BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- The top teams in the nation remain the same as Stanford University and Occidental College held onto their No. 1 preseason national rankings for a third week in a row to top the Women's Varsity Top 20 and Division III Top 10 polls released today by the Collegiate Water Polo Association. In the CWPA polls, defending conference champion the University of Michigan and Grove City College continue to rate No. 1 in the league's Division I and Division III polls, respectively.

Voted on by a panel of coaches and administrators from around the country during the preseason and each week of the season based on the cumulative results of each team, the Varsity Top 20, Division III Top 10 and Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 10 polls are released on Wednesday during the season until the week following the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship.

Women's Varsity Top 20

Stanford University is now a unanimous selection at No. 1 in the nation as the Cardinal garnered 100 points to hang on in the February 9 Women's Varsity Top 20 Poll.

Ranked No. 1 in the preseason (98 points), and the first two polls of the regular season (99 points), the Cardinal clinched a unanimous spot on top of the poll after going 4-0 over the weekend with victories against Arizona State University (10-1 W), the University of California (10-5 W), San Jose State University (16-4 W) and the University of Southern California (USC) (10-9 W OT SD).

Defending National Champion USC remains at No. 2, while the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) climbs over California to take over at No. 3. 

Cal slips to No. 4, with the University of Hawaii, Loyola Marymount University, University of Michigan and Arizona State University holding firm at No. 5-to-8, respectively.

San Diego State University and San Jose State University are tied at No. 9 to round out the Top 10, while the University of California-Irvine, University of California-Santa Barbara, California State University-Northridge, Hartwick College, Indiana University, University of California-Davis, University of California-San Diego, Princeton University and University of Pacific remain at No. 11-19.

The only change among the final 10 places in the poll occurred at No. 20 as Marist College beat out California State University-Bakersfield and California State University-East Bay by a single point to crack the Top 20.

Women's Varsity Division III Top 10

The Division III Top 10 poll underwent minor changes this week as Occidental College continues to stand at No. 1 (98 points) by edging out the University of Redlands (No. 2, 95 points) for another week.

The lone changes in the Top 10 occurred due to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges jumping two places to No. 3, while California Lutheran University and Pomona-Pitzer Colleges moved into a tie at No. 4.

Whittier College, Chapman University and Carthage College (Ill.) remain at No. 6-8, respectively, while Grove City College and University of La Verne complete the Top 10.

Women's Varsity CWPA Division I Top 10

The University of Michigan continues to stand on top of the league poll as the three-time defending CWPA Eastern Champions are a unanimous selection once again for the top position in the CWPA Division I Poll.

Behind the Wolverines, Hartwick College remains at No. 2, while Indiana University returns to No. 3 after a week at No. 4.

Princeton University drops to No. 4, the University of Maryland jumps to No. 6, Harvard University slips to No. 5, Brown University climbs to No. 7 and Bucknell University slides to No. 8 to complete the changes to the poll.

 Mercyhurst College and George Washington University complete the third regular season league poll of the year as only four positions remain unchanged from the February 2 ballot.

Women's Varsity CWPA Division III Top 5

Defending conference champion Grove City College remains at No. 1 in the CWPA Division III standings as the team earned 98 points to edge out Carthage College for another week in this week's balloting.

Grove City, which defeated Carthage 8-7 to win the first-ever Division III Eastern Championship last season following the split of the women's CWPA varsity teams into Division and Division III brackets, hangs on at No. 1 in part due to the fact that the CWPA league structure will not begin until the weekend of March 4-5 at Grove City.

Wheaton College, Washington & Jefferson College and Macalester College also retained their preseason rankings.