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BTW, USC currently has three teams ranked #1 (Women’s Water Polo, Women’s OTF, and Women’s Golf).  We have enough strength in the remaining sports to end up above last year’s total.  I don’t think either USC or Texas will pass the Cardinal.

If you look at the NCAA rankings site for WWP, you'll see CWPA rankings as of almost a full year ago.  They're a little behind, and while rankings don't change much they have changed!.

Stanford beat USC in OT last week (Mar 30), so Stanford is ranked #1 and USC #2 in the current CWPA rankings.

There are alternative FOSH rankings (as of Mar 31, after Stanford's win) that still has USC in front.  I don't understand how they came to their conclusion given that the only quantities they show other than the ranks is Stanford having 60% better offense against a hypothetical average opponent, and USC having a 16% better defense against that hypothetical opponent.  That's not to say they aren't accurate & precise, but just to say they are opaque. (Also compare their #8 & #9 ranked teams.  The #9 team is shown with better offense & defense than #8.)



Come see your #1 WWP team play #3 UCLA tomorrow, Saturday, 3PM at Stanford.  The game likely will be played rain or shine.  Come early for a seat under the overhang.  It will be broadcast live on PAC-12 Bay Area channel (set your VCR for 1.5 hours as a game takes a bit over an hour and OT will take about 15 minutes or longer).   Those of us with only the PAC-12 national channel will have to try to catch it Monday at 11:30AM, at which point it may get cut because of some press conference about a coaching change, just as they did for the WWP game between #1 and #2 when shown the only time on PAC-12 national in tape delay this past Monday.   I am grateful that the school that scheduled that press conference only took out the first 30 minutes, not the last 30 minutes.

Thanks for the update MT.  The WWP rivalry with USC has generated some exciting matches in recent years.  Bottom line is that WWP will not give either school an advantage of more than 20 Cup points on the other.  And UCLA is definitely in the mix as well.

Geaux Cardinal!

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BTW, USC currently has three teams ranked #1 (Women’s Water Polo, Women’s OTF, and Women’s Golf).  We have enough strength in the remaining sports to end up above last year’s total.  I don’t think either USC or Texas will pass the Cardinal.

If you look at the NCAA rankings site for WWP, you'll see CWPA rankings as of almost a full year ago.  They're a little behind, and while rankings don't change much they have changed!.

Stanford beat USC in OT last week (Mar 30), so Stanford is ranked #1 and USC #2 in the current CWPA rankings.

There are alternative FOSH rankings (as of Mar 31, after Stanford's win) that still has USC in front.  I don't understand how they came to their conclusion given that the only quantities they show other than the ranks is Stanford having 60% better offense against a hypothetical average opponent, and USC having a 16% better defense against that hypothetical opponent.  That's not to say they aren't accurate & precise, but just to say they are opaque. (Also compare their #8 & #9 ranked teams.  The #9 team is shown with better offense & defense than #8.)



Come see your #1 WWP team play #3 UCLA tomorrow, Saturday, 3PM at Stanford.  The game likely will be played rain or shine.  Come early for a seat under the overhang.  It will be broadcast live on PAC-12 Bay Area channel (set your VCR for 1.5 hours as a game takes a bit over an hour and OT will take about 15 minutes or longer).   Those of us with only the PAC-12 national channel will have to try to catch it Monday at 11:30AM, at which point it may get cut because of some press conference about a coaching change, just as they did for the WWP game between #1 and #2 when shown the only time on PAC-12 national in tape delay this past Monday.   I am grateful that the school that scheduled that press conference only took out the first 30 minutes, not the last 30 minutes.

Thanks for the update MT.  The WWP rivalry with USC has generated some exciting matches in recent years.  Bottom line is that WWP will not give either school an advantage of more than 20 Cup points on the other.  And UCLA is definitely in the mix as well.

Geaux Cardinal!