The top five teams held their ground in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 25 poll, combining for a 10-1 record in Week 3 action.
#1 USC went 4-0 en route to the Triton Invitational title, besting three ranked teams along the way: #13 Loyola Marymount, #8 Michigan and #3 UCLA. The Trojans will look to keep their current 28-match win streak (12-0 in 2019) alive when playing host to Indiana on Saturday.
#2 Stanford had the week off and stands at 6-0 with an exhibition match against China and a Saturday contest at UC Davis ahead on the slate.
#3 UCLA (13-1) saw its 13-match win streak halted in the Triton Invitational finale with a 10-3 loss to #1 USC. Ahead of that result, however, the Bruins rolled past Santa Clara, #11 UC Davis and #6 UC Irvine on neutral ground in La Jolla, California. UCLA will battle UC Irvine in its lone match of the week at home on Saturday.
#4 Cal (6-1) bested #10 Pacific 15-11 to maintain its spot in the top five, but will face another tough opponent on Saturday at UC Davis.
#5 Hawaii (7-1) is on a bye for the second straight week.
Michigan (6-5) moved into the #6 spot with a 3-1 showing at the Triton Invitational, topping #21 Cal State Northridge 14-5, #9 Arizona State (6-5) and #6 UC Irvine (9-8). Four of the Wolverines’ five losses have come to Top 5 foes, including two to #1 USC.
UC San Diego (4-5) was the biggest mover of the week, climbing from #20 to tied for #17 after a 3-1 effort at home. The Tritons fell to #7 UC Santa Barbara 4-3, but rebounded by outscoring RV Cal State East Bay, #25 Marist and #16 Long Beach State 36-17.
Bucknell (6-2) rose two spots from #24 to #22, while Marist (5-5) moved up from a tie for #25 to #23 with help from an 8-7 overtime win over #21 Cal State Northridge.
San Diego State (3-4) dropped three places to #25 with a 2-2 showing at the Triton Invitational, besting Pomona-Pitzer and Cal State East Bay, but falling to #9 Arizona State 12-7 and #21 Cal State Northridge 7-3.
UC Santa Barbara (11-3) remained in the Top 10 at #9 but fell two spots from #7 after suffering losses to #6 UC Irvine 11-7 and #9 Arizona State 7-5.
Azusa Pacific (5-7) fell out of the rankings from a tie for #25 to the top vote getter, two points behind #25 SDSU, despite winning both of its matches last week: a 17-8 effort at Fresno Pacific and a 9-4 win over Cal State Monterey Bay.
| 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 | Michigan | 79 | 8 |
| 7 | UC Irvine | 77 | 6 |
| 8 | Arizona State | 71 | 9 |
| 9 | UC Santa Barbara | 68 | 7 |
| 10 | Pacific | 66 | 10 |
| 11 | UC Davis | 60 | 11 |
| T12 | Loyola Marymount | 52 | 13 |
| T12 | San Jose State | 52 | 12 |
| 14 | Princeton | 48 | 14 |
| 15 | Fresno State | 45 | 15 |
| 16 | Harvard | 38 | 17 |
| T17 | Long Beach State | 33 | 16 |
| T17 | UC San Diego | 33 | 20 |
| 19 | Wagner | 28 | 18 |
| 20 | Indiana | 27 | 19 |
| 21 | Cal State Northridge | 16 | 21 |
| 22 | Bucknell | 14 | 24 |
| 23 | Marist | 13 | T25 |
| 24 | Cal Baptist | 11 | 23 |
| 25 | San Diego State | 6 | 22 |
| RV | Azusa Pacific | 4 | T25 |
| RV | Brown | 1 | RV |
