BRIDGEPORT, Penn. - The Fresno State water polo team continues its historic season, earning a No. 3 ranking in this week's Collegiate Water Polo Association team rankings announced on Wednesday.
Fresno State enters the Top 3 nationally behind top-ranked UCLA and Hawai'i at No. 2.
The Bulldogs' ranking at No. 3 marks the highest regular season team ranking by a Fresno State program since the turn of the century. The Bulldogs' softball program was ranked No. 2 for five consecutive weeks in the 1999 season.
Fresno State previously earned their highest ranking at No. 5 on Jan. 24 and sat there for two weeks. Last weekend, the Bulldogs defeated No. 6 UC Irvine and No. 1 USC at the Triton Invitational to move up the rankings.
Fresno State has defeated the top-ranked team on two occasions this season with a 11-10 win over Stanford on Jan. 21 and a 8-7 win over USC on Feb. 3. Fresno State became just the second school since water polo became an NCAA sport in 2001 to defeat both Stanford and USC in the same season. Second-ranked Hawai'i became the third with a win over both teams in 2024 as well.
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The Bulldogs are off this week, but return to the pool with their second home-hosted tournament of the season on Feb. 16-17 as they open against Fresno Pacific on Friday, Feb. 16 at 6 p.m.
CWPA Top 10
1. UCLA
2. Hawaii
3. Fresno State
4. Stanford
5. Cal
6. USC
7. Arizona State
T8. Michigan
T8. Princeton
T8. UC Irvine
For the full CWPA rankings this week, visit here.