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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | Record | Previous |
| 1 | Springfield (15) | 238 | 5-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Carthage (1) | 218 | 5-1 | 2 |
| 3 | UC Santa Cruz | 195 | 1-4 | 4 |
| 4 | Juniata | 186 | 4-2 | 3 |
| 5 | Nazareth | 183 | 5-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Stevens | 164 | 4-2 | 6 |
| 7 | NYU | 137 | 3-1 | 7 |
| 8 | Baruch | 120 | 4-0 | 8 |
| 9 | SUNY New Paltz | 110 | 6-0 | 9 |
| 10 | Rivier | 91 | 2-2 | 10 |
| 11 | Elmira | 76 | 5-2 | 16 |
| 12 | Vassar | 73 | 1-2 | 12 |
| 13 | MIT | 54 | 5-5 | 13 |
| 14 | Medaille | 40 | 1-3 | 11 |
| 15 | Kean | 12 | 3-3 | 14 |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Stevenson 9; Emmanuel 8; Sage Colleges 2
Three teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of four combined points.
Dropped Out: Emmanuel 15
Next Poll: February 12, 2013
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
