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| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points | 2012 Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | UC Santa Cruz (11) | 234 | 10-5 | 1 |
| 2 | Carthage (2) | 223 | 21-4 | 2 |
| 3 | Springfield (3) | 215 | 21-5 | 3 |
| 4 | Juniata | 184 | 22-9 | 4 |
| 5 | NYU | 167 | 18-6 | 6 |
| 6 | Stevens | 161 | 23-5 | 5 |
| 7 | Nazareth | 143 | 20-7 | 7 |
| 8 | Medaille | 115 | 18-6 | 9 |
| 9 | MIT | 96 | 21-8 | 8 |
| 10 | Vassar | 88 | 14-8 | 11 |
| T-11 | Hunter | 81 | 20-7 | 12 |
| T-11 | Rivier | 81 | 16-8 | 10 |
| 13 | Elmira | 31 | 19-15 | 13 |
| 14 | Kean | 25 | 19-7 | 15 |
| 15 | Baruch | 18 | 16-11 | 14 |
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Emmanuel 10; Philadelphia Biblical 8; Stevenson 5; MSOE 3
Seven teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 34 combined points.
Next Poll: April 3, 2012
Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA
