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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | 2012 Record | 2012 Final |
| 1 | Springfield (14) | 236 | 33-5 | 1 |
| 2 | Carthage (1) | 203 | 29-6 | 2 |
| 3 | Juniata (1) | 189 | 28-11 | 5 |
| 4 | UC Santa Cruz | 175 | 17-7 | 3 |
| 5 | Stevens | 169 | 28-8 | 6 |
| 6 | Nazareth | 162 | 27-9 | 4 |
| 7 | Rivier | 145 | 25-9 | 7 |
| 8 | NYU | 124 | 20-9 | 8 |
| 9 | MIT | 107 | 26-9 | 10 |
| 10 | Medaille | 94 | 25-9 | 9 |
| 11 | Vassar | 78 | 19-11 | 12 |
| 12 | Kean | 60 | 25-11 | 14 |
| 13 | Baruch | 54 | 24-17 | 13 |
| 14 | Hunter | 31 | 26-9 | 11 |
| 15 | Elmira | 21 | 22-18 | 15 |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Emmanuel 19; SUNY New Paltz 15; Elms 10; MSOE 2
Four teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 23 combined points.
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
