Through games of Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (19) | 1-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (6) | 0-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | Wesley | 1-0 | 572 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 1-0 | 535 | 5 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 0-0 | 524 | 6 |
| 6 | Bethel | 1-0 | 504 | 7 |
| 7 | Linfield | 0-0 | 440 | 9 |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 0-0 | 413 | 8 |
| 9 | Hardin-Simmons | 1-0 | 395 | 16 |
| 10 | Thomas More | 0-0 | 340 | 11 |
| 11 | Montclair State | 0-0 | 304 | 12 |
| 12 | Cortland State | 1-0 | 290 | 13 |
| 13 | Ohio Northern | 1-0 | 288 | 14 |
| 14 | Wartburg | 1-0 | 276 | 15 |
| 15 | North Central (Ill.) | 0-1 | 242 | 4 |
| 16 | Cal Lutheran | 0-0 | 229 | 17 |
| 17 | Alfred | 0-0 | 180 | 18 |
| 18 | Wabash | 0-0 | 165 | 19 |
| 19 | Wittenberg | 1-0 | 163 | 20 |
| 20 | Redlands | 1-0 | 156 | -- |
| 21 | Franklin | 1-0 | 148 | 24 |
| 22 | Trine | 1-0 | 105 | 21 |
| 23 | UW-Stevens Point | 1-0 | 103 | 23 |
| 24 | Coe | 0-1 | 98 | 10 |
| 25 | St. John's | 1-0 | 96 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Rowan.
Others receiving votes: Hampden-Sydney 56, Delaware Valley 42, Pacific Lutheran 34, Salisbury 28, Springfield 27, Baldwin-Wallace 26, Johns Hopkins 21, Louisiana College 15, Monmouth 15, Lycoming 12, St. John Fisher 9, UW-Oshkosh 8, Willamette 8, Washington and Lee 8, Bridgewater (Va.) 5, Washington and Jefferson 5, Lebanon Valley 4, Rowan 4, Williams 3, Adrian 1, Chicago 1, Mississippi College 1, UW-Stout 1.