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USC, Johns Hopkins and Saint Francis Top Nov. 19 Varsity, Division III and CWPA Polls
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- The University of Southern California and Saint Francis College (N.Y.) remain No. 1 in the Varsity Top 20 and Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Top 10 polls, respectively, while Johns Hopkins University climbed past the University of Redlands and Pomona-Pitzer Colleges to take over the top spot in the Division III Top 10 as the November 19 Men's Varsity Polls were released by the CWPA league office.
For another week the Trojans of USC
are ranked as the best in the nation after claiming the No. 1
ranking eight weeks ago for the first time since 2007. Like the
previous five weeks, the Trojans garnered 100 points and are a
unanimous choice as the top team in the nation.
Although the top five of the poll remains unchanged with the
University of California-Los Angeles, Stanford University, the
University of California-Berkeley and Pepperdine University
defending their positions, the No. 6-10 positions in the poll
experienced a radical shift.
The University of California-Santa Barbara moved up one place to No. 6, Long Beach State University climbed three places to No. 7, Loyola Marymount University slipped back to No. 8, while the University of California-Irvine slipped to No. 10.
No. 11 and 12 remains unchanged with the University of California-Davis and Saint Francis holding onto their positions from last week.
Princeton University improved one place to No. 13 from 14th last week to factor in the only change in the bottom 10 of the poll as previous No. 13 the University of Redlands slipped back to No. 16. The United States Naval Academy and Santa Clara University moved up to No 14 and 15, respectively, to round out the only changes in the No. 10-20 positions.
2008 Varsity Top 20 | |||
Rank |
Team |
November 12 Poll
|
Points |
| 1 | University of Southern California | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | University of California, Los Angeles | 2 | 93 |
| 3 | Stanford University | 3 | 91 |
| 4 | University of California, Berkeley | 4 | 86 |
| 5 | Pepperdine University | 5 | 80 |
| 6 | University of California, Santa Barbara | 7 | 72 |
| 7 | Long Beach State University | 10 | 67 |
| 8 | Loyola Marymount University | 6 | 66 |
| 9 | University of California, San Diego | 8 | 63 |
| 10 | University of California, Irvine | 9 | 59 |
| 11 | University of California, Davis | 11 | 50 |
| 12 | Saint Francis College (N.Y.) | 12 | 44 |
| 13 | Princeton University | 14 | 40 |
| 14 | United States Naval Academy | 15 | 32 |
| 15 | Santa Clara University | 16 | 29 |
| 16 | University of Redlands | 13 | 23 |
| 17 | Brown University | 17 | 19 |
| 18 | University of the Pacific | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | California Baptist University | 19 | 12 |
| 20 | United States Air Force Academy | 20 | 5 |
| RV | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | NR | 3 |
| RV | Johns Hopkins University | RV | 2 |
Johns Hopkins University received 95 votes to edge out the University of Redlands and Pomona-Pitzer Colleges for the top spot in the November 19 Division III Poll. Hopkins, which was last ranked No. 1 on October 3, 2007, moved up due to a 13-11 victory by California Lutheran University over former No. 1 Redlands over the weekend.
Redlands slipped back into a tie with Pomona-Pitzer Colleges at No. 2, while California Lutheran moved up one place to No. 4. Occidental College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tied for No. 5, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges and Chapman University tied for No. 7, Whittier College improved to No. 9 and the University of California-Santa Cruz dropped back to No. 10.
2008 Division III Poll | |||
| Rank | Team | November 12 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Johns Hopkins University | 2 | 95 |
| 2 (T) | University of Redlands | 1 | 94 |
| 2 (T) | Pomona Pitzer Colleges | 3 | 94 |
| 4 | California Lutheran University | 5 | 87 |
| 5 (T) | Occidental College | 4 | 75 |
| 5 (T) | MIT | 6 | 75 |
| 7 (T) | Claremont Mudd Scripps Colleges | 7 | 67 |
| 7 (T) | Chapman University | 8 | 67 |
| 9 | Whittier College | 10 | 66 |
| 10 | University of California, Santa Cruz | 9 | 44 |
| RV | University of LaVerne | NR | 11 |
The Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 10 poll experienced only two changes this week as Mercyhurst College moved past Fordham University and into the Top 10, while Brown University improved to tie the United States Naval Academy for third.
Saint Francis, Princeton University, Navy, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Bucknell University, Iona College and MIT will conclude the CWPA season this weekend at Navy for the Eastern Championship. Ticket information and a schedule are available online.
2008 CWPA Poll | |||
Rank |
Team |
November 12 Poll |
Points |
| 1 | Saint Francis College (N.Y.) | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | Princeton University | 2 | 95 |
| 3 (T) | United States Naval
Academy | 3 | 87 |
| 3 (T) | Brown University | 4 | 87 |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University | 5 | 80 |
| 6 | Bucknell University | 6 | 74 |
| 7 | Iona College | 7 | 71 |
| 8 | MIT | 8 | 62 |
| 9 | George Washington University | 9 | 48 |
| 10 | Mercyhurst College | RV | 36 |
| RV | Fordham University | 10 | 35 |
