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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | BYU (16) | 240 | 5-1 | 3 |
| 2 | Pepperdine | 208 | 3-1 | 4 |
| 3 | UC Irvine | 188 | 4-3 | 1 |
| T-4 | Stanford | 174 | 4-2 | 2 |
| T-4 | UCLA | 174 | 6-3 | 5 |
| 6 | Penn State | 155 | 3-1 | 6 |
| 7 | Long Beach State | 131 | 5-2 | 9 |
| 8 | USC | 124 | 2-2 | 7 |
| 9 | Cal State Northridge | 105 | 3-1 | 10 |
| 10 | UC Santa Barbara | 102 | 3-3 | 8 |
| 11 | Ohio State | 79 | 3-2 | 11 |
| 12 | UC San Diego | 63 | 3-4 | 13 |
| 13 | California Baptist | 61 | 4-3 | 14 |
| 14 | Pacific | 56 | 2-2 | 15 |
| 15 | Lewis | 40 | 3-5 | 12 |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Loyola-Chicago 5
Two teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 16 combined points.
Next Poll: January 28, 2013
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
