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US WATER POLO 2007 National Varsity Preseason Men's Water Polo Ranking

Thursday, 11 October 2007

The University of Southern California received all the first place votes to garner 100 points as the Trojans are a unanimous #1 in the 2007 National Varsity Men's Water Polo poll released today. USC, which finished the 2006 season at #2 behind national champion the University of California-Berkeley after the Bears held off the Trojans for a 7-6 victory in the national title game, returns to the top spot after spending 10 weeks at #1 during the 2006 season. Last year, the Trojans spent 10 straight weeks as the nation's top-ranked team on the way into last week's Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament before dropping a 6-5 game to Cal-Berkeley in the MPSF title game. A three-time NCAA champion, USC spent the last seven weeks of 2005 as the top-ranked team on the way to taking the NCAA title. However, California displaced the Trojans prior to the 2006 season as Cal earned the #1 preseason ranking. The Bears of California are ranked second in the poll, garnering 95 points, while the University of California-Los Angeles and Stanford University retained their final rankings from a year ago holding onto third and fourth place, respectively. The biggest movers in the preseason poll are the University of California-Irvine and Pepperdine University which moved up to rank fifth and sixth after rating 11th and 10th, respectively, at the conclusion of the 2006 season. The University of California-Santa Barbara , the University of California-San Diego, Long Beach State University and Loyola Marymount University round out the top 10 teams. The national polls will be released each Wednesday during the season at approximately 5:00 p.m. The Collegiate Water Polo Association Varsity, NCAA Division III and National Collegiate Club preseason polls will be announced on Wednesday, August 22. Download Final ranking for 2006 and 2007