The top 11 spots in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) women’s water polo Top 25 poll remained the same as all 15 Week 4 matches involving ranked teams saw the favorite prevail.
#1 USC maintained its stranglehold on the top spot as the defending champions moved to 13-0 and extended its current win streak to 29 matches heading into this weekend’s prestigious Barbara Kalbus Invitational in Irvine, California. The event will pit the Trojans against #8 Arizona State, #9 UC Santa Barbara and #25 San Diego State in Pool A action.
The 32-match tournament also will bring more ranked meetings as all 16 involved teams are listed in this week’s CWPA poll, including the entire Top 10 as well as #12 Loyola Marymount, #13 San Jose State, #17 Long Beach State and UC San Diego, #21 Cal State Northridge and #25 San Diego State.
There were only a few slight adjustments to the poll from Week 4 and to Week 5 as San Jose State dropped one place from a tie for #12 to #13, and Indiana climbed one place from #20 to a tie for #19. Marist also bumped up a spot from #23 into a tie for #22.
Azusa Pacific rejoined the Top 25 in a tie for the final spot after receiving votes a week ago.
CWPA Top 25 (Feb. 20, 2019)
| Rank | Team | Points | Last Week |
| 1 | USC | 100 | 1 |
| 2 | Stanford | 96 | 2 |
| 3 | UCLA | 92 | 3 |
| 4 | Cal | 87 | 4 |
| 5 | Hawaii | 84 | 5 |
| 6 | Michigan | 79 | 6 |
| 7 | UC Irvine | 78 | 7 |
| 8 | Arizona State | 70 | 8 |
| 9 | UC Santa Barbara | 67 | 9 |
| 10 | Pacific | 66 | 10 |
| 11 | UC Davis | 60 | 11 |
| 12 | Loyola Marymount | 56 | T12 |
| 13 | San Jose State | 52 | T12 |
| 14 | Princeton | 46 | 14 |
| 15 | Fresno State | 45 | 15 |
| 16 | Harvard | 40 | 16 |
| T17 | Long Beach State | 32 | T17 |
| T17 | UC San Diego | 32 | T17 |
| T19 | Wagner | 26 | 19 |
| T19 | Indiana | 26 | 20 |
| 21 | Cal State Northridge | 19 | 21 |
| T22 | Marist | 14 | 23 |
| T22 | Bucknell | 14 | 22 |
| 24 | Cal Baptist | 10 | 24 |
| T25 | San Diego State | 4 | 25 |
| T25 | Azusa Pacific | 4 | RV |
| RV | Brown | 1 | RV |
