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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | 2011 Record | Last Week |
| 1 | Calvin (22) | 598 | 18-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Washington-St. Louis (2) | 578 | 21-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Emory | 548 | 24-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Wittenberg | 523 | 19-2 | 4 |
| 5 | Eastern | 507 | 20-1 | 5 |
| 6 | Heidelberg | 460 | 21-2 | 8 |
| 7 | Southwestern (Texas) | 439 | 21-2 | 9 |
| 8 | Christopher Newport | 429 | 21-3 | 6 |
| 9 | Concordia (Minn.) | 402 | 15-3 | 10 |
| 10 | Carthage | 367 | 18-4 | 7 |
| 11 | Juniata | 352 | 16-5 | 11 |
| 12 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 343 | 18-3 | 12 |
| 13 | Colorado College | 303 | 20-5 | 13 |
| 14 | Hope | 294 | 15-3 | T-14 |
| 15 | Cal Lutheran | 266 | 15-4 | T-14 |
| 16 | Chicago | 244 | 20-2 | 16 |
| 17 | UMass-Boston | 230 | 17-2 | 17 |
| 18 | Springfield | 164 | 21-0 | 20 |
| 19 | Puget Sound | 155 | 14-2 | 19 |
| 20 | SUNY Cortland | 143 | 25-1 | 18 |
| 21 | Elmhurst | 132 | 19-4 | 25 |
| 22 | Pacific Lutheran | 81 | 14-3 | 23 |
| 23 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 64 | 15-5 | 22 |
| 24 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 40 | 17-8 | 24 |
| 25 | Bowdoin | 33 | 15-1 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Whitworth 25; Otterbein 13; Washington & Lee 13; Wartburg 11; Occidental 5; Tufts 5; Wisconsin-Stevens Point 4; McMurry 3
Nine schools mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 26 combined points.
Dropped Out: Whitworth 21
Next Poll: October 18. 2011
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
