Of the men's national water polo championships dating back to 1969 (based on the information available on the NCAA site), PAC 12 teams (yes, they're considered MPSF for water polo because the league includes non-PAC 12 schools like UCSB, UCI, Pepperdine, etc.) won 43 of those championships. 14 for Cal, 10 for Stanford, 10 for UCLA, and 9 for USC. Only 5 national championships went to teams outside of the PAC 12. In the last 15 years, only PAC 12 schools have won national men's water polo championships. Not a single one went to a school outside the PAC 12 (UCLA was tied for 2nd by the way with 3).

By the way, the runner-ups during the above statistics: 38 of them were PAC 12 schools in the history dating back to 1969. In the most recent 15-year history, only one of the runner-ups was a non-PAC 12 school.

What's my point? Elite conferences like the PAC 12 DO place an emphasis on aquatics sports / sports outside of football and basketball. That is what makes them elite. If BYU wants to be perceived as elite, it should excel at and build facilities that show commitment to ALL sports, even "lesser" sports like swimming (and if they ever decided to put together a water polo team, which hasn't been done since BYU-Hawaii).