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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | BYU (16) | 255 | 17-3 | 1 |
| 2 | UC Irvine | 238 | 17-5 | 2 |
| 3 | Long Beach State | 218 | 17-7 | 4 |
| 4 | UCLA | 195 | 15-9 | 5 |
| 5 | Pepperdine | 191 | 12-7 | 3 |
| 6 | Stanford | 176 | 12-8 | 6 |
| 7 | Cal Baptist | 124 | 12-12 | 11 |
| 8 | UC Santa Barbara | 119 | 11-12 | T-9 |
| 9 | Lewis | 113 | 17-7 | 7 |
| 10 | Cal State Northridge | 107 | 10-10 | T-9 |
| 11 | Ohio State | 92 | 15-5 | 8 |
| 12 | Hawai'i | 49 | 9-14 | 12 |
| 13 | Penn State | 48 | 15-6 | 13 |
| 14 | Loyola-Chicago | 39 | 15-8 | 14 |
| 15 | Ball State | 26 | 14-5 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: USC 24; UC San Diego 11; IPFW 6; Pacific 5; George Mason 4
Dropped Out: USC 15
Next Poll: April 1, 2013
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
