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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | BYU (15) | 254 | 5-1 | 1 |
| 2 | UC Irvine | 223 | 6-3 | 3 |
| 3 | Stanford | 221 | 6-2 | T-4 |
| 4 | Pepperdine | 189 | 3-3 | 2 |
| 5 | UCLA | 183 | 7-4 | T-4 |
| 6 | Penn State (1) | 166 | 6-1 | 6 |
| 7 | Long Beach State | 159 | 6-3 | 7 |
| 8 | USC | 140 | 2-2 | 8 |
| 9 | Cal State Northridge | 107 | 4-2 | 9 |
| 10 | Ohio State | 93 | 5-2 | 11 |
| 11 | Pacific | 80 | 3-3 | 14 |
| 12 | UC Santa Barbara | 60 | 3-5 | 10 |
| 13 | UC San Diego | 44 | 3-6 | 12 |
| 14 | California Baptist | 43 | 4-3 | 13 |
| 15 | Lewis | 39 | 4-5 | 15 |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Hawai'i 34; Harvard 3; Loyola-Chicago 2
Next Poll: February 4, 2013
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
