The University of California begins the 2017 season as the #1 ranked team after finishing 2016 as the top ranked squad. Rounding out the top-five are USC, Stanford, UCLA and Pacific.
Stanford jumped to #3 in the preseason poll from the end of 2016, while UCLA fell to #4 and Pacific to #5. UC Irvine made a big jump in the preseason poll, starting at #13 from #19 in the final 2016 poll.
2017 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | 2016 Final Poll | Points |
| 1 | University of California | 1 | 99 |
| 2 | University of Southern California | 2 | 96 |
| 3 | Stanford University | 5 | 88 |
| 4 | University of California-Los Angeles | 3 | 87 |
| 5 | University of the Pacific | 4 | 79 |
| 6 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 6 | 73 |
| 7 | Pepperdine University | 7 | 70 |
| 8 | Long Beach State University | 8 | 69 |
| 9 | University of California-Davis | 10 | 53 |
| 10 | Harvard University | 9 | 47 |
| 11 | Princeton University | 13 | 46 |
| 12 | University of California-San Diego | 14 | 41 |
| 13 | University of California-Irvine | 19 | 39 |
| 14 | Bucknell University | 11 | 37 |
| 15 | Brown University | 12 | 32 |
| 16 | California Baptist University | 15 (T) | 22 |
| 17 | Loyola Marymount University | 17 | 21 |
| 18 | George Washington University | 15 (T) | 18 |
| 19 (T0 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 18 | 12 |
| 19 (T) | St. Francis College Brooklyn | 20 | 12 |
| RV | United States Air Force Academy | RV | 8 |
| RV | Santa Clara University | RV | 4 |
| RV | San Jose State University | NR | 4 |
2017 Men’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | 2016 Final Poll | Points |
| 1 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 1 | 99 |
| 2 (T) | Whittier College | 5 | 92 |
| 2 (T) | Johns Hopkins University | 4 | 92 |
| 4 | University of Redlands | 2 | 81 |
| 5 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 3 | 79 |
| 6 | Chapman University | 7 | 76 |
| 7 | California Lutheran University | 8 | 72 |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 6 | 66 |
| 9 | Occidental College | 10 | 58 |
| 10 | University of La Verne | 9 | 49 |
| RV | Washington & Jefferson College | NR | 11 |
2017 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | 2016 Final Poll | Points |
| 1 | Bucknell University | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | George Washington University | 2 | 92 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 4 | 88 |
| 4 (T) | Fordham University | 3 | 85 |
| 4 (T) | Wagner College | 5 | 85 |
2017 Men’s Varsity Northeast Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Preseason) |
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| Rank | Team | 2016 Final Poll | Points |
| 1 | Harvard University | 1 | 98 |
| 2 | Princeton University | 3 | 94 |
| 3 | Brown University | 2 | 89 |
| 4 | St. Francis College Brooklyn | 4 | 87 |
| 5 | Iona College | 5 | 48 |
| RV | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | NR | 34 |
Go Bears!