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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | 2011 Record | Last Week |
| 1 | Calvin (24) | 600 | 31-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Washington-St. Louis | 575 | 32-1 | 3 |
| 3 | Emory | 553 | 34-4 | 2 |
| 4 | Eastern | 522 | 32-2 | 4 |
| 5 | Wittenberg | 492 | 31-3 | 5 |
| 6 | Christopher Newport | 464 | 33-4 | 7 |
| 7 | Concordia (Minn.) | 453 | 24-3 | 8 |
| 8 | Juniata | 409 | 25-7 | 10 |
| 9 | Carthage | 401 | 29-6 | 11 |
| 10 | Southwestern (Texas) | 393 | 30-3 | 6 |
| 11 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 371 | 28-4 | 12 |
| 12 | Colorado College | 331 | 31-6 | 13 |
| 13 | Heidelberg | 321 | 31-6 | 9 |
| 14 | Hope | 301 | 24-6 | 14 |
| 15 | Chicago | 237 | 29-5 | 16 |
| 16 | Elmhurst | 215 | 30-5 | 17 |
| 17 | Cal Lutheran | 200 | 26-6 | 15 |
| 18 | SUNY Cortland | 190 | 39-1 | 18 |
| 19 | UMass-Boston | 150 | 26-4 | 20 |
| 20 | Springfield | 142 | 31-2 | 19 |
| 21 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 128 | 26-7 | 21 |
| 22 | Pacific Lutheran | 79 | 21-5 | 22 |
| 23 | Whitworth | 59 | 19-6 | 23 |
| 24 | Bowdoin | 51 | 26-2 | NR |
| 25 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 40 | 26-7 | 24 |
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Occidental 21; Otterbein 13; Mount Union 12; Randolph Macon 12; Washington & Lee 12; Puget Sound 10; Wisconsin-Eau Claire 9; Trinity (Texas) 8; Tufts 8; Salisbury 7
7 schools mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 11 combined points.
Dropped Out: Puget Sound 25
Next Poll: November 22, 2011
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
