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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | 2011 Record | Last Week |
| 1 | Wittenberg (24) | 600 | 37-3 | 5 |
| 2 | Christopher Newport | 574 | 38-5 | 6 |
| 3 | Eastern | 538 | 36-3 | 4 |
| 4 | Calvin | 506 | 33-1 | 1 |
| 5 | Carthage | 492 | 33-7 | 9 |
| 6 | Washington-St. Louis | 469 | 34-2 | 2 |
| 7 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 448 | 31-5 | 11 |
| 8 | Emory | 439 | 36-5 | 3 |
| 9 | Cal Lutheran | 388 | 29-7 | 17 |
| 10 | Juniata | 368 | 27-8 | 8 |
| 11 | Concordia (Minn.) | 344 | 26-4 | 7 |
| 12 | Colorado College | 293 | 33-7 | 12 |
| 13 | Springfield | 285 | 34-3 | 20 |
| 14 | Hope | 273 | 25-7 | 14 |
| 15 | Heidelberg | 263 | 32-7 | 13 |
| 16 | SUNY Cortland | 251 | 42-2 | 18 |
| T-17 | Chicago | 223 | 30-6 | 15 |
| T-17 | Southwestern (Texas) | 223 | 30-4 | 10 |
| 19 | Elmhurst | 208 | 31-6 | 16 |
| 20 | UMass-Boston | 124 | 28-5 | 19 |
| T-21 | Occidental | 105 | 21-9 | NR |
| T-21 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 105 | 26-8 | 21 |
| 23 | Whitworth | 72 | 19-7 | 23 |
| 24 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 52 | 26-8 | 25 |
| 25 | Pacific Lutheran | 40 | 21-6 | 22 |
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Bowdoin 24; Randolph Macon 16; Hiram 13; Middlebury 13; Chapman 12; Otterbein 9; Mount Union 8; Puget Sound 7
Eight schools mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 29 combined points.
Dropped Out: Bowdoin 24
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
