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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | 2010 Record | Last Week |
| 1 | Washington-St. Louis (24) | 600 | 10-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Juniata | 576 | 8-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Emory | 550 | 10-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Calvin | 514 | 6-0 | 8 |
| 5 | Wittenberg | 498 | 6-1 | 7 |
| 6 | Hope | 476 | 5-1 | 4 |
| 7 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 410 | 8-1 | 6 |
| 8 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 402 | 8-1 | 11 |
| 9 | Colorado College | 393 | 7-2 | 5 |
| 10 | Eastern | 391 | 9-0 | T-16 |
| 11 | Christopher Newport | 371 | 7-1 | 13 |
| 12 | Ohio Northern | 333 | 5-3 | 9 |
| 13 | Carthage | 306 | 4-4 | 10 |
| 14 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 263 | 5-2 | 15 |
| 15 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 257 | 6-2 | 12 |
| 16 | St. Olaf | 243 | 5-3 | 18 |
| 17 | Southwestern (Texas) | 186 | 7-3 | 14 |
| 18 | Texas-Dallas | 165 | 4-1 | 20 |
| 19 | Heidelberg | 121 | 7-2 | 21 |
| T-20 | Chicago | 89 | 11-1 | 25 |
| T-20 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 89 | 9-0 | NR |
| 22 | Austin | 80 | 10-0 | NR |
| 23 | NYU | 74 | 7-2 | 19 |
| 24 | St. Mary's (Minn.) | 55 | 7-1 | 24 |
| 25 | Concordia (Minn.) | 45 | 5-1 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Puget Sound 42; Redlands 40; Pacific Lutheran 37; Tufts 35; Springfield 33; Trinity (Texas) 27; La Verne 25; UMass-Boston 23; St. Benedict (Minn.) 14; Cal Lutheran 12
Five schools were listed on only one ballot for a total of 14 points.
Dropped Out: Pacific Lutheran (T-16); Trinity (Texas) (22); Tufts (23)
Final Poll: September 21, 2010
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
