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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | 2012 Record | Previous |
| 1 | Washington-St. Louis (16) | 582 | 24-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope (1) | 547 | 22-2 | 5 |
| 3 | Wittenberg (7) | 540 | 16-4 | 3 |
| 4 | Calvin | 532 | 21-2 | 2 |
| 5 | Christopher Newport | 516 | 25-2 | 4 |
| 6 | Emory | 476 | 22-4 | 6 |
| 7 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 470 | 26-1 | 7 |
| 8 | Cal Lutheran | 435 | 19-4 | 8 |
| 9 | Chicago | 377 | 20-6 | 12 |
| 10 | Elmhurst | 359 | 20-7 | 9 |
| 11 | SUNY Cortland | 335 | 24-2 | 11 |
| 12 | Otterbein | 330 | 19-6 | 10 |
| 13 | Wartburg | 288 | 21-4 | 15 |
| 14 | Mount Union | 273 | 18-5 | 16 |
| 15 | Puget Sound | 248 | 13-5 | 12 |
| 16 | Pacific Lutheran | 223 | 15-3 | 14 |
| 17 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 183 | 19-9 | 17 |
| T-18 | Colorado College | 165 | 18-6 | 20 |
| T-18 | Salisbury | 165 | 25-2 | 18 |
| 20 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 129 | 19-5 | 19 |
| 21 | Juniata | 108 | 19-8 | 21 |
| 22 | Southwestern (Texas) | 101 | 17-7 | 23 |
| 23 | Eastern | 97 | 19-4 | 22 |
| 24 | Bowdoin | 68 | 20-2 | 25 |
| 25 | Chapman | 55 | 17-4 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: St. Benedict (Minn.) 38; Wellesley 23; Stevenson 21; La Verne 20; Carthage 15; Heidelberg 12; Randolph-Macon 10; Occidental 9; Wisconsin-Platteville 4
6 schools mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 46 combined points.
Dropped Out: Carthage 24
Next Poll: October 16, 2012
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
