8/29/2024 | North America | collegiatewaterpolo.org

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Collegiate Water Polo Association Releases 2024 Men’s Collegiate Club Top 20 & Division III Top 10 Preseason Polls

Collegiate Water Polo Association Releases 2024 Men’s Collegiate Club Top 20 & Division III Top 10 Preseason Polls

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the 2024 Men’s Collegiate Club Top 20 and Division III Top 10 Preseason Polls.

Released each week during the season, the Top 20 and Division III Top 10 polls have no bearing on qualifiers for either the National Collegiate Club Championship or the Division III Collegiate Club Championship.

2024 Men’s Collegiate Club National Top 20 (Preseason)

The 2024 season will begin where the 2023 campaign concluded as the Preseason Men’s Collegiate Club National Top 20 Poll reflects the final voting from last year.

The poll experiences no changes as the University of California-San Diego, the University of Florida, the University of California (90 points), Michigan State University (85 points), the University of California-Los Angeles (80 points), California Polytechnic State University (75 points), Washington University in St. Louis (70 points), Dartmouth College (65 points), the University of Michigan (60 points) and the University of Colorado (55 points) account for the Top 10.

The University of Virginia (48 points), Arizona State University (47 points) and the University of California-Irvine (40 points) rate at No. 11-to-13, while the University of California-Santa Barbara (35 points) and San Diego State University (35 points) are tied at No. 14.

The University of Oregon (30 points), Pennsylvania State University (28 points), the University of Utah (18 points) and Florida International University (17 points) come in at No. 16-to-19 with the trio of Baylor University (3 points), McKendree University (3 points) and the University of Alabama (3 points) tied at No. 20.

2024 Men’s Collegiate Club Top 20 (Preseason)

Rank Team Final 2023 Poll
Points
1
University of California-San Diego
1
100
2 University of Florida
2
95
3 University of California
3
90
4 Michigan State University
4 85
5
University of California-Los Angeles
5 80
6
California Polytechnic State University
6
75
7
Washington University in St. Louis 7 70
8
Dartmouth College
8
65
9 University of Michigan
9 60
10
University of Colorado
10
55
11
University of Virginia
11
48
12
Arizona State University
12 47
13
University of California-Irvine
13 40
14 (T)
University of California-Santa Barbara
14 (T)
35
14 (T)
San Diego State University
14 (T) 35
16
University of Oregon
16
30
17
Pennsylvania State University
17
28
18
University of Utah
18 18
19
Florida International University
19
17
20 (T)
Baylor University
20 (T) 3
20 (T) McKendree University
20 (T) 3
20 (T) University of Alabama
20 (T) 3
RV United States Military Academy
RV 2
RV Georgia Institute of Technology
RV 2
RV University of Texas RV 1

 

2024 Men’s Division III Collegiate Club National Top 10 (Preseason)

The 2024 Men’s Division III Collegiate Club National Top 10 Preseason Poll also remains unchanged from the final voting of 2023 as Washington University in St. Louis starts the new year at No. 1

A seven-time Division III Collegiate Club National Champion, Washington (100 points) is followed by the trio of Macalester College (88 points), Tufts University (88 points) and the University of California-Santa Cruz (88 points) at No. 2, with Carnegie Mellon University (85 points), New York University (74 points), Augustana College (71 points), Bowdoin College (49 points), the United States Coast Guard Academy (39 points) and Colby College (37 points) completing the Top 10.

2024 Men’s Club Division III Top 10 (Preseason)

Rank Team Final 2023 Poll Points
1
Washington University in St. Louis
1
100
2 (T)
Macalester College
2 (T)
88
2 (T)
Tufts University 2 (T)
88
2 (T)
University of California-Santa Cruz
2 (T)
88
5
Carnegie Mellon University
5
85
6
New York University
6
74
7 Augustana College
7 71
8
Bowdoin College
8
49
9 United States Coast Guard Academy 9 39
10
Colby College
10 37
RV
Middlebury College
RV 35
RV
Amherst College
RV 23
RV
Wesleyan University
RV 11

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