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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | BYU (14) | 268 | 20-4 | 1 |
| 2 | Long Beach State (2) | 241 | 21-7 | 2 |
| 3 | UCLA | 230 | 18-10 | 3 |
| 4 | UC Irvine | 229 | 20-6 | 4 |
| 5 | Cal Baptist | 189 | 16-12 | 6 |
| 6 | Pepperdine | 183 | 13-10 | 5 |
| 7 | UC Santa Barbara | 150 | 14-14 | 7 |
| 8 | Stanford | 144 | 14-11 | 8 |
| 9 | Lewis | 127 | 19-7 | 9 |
| 10 | Cal State Northridge | 91 | 11-13 | 10 |
| 11 | Loyola-Chicago | 78 | 18-8 | 13 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 67 | 17-7 | 11 |
| 13 | Penn State | 63 | 18-6 | 12 |
| 14 | Hawai'i | 34 | 9-16 | 14 |
| 15 | Ball State | 31 | 18-15 | 15 |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: USC 15; Pacific 10; George Mason 7
One team mentioned on only one ballot for a total of three combined points.
Next Poll: April 15, 2013
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
