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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | 2012 Record | 2012 Final Rank |
| 1 | UC Irvine (16) | 240 | 26-5 | 1 |
| 2 | BYU | 222 | 24-7 | 4 |
| 3 | Stanford | 191 | 22-7 | 3 |
| 4 | Pepperdine | 183 | 14-15 | 10 |
| 5 | Lewis | 162 | 26-7 | 6 |
| 6 | UCLA | 154 | 22-8 | 5 |
| 7 | Long Beach State | 139 | 15-15 | 8 |
| 8 | Penn State | 124 | 23-6 | 7 |
| 9 | USC | 109 | 24-6 | 2 |
| 10 | Loyola-Chicago | 101 | 19-12 | 12 |
| 11 | Ohio State | 69 | 21-9 | 9 |
| 12 | Cal State Northridge | 59 | 12-18 | 11 |
| 13 | UC Santa Barbara | 47 | 7-19 | NR |
| 14 | George Mason | 28 | 13-17 | NR |
| 15 | California Baptist | 23 | 12-16 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Pacific 14, Hawai'i 10; Princeton 7; UC San Diego 7; Harvard 3
Four teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 28 combined points.
Next Poll: January 7, 2013
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
