USC Leads Off Men's Varsity Pre-Season Poll At Number One
8/17/2011 12:00:00 AM
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- Two
familiar names from the 2010 season remain on top of the national and
league polls, while a new institution climbs to the top of the Division
III poll as the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the
2011 Men's Varsity Preseason National Top 20, Division III Top 10 and
CWPA Top 10 to begin the new season of intercollegiate competition.
Voted on by a panel of coaches from the
CWPA, Western Water Polo Association (WWPA), Mountain Pacific Sports
Federation (MPSF), Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (SCIAC) and the National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics (NAIA), the polls are compiled and released on Wednesday
during each week of the season through the week following the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship.
2011 Men's Varsity National Top 20
|
|
| Rank |
Team |
2010 Final Poll |
Points |
| 1 |
University of Southern California
|
1 |
99 |
| 2 |
University of California
|
2 |
95 |
| 3 |
University of California-Los Angeles
|
4 |
90 |
| 4 |
Stanford University
|
3 |
86 |
| 5 |
University of the Pacific
|
8 |
76 |
| 6 |
University of California-Irvine
|
5 |
70 |
| 7 |
University of California-Santa Barbara
|
6 |
69 |
| 8 |
Loyola Marymount University |
7 |
64 |
| 9 |
Pepperdine University
|
9 |
63 |
| 10 |
Long Beach State University
|
11 |
60 |
| 11 |
St. Francis College (N.Y.)
|
10 |
50 |
| 12 |
University of California-San Diego |
14 |
44 |
| 13 |
University of California-Davis |
12 |
43 |
| 14 |
Santa Clara University |
13 |
34 |
| 15 |
United States Naval Academy |
15 |
30 |
| 16 |
Princeton University |
16 |
23 |
| 17 |
California Baptist University |
17 |
20 |
| 18 |
United States Air Force Academy |
20 |
14 |
| 19 |
Bucknell University |
18 |
9 |
| 20 |
Concordia University (Calif.) |
19 |
8 |
| RV |
Brown University |
RV |
7 |
| RV |
University of Redlands |
NR |
1 |
| RV |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
NR |
1 |
| RV |
Johns Hopkins University |
NR |
1 |
2011 Men's Varsity Division III Top 10
|
|
| Rank |
Team |
2010 Final Poll |
Points |
| 1 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges
|
4
|
95 |
| 2 |
University of Redlands
|
1 (T) |
94 |
| 3 |
Johns Hopkins University
|
1 (T)
|
92
|
| 4 |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
|
3 |
87 |
| 5 |
MIT
|
5 |
75
|
| 6 |
Whittier College
|
7
|
73 |
| 7 |
California Lutheran University
|
8 (T)
|
68
|
| 8 |
Occidental College
|
8 (T)
|
63 |
| 9 |
Chapman University
|
6 |
58
|
| 10 |
University of La Verne
|
10
|
46 |
RV
|
Washington & Jefferson College
|
NR |
13
|
| RV |
Pennsylvania State Univ.-Behrend |
NR |
11 |
2011 Men's Varsity CWPA Top 10
|
|
| Rank |
Team |
2010 Final Poll |
Points |
| 1 |
St. Francis College (N.Y.)
|
1
|
98 |
| 2 |
United States Naval Academy
|
2 |
95 |
| 3 |
Princeton University
|
3
|
92
|
| 4 |
Brown University
|
5 |
84 |
| 5 |
Johns Hopkins University
|
6 |
79
|
| 6 |
Bucknell University
|
4
|
70 |
| 7 |
MIT
|
7
|
64
|
| 8 |
Fordham University |
8
|
52 |
| 9 |
Mercyhurst College
|
9 |
47
|
| 10 |
George Washington University
|
10
|
45 |
RV
|
Harvard University
|
NR |
38
|
| RV |
Iona College
|
NR |
25 |
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