Three upsets provided shifts in the Week 12 CWPA Top 25, with two small moves among the Top 10 and large jumps following from #14 to #18.
In the Top 5, Cal returned to the #4 spot, which it has occupied in 11 of the 13 polls this year. The Bears take over the position from Hawaii, which dropped to #5 after a 7-6 loss to then-#8 UC Irvine on Friday.
The Anteaters moved up two places into a tie for #6 with the victory and an 11-4 win over #9 UC Davis on Sunday. UCI stands at 16-8 overall and 3-1 atop the Big West rankings heading into Friday’s meeting with #14 UC San Diego.
Bucknell moved up five places from #23 to a tie for #18, its highest listing of the season, after besting then-#14 Harvard 9-7 on Saturday. The Bison, which went 3-0 on the weekend including victories over Brown and George Washington, are now 22-9 on the year, including a 3-0 mark in CWPA play.
San Diego State (15-12, 5-1 GCC) jumped four spots to #16, its highest poll position of the year, with a 9-7 win over then-#15 Fresno State on Friday. The Aztecs look to extend their current win streak to four matches when they face #8 Pacific on Friday.
UC San Diego (16-12, 4-0 WWPA) climbed three spots to #14 with convincing wins over Cal State Monterey Bay (19-7), Cal State East Bay (12-4) and Sonoma State (20-7). Next up for the Tritons is a Friday contest vs. #6 UC Irvine. UCSD was last ranked as high as #14 in the Feb. 27 and March 6 polls.
With Bucknell’s rise and Harvard’s drop to #18, San Jose State (9-12, 1-3 MPSF) was bumped down three spots from a tie for #18 to #21. The Spartans are set for a Saturday conference contest against RV Indiana.
| Rank | Team | Points | Last Week |
| 1 | Stanford | 100 | 1 |
| 2 | USC | 96 | 2 |
| 3 | UCLA | 92 | 3 |
| 4 | Cal | 88 | 5 |
| 5 | Hawaii | 81 | 4 |
| 6 | Michigan | 79 | 6 |
| 6 | UC Irvine | 79 | 8 |
| 8 | Pacific | 73 | 7 |
| 9 | UC Davis | 66 | 9 |
| 10 | Arizona State | 64 | 10 |
| 11 | UC Santa Barbara | 62 | 11 |
| 12 | Long Beach State | 54 | 12 |
| 13 | Loyola Marymount | 52 | 13 |
| 14 | UC San Diego | 45 | 17 |
| 15 | Princeton | 41 | T15 |
| 16 | San Diego State | 34 | 20 |
| 17 | Fresno State | 32 | T15 |
| T18 | Harvard | 30 | 14 |
| T18 | Bucknell | 30 | 23 |
| T18 | Wagner | 30 | T18 |
| 21 | San Jose State | 29 | T18 |
| 22 | Marist | 16 | 21 |
| 23 | Cal State Northridge | 12 | 22 |
| 24 | Azusa Pacific | 7 | 24 |
| 25 | Cal Baptist | 4 | 25 |
| RV | Indiana | 3 | RV |
