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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | BYU (15) | 239 | 15-3 | 1 |
| 2 | UC Irvine | 214 | 17-5 | 2 |
| 3 | Pepperdine (1) | 211 | 12-6 | 4 |
| 4 | Long Beach State | 189 | 16-6 | 3 |
| 5 | UCLA | 184 | 15-9 | 5 |
| 6 | Stanford | 158 | 12-8 | 6 |
| 7 | Lewis | 123 | 15-6 | 7 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 118 | 15-3 | 9 |
| T-9 | Cal State Northridge | 106 | 10-8 | 8 |
| T-9 | UC Santa Barbara | 106 | 11-12 | 11 |
| 11 | Cal Baptist | 94 | 10-11 | 12 |
| 12 | Hawai'i | 67 | 7-14 | 10 |
| 13 | Penn State | 41 | 14-6 | 13 |
| 14 | Loyola-Chicago | 30 | 12-8 | NR |
| 15 | USC | 12 | 4-13 | 14 |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: IPFW 9; UC San Diego 6; George Mason 3; Princeton 3; Pacific 2
Two teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of six combined points.
Dropped Out: George Mason
Next Poll: March 25, 2013
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
