| 2012 Poll Matrix for Men's Division III |
| Team | 01-31 | 02-27 | 03-05 | 03-12 | 03-19 | 03-26 | 04-02 | 04-09 | 04-16 | 04-23 | 04-30 | 05-08 | 05-30 |
| Amherst | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 20t | 20 | | | |
| Bowdoin | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 20t | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Cabrini | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Cortland | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Denison | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Dickinson | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Endicott | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | | 17 | | | | | | | |
| Franklin & Marshall | | | 20 | 20t | 20t | | | | | | | | |
| Gettysburg | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 17t | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| Goucher | | | | | | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14t | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Haverford | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ithaca | | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | |
| Lynchburg | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Mary Washington | | | 20t | | | | | | | | | | |
| Middlebury | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Ohio Wesleyan | | | | | | 20t | | | | | | | |
| RIT | 7 | 6 | 6t | 5t | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Rensselaer | 20t | 20 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 15 | | 19 | 20t | | | | |
| Roanoke | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 19 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Skidmore | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Springfield | | | | 19t | 12t | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
| St. Lawrence | | | | | | | | 20t | 17 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 |
| St. Mary's | | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stevens | 11 | 8 | 6t | 5t | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Stevenson | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Trinity | 16 | 18 | 17 | | | | 20 | | 19 | | 20 | 18 | 17 |
| Tufts | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Union | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12t | 11 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 14t | 12 | 13 | 10 |
| Washington College | | | | | | | | 14 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Wesleyan | | | | | | | 15 | 17 | | | | | |
| Western New England | | | | | | 20t | 19 | | | 17t | 18 | 15 | 15 |