| 2012 Poll Matrix for Men's Division I |
| Team | 01-31 | 02-20 | 02-27 | 03-05 | 03-12 | 03-19 | 03-26 | 04-02 | 04-09 | 04-16 | 04-23 | 04-30 | 05-30 |
| Bryant | | | | | | | | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | | |
| Bucknell | 13 | | | | 18 | 18t | 16 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 |
| Colgate | | | | | 17 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
| Cornell | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 15 |
| Delaware | | 20t | | 20t | | | | | | | | | |
| Denver | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 9t | 10t | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 8 |
| Drexel | 20t | 17 | 17 | | | | | 19 | | | | | 20 |
| Duke | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Fairfield | | | 20 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
| Georgetown | | | | | 20 | 20 | 20t | 20t | | | | | |
| Harvard | 15 | 15 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hofstra | 12 | 16 | | 20 | 19 | 18t | 19 | | | | | | |
| Johns Hopkins | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| Lehigh | | | | 15 | 11 | 9t | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Loyola | 19 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Maryland | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Navy | | | | | | | 20t | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | 8 | 4 | 5t | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10t | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| Notre Dame | 9 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Ohio State | | 11 | 15 | 18 | | | | | | | | 17 | |
| Penn | 16 | 19 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Penn State | 17 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Princeton | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| St. John's | | | | | | 20t | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | 6 | 6 | 5t | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 16 |
| Villanova | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Yale | 18 | 20 | 18 | 16 | | | | | 20t | 20 | 19 | 18 | 13 |