With just a handful of upsets on Week 3 and just two involving Top 10 teams, it is little surprise that the upper portion of the Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 25 remains nearly unchanged.
#1 USC was idle, while #2 Stanford and #3 UCLA each notched a trio of victories over Top 20 sides. Stanford bested #4 Cal (17-10), #8 Michigan (21-9) and #19 Indiana (25-4), while UCLA downed #5 Hawaii (12-8), #14 Fresno State (11-8) and #15 Loyola Marymount (9-8).
#4 Cal found success against #8 Pacific (9-7) and #19 Indiana (16-7) before ending the weekend against the #2 Cardinal.
#5 Hawaii regained its footing after its weekend opening loss to UCLA, defeating #15 Loyola Marymount (19-17 OT), #14 Fresno State (19-8) and #21 UC San Diego (10-7).
#10 UC Santa Barbara continued to blaze its way up the charts, after beginning the year at #17, adding five more victories, four over ranked teams at the Cross Conference Challenge in Tempe, Arizona, to move up three spots to #7. The Gauchos edged out #25 Azusa Pacific (12-7), #24 Cal Baptist (12-6), #12 Princeton (8-7), #7 Arizona State (11-10) and Iona (14-0) to move to 9-1, their best ever start.
The biggest move of the week saw #20 Marist tumble five spots to #25 with a win over RV Brown (7-4) and a loss to RV Bucknell (11-7).
With the victory, Bucknell moved into the rankings at #24.
Rank | Team | Points | Last Week |
1 | USC | 100 | 1 |
2 | Stanford | 96 | 2 |
3 | UCLA | 92 | 3 |
4 | Cal | 88 | 4 |
5 | Hawaii | 84 | 5 |
6 | UC Irvine | 81 | 6 |
7 | UC Santa Barbara | 72 | 10 |
8 | Michigan | 69 | T8 |
9 | Arizona State | 67 | 7 |
10 | Pacific | 65 | T8 |
11 | UC Davis | 64 | 13 |
12 | San Jose State | 54 | 11 |
13 | Loyola Marymount | 52 | 15 |
14 | Princeton | 47 | 12 |
15 | Fresno State | 46 | 14 |
16 | Long Beach State | 36 | 17 |
17 | Harvard | 35 | 18 |
18 | Wagner | 32 | 16 |
19 | Indiana | 22 | 19 |
20 | UC San Diego | 21 | 21 |
21 | Cal State Northridge | 18 | 22 |
22 | San Diego State | 14 | 23 |
23 | Cal Baptist | 13 | 24 |
24 | Bucknell | 12 | RV |
T25 | Marist | 10 | 20 |
T25 | Azusa Pacific | 10 | 25 |
RV | Brown | 1 | RV |
RV | California State -East Bay | 1 | RV |