BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- Stanford University and Pomona-Pitzer Colleges remain unanimous No. 1 selections in the Women's Varsity Top 20 and Division III Top 10 polls, while Hartwick College climbed to the top spot in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 10 poll as the March 4 Women's Varsity Water Polo polls were released earlier today.
Stanford, which assumed the No. 1 position last week, maintained its selection as the unanimous top team in the nation for a week in a row.
Overall, the Top 20 teams in the nation experienced little change as Arizona State University moved up one place to take over No. 5 and drop San Diego State University back to No. 6, while the University of California-Irvine fell back to No. 11 after Loyola Marymount Univeristy moved up one place to No. 10.
Hartwick College moved ahead of the Univeristy of Michigan to take over No. 14 place following a 9-7 victory by the Hawks over the Wolverines at the Elite Six Tournament hosted by Bucknell University over the weekend. Michigan drops back to No. 15, while Indiana University moved in front of the University of California-San Diego for No. 18 in this week's national poll.
2009 Varsity Top 20 (Week 7 - March 4) |
Rank | Team | Feb. 25 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Stanford University
| 1 | 100 |
| 2 | University of Southern California
| 2 | 95 |
| 3 | University of California, Los Angeles
| 3 | 90 |
| 4 | University of Hawaii
| 4 | 85 |
| 5 | Arizona State University
| 6 | 77 |
| 6 | San Diego State University | 5 | 74 |
| 7 | University of California | 7 | 68 |
| 8 | San Jose State University
| 8 | 65 |
| 9 | University of California, Irvine | 10 | 63 |
| 10 | Loyola Marymount University
| 9 | 58 |
| 11 | University of California, Davis
| 11 | 49 |
| 12 | California State University, Northridge
| 12
| 44 |
13
| University of California, Santa Barbara
| 13 | 39 |
| 14 | Hartwick College
| 15 | 38 |
| 15 | University of Michigan
| 14 | 28 |
| 16 | Long Beach State University
| 16 | 27 |
| 17 | California State University, Bakersfield
| 17 | 18 |
| 18 | Indiana University
| 19 | 13 |
| 19 | University of California, San Diego
| 18 | 12 |
| 20 | University of Maryland
| 20 | 4 |
| RV | Princeton University
| RV | 2 |
| RV | Brown University
| NR | 1 |
In the Division III poll, Pomona-Pitzer remains a unanimous No. 1 selection to mark one of three teams which retained its ranking from last week.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Occidental College are tied for No. 2 this week, while California Lutheran University, California State University-East Bay, University of California-Santa Cruz, University of Redlands, Whittier College, Chapman College and Grove City College round out the Top 10.
2009 Division III Poll (Week 7 - March 4) |
| Rank | Team | Feb. 25 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Pomona Pitzer Colleges | 1 | 100 |
| 2 (T) | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges
| 3 (T) | 90 |
| 2 (T) | Occidental College
| 7 | 90 |
4
| California Lutheran University
| 3 (T) | 85 |
| 5 | California State University-East Bay
| 2 | 81 |
| 6 | University of California, Santa Cruz
| 6 | 76 |
| 7 | University of Redlands
| 5 | 73 |
| 8 | Whittier College | 9 | 64 |
| 9 | Chapman College | 8 | 61 |
| 10 | Grove City College
| 10 | 55 |
Hartwick College, which had been ranked No. 2 in the Collegiate Water Polo Association since the final poll of the 2008 season, moved up to a unanimous No. 1 selection in the league Top 10 poll this week following a 9-7 win over former No. 1 the University of Michigan at the Elite Six Tournament over the weekend.
The ranking marks the first time since the February 6, 2008 poll that the Hawks were selected No. 1 in the league.
Indiana University, University of Maryland, Princeton University and Brown University retained their positions at No. 3 through 6, while Harvard Univeristy, Bucknell University, George Washington University and Gannon University round out the Top 10.
2009 CWPA Poll (Week 7 - March 4) |
Rank | Team | Feb. 25 Poll | Points |
| 1 | Hartwick College
| 2 | 100 |
| 2 | University of Michigan
| 1 | 95 |
| 3 | Indiana University | 3 | 88 |
4
| University of Maryland | 4 | 86 |
5
| Princeton University
| 5 | 81 |
| 6 | Brown University | 6 | 75 |
| 7 | Harvard University | 8 | 70 |
| 8 | Bucknell University | 7 | 65 |
| 9 | George Washington University | 9 | 60 |
| 10 | Gannon University
| 10 | 55 |
