Week 16 Women's Top 20 Varsity Poll Released; UCLA Completes Perfect Season

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- The University of California-Los Angeles completed a perfect season finishing 33-0 and ranking No. 1 since the preseason as the Week 16 and Final National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Top 20 Poll was released today.

The Bruins, who earned their fourth straight water polo championship and the 101st national title in the history of UCLA athletics, became the first team in the known history of the poll to go through an entire season ranked No. 1 in the country. UCLA completed its perfect season by going 3-0 at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship hosted by Stanford University on May 9-11 as the Bruins defeated Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (19-6 W) and the University of California-Davis (10-3 W) before knocking off the University of Southern California (6-3 W) in the national championship game.

USC, which finishes the season ranked second in the poll, is followed by Stanford University and the University of Hawaii in third and fourth place, respectively.

The biggest improvement of the week belongs to UC-Davis which used a fourth place finish at the NCAA Championship to move up three places to fifth in the final poll. The University of California-Berkeley held onto the No. 6 position, while San Diego State University slipped back to seventh after placing fifth at NCAA's.

San Jose State University fell back one place to No. 8, while Arizona State University, University of Michigan, Loyola Marymount University, University of California-Irvine, California State University-Northridge, Hartwick College, Long Beach State University, University of California, San Diego, Princeton University, Santa Clara University, University of California-Santa Barbara and Brown University remained at No. 9-20.

National Collegiate Women's Top 20 Poll