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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
