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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | Record | Previous Rank |
| T-1 | BYU (8) | 246 | 8-2 | T-1 |
| T-1 | UC Irvine (8) | 246 | 10-3 | T-1 |
| 3 | Stanford | 205 | 8-4 | 4 |
| 4 | Long Beach State | 203 | 9-4 | 3 |
| 5 | Pepperdine | 177 | 5-4 | 5 |
| T-6 | Ohio State | 147 | 8-2 | 9 |
| T-6 | UCLA | 147 | 8-7 | 6 |
| 8 | Cal State Northridge | 139 | 6-4 | 10 |
| 9 | Penn State | 121 | 9-2 | 7 |
| 10 | USC | 89 | 2-5 | 8 |
| T-11 | Cal Baptist | 73 | 6-5 | 12 |
| T-11 | Pacific | 73 | 5-4 | 11 |
| 13 | Hawai'i | 65 | 4-7 | 13 |
| 14 | Lewis | 53 | 8-5 | 14 |
| 15 | UC Santa Barbara | 41 | 5-8 | 15 |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Loyola-Chicago 4; UC San Diego 4
Three teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of seven combined points.
Next Poll: February 18, 2013
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
