Courtesy: Collegiate Water Polo Association
Due to over half of the NCAA membership electing not to compete during the Winter 2021 season, the National Top 20 is a National Top 10 for the remainder of the season. It is approximately proportional to the National Top 20 (20 of 50 teams/40% vs. 10 of 24 teams/41.6%)
To explain the preseason poll rankings, several teams that appeared in the Preseason Poll have elected not to compete in 2021 and do not appear on this list.
Winter 2021 Men’s Varsity Top 10 (Week 1/January 27) |
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| Rank | Team | Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 | Stanford University | 1 (T) | 96 |
| 2 (T) | University of Southern California | 1 (T) | 91 |
| 2 (T) | University of California | 5 | 91 |
| 2 (T) | University of California-Los Angeles | 3 | 91 |
| 5 | Pepperdine University | 4 | 82 |
| 6 | Loyola Marymount University | 9 (T) | 72 |
| 7 | California Baptist University | 11 | 66 |
| 8 | Bucknell University | 9 (T) | 65 |
| 9 | United States Naval Academy | 14 | 57 |
| 10 | George Washington University | 13 | 56 |
| RV | United States Air Force Academy | 18 | 52 |
| RV | Santa Clara University | 17 | 48 |
| RV | Fordham University | 16 | 46 |
| RV | Iona College | RV | 32 |
| RV | Fresno Pacific University | RV | 28 |
| RV | Gannon University | RV | 22 |
| RV | La Salle University | RV | 16 |
| RV | Mercyhurst University | NR | 13 |
| RV | Austin College | NR | 8 |
| RV | Salem University | NR | 7 |
| RV | McKendree University | NR | 6 |
| RV | Penn State Behrend | NR | 4 |
| RV | Washington & Jefferson College | NR | 3 |
Winter 2021 Men’s Varsity Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Top 5 (Week 1/January 27) |
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| Rank | Team | Preseason Poll | Points |
| 1 (T) | Bucknell University | 1 | 95 |
| 1 (T) | United States Naval Academy | 2 | 95 |
| 3 | Fordham University | 4 | 89 |
| 4 | George Washington University | 3 | 73 |
| 5 (T) | Gannon University | RV | 32 |
| 5 (T) | La Salle University | NR | 32 |
| RV | Iona College | RV | 16 |