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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | 2012 Record | Previous |
| 1 | Washington-St. Louis (22) | 594 | 10-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Wittenberg (1) | 562 | 6-0 | 5 |
| 3 | Calvin | 533 | 7-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Christopher Newport (1) | 524 | 7-1 | 1 |
| 5 | Emory | 506 | 8-1 | 4 |
| 6 | Cal Lutheran | 495 | 6-0 | 6 |
| 7 | Hope | 453 | 8-0 | 8 |
| 8 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 449 | 7-1 | 7 |
| 9 | SUNY Cortland | 344 | 8-0 | 13 |
| 10 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 323 | 6-2 | 12 |
| 11 | Puget Sound | 311 | 5-2 | 16 |
| 12 | Juniata | 300 | 5-3 | 9 |
| 13 | Chicago | 274 | 6-2 | 14 |
| 14 | Otterbein | 260 | 6-3 | 23 |
| 15 | Elmhurst | 257 | 5-3 | 11 |
| 16 | Carthage | 225 | 3-1 | 16 |
| 17 | Colorado College | 179 | 6-2 | 15 |
| 18 | Wartburg | 160 | 7-1 | 21 |
| 19 | Eastern | 145 | 3-2 | 10 |
| 20 | Pacific Lutheran | 133 | 6-2 | 20 |
| 21 | Heidelberg | 123 | 7-1 | 22 |
| 22 | Mount Union | 111 | 5-3 | 19 |
| 23 | Occidental | 85 | 7-1 | 25 |
| 24 | Salisbury | 65 | 8-1 | NR |
| 25 | Bowdoin | 45 | 4-0 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: St. Benedict (Minn.) 40; Wellesley 35; Johns Hopkins 33; Wisconsin-Stevens Point 33; North Central (IL) 32; Texas-Dallas 30; Millikin 19; Whitworth 19; Springfield 14; Southwestern (Texas) 10; Randolph-Macon 7; Concordia (Minn.) 5; Swarthmore 4
14 schools mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 63 combined points.
Dropped Out: St. Benedict (Minn.) 18; Concordia (Minn.) 24
Next Poll: September 18, 2012
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
