The top four teams held their ground in the Week 2 Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 25 poll, led by #1 USC. There was some slight jockeying elsewhere in the top 10 with Hawaii and Arizona State swapping spots and Michigan moving up one place into a tie with Pacific.
#7 Hawaii topped #5 Arizona State 10-7 in both team’s lone match of the week in Honolulu on Saturday and accordingly, the Rainbow Wahine (4-0) have taken over the Sun Devils’ slot in the rankings, checking in at #5.
Michigan, ranked #9, was idle last week, but managed to move up into a tie for eighth with Pacific, which also had the week off after a Jan. 19 win over Fresno Pacific (20-6). The Wolverines (2-2) and Tigers (1-0) are both back at it on Week 3, heading to Palo Alto for the Stanford Invitational.
San Jose State (2-1) continued its ascent, climbing three more spots from #14 to #11. The Spartans (2-1), which were #20 in the preseason poll and moved up to #14 last week, have the week off after splitting with #11 Long Beach State (W 15-8) and #2 Stanford (L 19-4).
Fresno State (2-6) also moved up three spots, from #17 to #14 with a 1-3 showing at the Cal Cup, including an 11-9 upset win over then-#11 Long Beach State. The Bulldogs started the year among the vote getters and jumped into the poll at #17 a week ago.
LBSU was the biggest mover of the week, falling from #11 to #17 with an 0-4 showing at the Cal Cup to open its 2019 campaign. The 49ers fell to #2 Stanford (25-4) and #4 Cal (11-9) in addition to Fresno State (11-9) and San Jose State (15-8).
There were some minor shifts in the lower half of the poll, but no team moved more than a spot in either direction.
| Rank | Team | Points | Jan. 23, 2019 |
| 1 | USC | 100 | 1 |
| 2 | Stanford | 96 | 2 |
| 3 | UCLA | 92 | 3 |
| 4 | Cal | 87 | 4 |
| 5 | Hawaii | 83 | 7 |
| 6 | UC Irvine | 79 | 6 |
| 7 | Arizona State | 78 | 5 |
| T8 | Michigan | 71 | 9 |
| T8 | Pacific | 71 | 8 |
| 10 | UC Santa Barbara | 61 | 10 |
| 11 | San Jose State | 56 | 14 |
| 12 | Princeton | 55 | 12 |
| 13 | UC Davis | 54 | 13 |
| 14 | Fresno State | 48 | 17 |
| 15 | Loyola Marymount | 42 | 15 |
| 16 | Wagner | 38 | 16 |
| 17 | Long Beach State | 36 | 11 |
| 18 | Harvard | 27 | 19 |
| 19 | Indiana | 26 | 18 |
| 20 | Marist | 22 | 20 |
| 21 | UC San Diego | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Cal State Northridge | 16 | 23 |
| 23 | San Diego State | 12 | 22 |
| 24 | Cal Baptist | 11 | 24 |
| 25 | Azusa Pacific | 7 | 25 |
| RV | Bucknell | 6 | RV |
| RV | Iona | 2 | RV |
| RV | Brown | 2 | RV |
| RV | California State -East Bay | 1 | RV |