Twelve San Gabriel Valley area teams earned spots in the preseason CIF-Southern Section water polo poll, led by Los Altos.
The Conquerors, who were CIF-SS runner-ups last season, are No. 2 in Division 5. Claremont is the division’s top seed. La Serna is fifth in the division and Walnut seventh.
Division 2: Damien is sixth.
Division 3: La Canada is fourth, Montebello fifth, South Pasadena eighth and Temple City in others (12th).
Division 4: Flintridge Prep is ninth and in others is La Habra (11th), Pasadena (12th) and Pasadena Poly (14th).