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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | UC Irvine (8) | 230 | 4-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Stanford (7) | 223 | 4-0 | 3 |
| 3 | BYU (1) | 213 | 3-1 | 2 |
| 4 | Pepperdine | 191 | 1-1 | 4 |
| 5 | UCLA | 180 | 5-2 | 5 |
| 6 | Penn State | 145 | 2-1 | 7 |
| 7 | USC | 137 | 1-1 | 8 |
| 8 | UC Santa Barbara | 114 | 3-2 | 9 |
| 9 | Long Beach State | 102 | 2-2 | 6 |
| 10 | Cal State Northridge | 101 | 1-1 | 11 |
| 11 | Ohio State | 85 | 2-2 | 10 |
| 12 | Lewis | 64 | 1-4 | 13 |
| 13 | UC San Diego | 47 | 2-3 | 14 |
| 14 | California Baptist | 37 | 2-1 | 12 |
| 15 | Pacific | 32 | 1-1 | 15 |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Hawai'i 15; Loyola-Chicago 3
One team mentioned on only one ballot for a total of one combined points.
Next Poll: January 21, 2013
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
