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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | Record | Previous Rank |
| T-1 | BYU (8) | 239 | 6-2 | 1 |
| T-1 | UC Irvine (7) | 239 | 8-3 | 2 |
| 3 | Long Beach State | 208 | 8-3 | 7 |
| 4 | Stanford | 195 | 7-3 | 3 |
| 5 | Pepperdine | 183 | 4-3 | 4 |
| 6 | UCLA | 182 | 8-5 | 5 |
| 7 | Penn State (1) | 165 | 8-1 | 6 |
| 8 | USC | 124 | 2-3 | 8 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 100 | 7-2 | 10 |
| 10 | Cal State Northridge | 79 | 4-4 | 9 |
| 11 | Pacific | 78 | 4-3 | 11 |
| 12 | California Baptist | 70 | 5-4 | 14 |
| 13 | Hawai'i | 65 | 4-7 | NR |
| 14 | Lewis | 42 | 6-5 | 15 |
| 15 | UC Santa Barbara | 34 | 4-7 | 12 |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: UC San Diego 23; Loyola-Chicago 5; Princeton 5
One team mentioned on only one ballot for a total of four combined points.
Dropped Out: UC San Diego 13
Next Poll: February 11, 2013
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
