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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | UC Irvine (15) | 239 | 25-7 | 3 |
| 2 | BYU (1) | 225 | 26-5 | 1 |
| 3 | Long Beach State | 207 | 24-8 | 2 |
| 4 | UCLA | 193 | 21-11 | 4 |
| 5 | Pepperdine | 171 | 14-12 | 5 |
| 6 | Stanford | 150 | 15-13 | 6 |
| 7 | UC Santa Barbara | 141 | 15-16 | 7 |
| 8 | Cal Baptist | 129 | 16-14 | 8 |
| 9 | Loyola-Chicago | 109 | 22-10 | 12 |
| 10 | Lewis | 79 | 20-10 | T-9 |
| 11 | Ball State | 68 | 21-6 | T-9 |
| 12 | Penn State | 60 | 23-8 | 14 |
| 13 | Hawai'i | 55 | 11-17 | 15 |
| 14 | Cal State Northridge | 49 | 11-15 | 13 |
| 15 | Ohio State | 38 | 19-8 | 11 |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Harvard 7; George Mason 5
Two teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of three combined points.
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
