Twelve San Gabriel Valley area teams earned spots in the preseason CIF-Southern Section water polo poll.
La Serna and Montebello both earned No. 5 spots.
Los Altos, which was the CIF-SS runner-ups last season, is No. 2 in Division 5. Claremont is the division’s top seed. La Serna is fifth and Walnut seventh.
Montebello is fifth in Division 3. La Canada is fourth, 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).
Division 2: Damien is sixth.