NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
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| Founded | 2001 |
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| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champions | USC (4) |
| Most successful club(s) | UCLA (7) |
| Website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship has existed since the 2001 season. Seven conferences have teams competing in women's water polo: the Big West Conference, the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), the single-sport Golden Coast Conference, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) and the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA). Some teams compete at Division III either as members of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference or independently.
The NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship was held on May 13-15, 2016 with UCLA, Los Angeles, CA hosting. Eight teams were selected to participate in the annual event. Conference champions from the Big West, CWPA, Golden Coast Conference, MAAC, MPSF, SCIAC and WWPA were represented with the seven automatic bids. They were joined by three at-large teams, with play-in games conducted on May 10, 2016.
Play-in games (May 10, 2016, Canyonview Pool at the University of California, San Diego): San Diego State def. Wagner 7–4, UC San Diego def. Whitter 11–7
Tournament First Round games (May 13, 2016): UCLA def. UC San Diego 17-4, Stanford def. UC Santa Barbara 12-5, Southern California def. San Diego State 12-3, Michigan def. Arizona State 5-4
Semi-finals (May 14, 2016): Southern California def. Michigan 9-6, Stanford def. UCLA 7-4
Championship (May 15, 2016): Southern California def. Stanford 8–7
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