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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.

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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.