Diego State University
climbs two places following a victory over previous No. 7 the
University of Michigan. Arizona State
University remains at No. 8, while the Wolverines of
Michigan slip to No. 9. San Jose State
University, which
was tied with San Diego State at No. 9 a week ago, drops back to
No. 10 to round out the Top 10 teams in the nation through games of
February 13.
The University of
California-Irvine, California
State University-Northridge, Long Beach State
University, University of California-Santa
Barbara and Hartwick College rate at No.
11-15, while Indiana University,
University of California-Davis, University
of California-San Diego, University of the
Pacific and Princeton University complete
the Top 20.
|
|
Rank
|
Team
|
Feb. 9 Poll
|
Points
|
| 1 |
Stanford University
|
1 |
100 |
| 2 |
University of Southern
California
|
2 |
95 |
| 3 |
University of California, Los
Angeles
|
3 |
90 |
| 4 |
University of California
|
4 |
83 |
| 5 |
University of Hawaii
|
5 |
81 |
| 6 |
Loyola Marymount University
|
6 |
76 |
| 7 |
San Diego State University
|
9 (T) |
69 |
| 8 |
Arizona State University
|
8 |
64 |
9
|
University of Michigan
|
7 |
63 |
10
|
San Jose State University
|
9 (T) |
56 |
| 11 |
University of California,
Irvine
|
11 |
51 |
12 (T)
|
California State University,
Northridge
|
13
|
38 |
12 (T)
|
Long Beach State University
|
RV |
38 |
| 14 |
University of California, Santa
Barbara
|
12 |
36 |
| 15 |
Hartwick College
|
14 |
31 |
| 16 |
Indiana University
|
15 |
29 |
| 17 |
University of California, Davis
|
16 |
22 |
| 18 |
University of California, San
Diego
|
17 |
15 |
| 19 |
University of the Pacific
|
19 |
11 |
| 20 |
Princeton University
|
18 |
3 |
| RV |
California State University, East
Bay
|
RV |
2 |
| RV |
Harvard University
|
RV |
1 |
| RV |
California Baptist University
|
RV |
1 |
| RV |
California State University,
Bakersfield
|
RV |
1 |
Women's Varsity Division III
Top 10
The Division III Top 10 poll experienced minor changes in
the bottom five of the rankings this week as Occidental
College continues to stand at No. 1 (99 points).
The University of
Redlands and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Colleges rank at No. 2-3 for another week, with
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges and California
Lutheran University breaking a tie at No. 4 from a week
ago to rate at No. 4-5 in this week's balloting.
Whittier College
and Chapman University remain at No. 6-7, with
Grove City College moving up to No. 8 in front
of Carthage College (Ill.) and
University of La Verne.
|
|
|
Rank |
Team |
Feb. 9 Poll |
Points |
| 1 |
Occidental
College
|
1 |
99 |
| 2 |
University of
Redlands
|
2 |
96 |
3
|
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges
|
3
|
88 |
4
|
Pomona-Pitzer
Colleges
|
4
(T) |
85 |
| 5 |
California Lutheran
University
|
4
(T) |
83 |
| 6 |
Whittier College
|
6 |
73 |
| 7 |
Chapman
University
|
7 |
68 |
| 8 |
Grove City
College
|
9 |
63 |
| 9 |
Carthage College
|
8 |
62 |
| 10 |
University of La
Verne
|
10 |
55 |
| RV |
Washington &
Jefferson College
|
RV |
6 |
Women's Varsity CWPA Division
I Top 10
The University of Michigan continues to stand on
top of the league poll as the three-time defending CWPA Eastern
Champions are a unanimous selection once again for the top position
in the CWPA Division I Poll.
Behind the
Wolverines, Hartwick College, Indiana
University and Princeton University
remain at No. 2-4, respectively, with Harvard
University taking at No. 5 to round out the top half of
the poll.
Bucknell
University climbs to No. 6, with
the University of
Maryland, Mercyhurst College,
George Washington University and Brown
University completing the fourth regular season league
poll of the year.
2011 CWPA Division I Poll (Week 4 -
February 16)
|
|
Rank |
Team |
Feb. 9
Poll |
Points |
1
|
University of Michigan
|
1 |
100 |
2
|
Hartwick College
|
2
|
95 |
3
|
Indiana University
|
3
|
90 |
| 4 |
Princeton University |
4 |
83 |
| 5 |
Harvard University
|
6 |
80 |
| 6 |
Bucknell University
|
8 |
74 |
7
|
University of Maryland
|
5 |
72 |
8
|
Mercyhurst College
|
9
|
64 |
| 9 |
George Washington University
|
10 |
59 |
| 10 |
Brown University
|
7 |
58 |
Women's Varsity CWPA Division
III Top 5
Defending conference champion Grove City College
remains at No. 1 in the CWPA Division III standings as the team
earned 99 points to edge out Carthage College for
another week in this week's balloting.
Grove City, which defeated Carthage
8-7 to win the first-ever Division III Eastern Championship last
season following the split of the women's CWPA varsity teams into
Division and Division III brackets, hangs on at No. 1 in part due
to the face that the CWPA league structure will not begin until the
weekend of March 4-5 at Grove City.
Wheaton College,
Washington & Jefferson College and
Macalester College also retained their preseason
rankings.
2011 CWPA Division III Poll (Week 4 - February
16)
|
|
Rank |
Team |
Feb. 9
Poll |
Points |
| 1 |
Grove City College
|
1 |
99 |
| 2 |
Carthage College |
2 |
96 |
| 3 |
Wheaton College |
3 |
89 |
| 4 |
Washington & Jefferson
College |
4 |
86 |
| 5 |
Macalester College |
5 |
84 |
| RV |
Connecticut College |
RV |
16 |
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