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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | 2012 Record | Previous |
| 1 | St. Thomas (Minn.) (24) | 600 | 39-1 | 8 |
| 2 | Calvin | 576 | 33-3 | 1 |
| 3 | Christopher Newport | 538 | 40-3 | 5 |
| 4 | Elmhurst | 523 | 33-8 | 9 |
| 5 | Wittenberg | 512 | 27-5 | 2 |
| 6 | Emory | 463 | 33-6 | 4 |
| 7 | Hope | 446 | 29-5 | 6 |
| 8 | Washington-St. Louis | 438 | 31-4 | 3 |
| 9 | Puget Sound | 419 | 22-6 | 12 |
| 10 | Cal Lutheran | 377 | 30-5 | 7 |
| 11 | Mount Union | 337 | 27-7 | 13 |
| 12 | Salisbury | 303 | 37-4 | 14 |
| 13 | Otterbein | 287 | 26-8 | 10 |
| 14 | Chicago | 261 | 29-11 | 15 |
| 15 | Wartburg | 224 | 32-6 | 11 |
| 16 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 197 | 26-12 | 20 |
| 17 | Chapman | 186 | 25-7 | 21 |
| 18 | St. Benedict (Minn.) | 170 | 29-6 | 24 |
| 19 | Colorado College | 156 | 23-10 | 18 |
| 20 | Eastern | 142 | 30-6 | 22 |
| 21 | Pacific Lutheran | 119 | 20-6 | 16 |
| 22 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 106 | 29-8 | 19 |
| 23 | SUNY Cortland | 92 | 34-6 | 17 |
| 24 | Juniata | 81 | 26-12 | 23 |
| 25 | Clarkson | 67 | 31-7 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: La Verne 54; Wisconsin-Eau Claire 36; UMass-Boston 24; Randolph-Macon 18; Hardin-Simmons 9; Bowdoin 8; Richard Stockton-New Jersey 4
8 schools mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 27 combined points.
Dropped Out: La Verne 25
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