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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | 2012 Record | Previous |
| 1 | Washington-St. Louis (20) | 593 | 27-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Calvin | 560 | 26-2 | 2 |
| 3 | Wittenberg (4) | 540 | 22-4 | 3 |
| 4 | Hope | 516 | 27-3 | 5 |
| 5 | Christopher Newport | 513 | 33-2 | 4 |
| 6 | Emory | 475 | 29-5 | 6 |
| 7 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 471 | 31-1 | 7 |
| 8 | Cal Lutheran | 439 | 26-4 | 8 |
| 9 | Elmhurst | 393 | 26-7 | 9 |
| 10 | Mount Union | 357 | 24-5 | 10 |
| 11 | Wartburg | 317 | 30-5 | 11 |
| 12 | Otterbein | 302 | 23-7 | 13 |
| 13 | Puget Sound | 275 | 17-5 | 14 |
| 14 | Pacific Lutheran | 263 | 19-4 | 15 |
| 15 | Salisbury | 260 | 32-3 | 17 |
| 16 | Chicago | 257 | 26-9 | 12 |
| 17 | SUNY Cortland | 209 | 31-5 | 16 |
| 18 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 187 | 24-10 | 18 |
| 19 | Colorado College | 160 | 21-8 | 19 |
| 20 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 148 | 28-6 | 20 |
| 21 | Eastern | 105 | 26-5 | 21 |
| 22 | Chapman | 101 | 22-5 | 23 |
| T-23 | Juniata | 69 | 22-11 | 24 |
| T-23 | St. Benedict (Minn.) | 69 | 26-4 | 25 |
| 25 | La Verne | 49 | 21-4 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Bowdoin 39; Southwestern (Texas) 25; Stevenson 25; Randolph-Macon 24; Springfield 12; Carthage 6
9 schools mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 43 combined points.
Dropped Out: Bowdoin 22
Next Poll: November 6, 2012
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
