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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | UC Irvine (14) | 238 | 12-3 | T-1 |
| 2 | BYU (2) | 217 | 9-3 | T-1 |
| 3 | Long Beach State | 211 | 11-4 | 4 |
| 4 | Pepperdine | 192 | 7-4 | 5 |
| 5 | Stanford | 176 | 9-5 | 3 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 140 | 10-2 | T-6 |
| 7 | UCLA | 137 | 9-8 | T-6 |
| 8 | Cal State Northridge | 131 | 7-5 | 8 |
| T-9 | Penn State | 87 | 10-3 | 9 |
| T-9 | USC | 87 | 3-6 | 10 |
| 11 | Hawai'i | 76 | 5-8 | 13 |
| 12 | Lewis | 72 | 9-5 | 14 |
| 13 | Cal Baptist | 60 | 6-7 | T-11 |
| 14 | Pacific | 46 | 5-6 | T-11 |
| 15 | Harvard | 26 | 7-2 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Loyola-Chicago 7; UC San Diego 4; UC Santa Barbara 4; George Mason 3
One team mentioned on only one ballot for a total of seven combined points.
Dropped Out: UC Santa Barbara 15
Next Poll: February 25, 2013
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
