| 2012 Poll Matrix for Women'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 |
| Albany | 17t | 19 | 20t | | | | | | | | | | |
| Boston College | 10 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| Cornell | | | | | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 15 |
| Dartmouth | 11 | 10t | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 14t | 12 |
| Duke | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Florida | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Georgetown | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Harvard | 15 | 18 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| James Madison | 16 | 17 | 20t | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
| Johns Hopkins | | | 18 | | | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Loyola | 7 | 10t | 12 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 7 |
| Maryland | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Massachusetts | | | | 19 | 16t | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
| Navy | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 20 |
| North Carolina | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2t | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Notre Dame | 17t | 15 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Ohio State | 19 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 14 |
| Penn | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14t | 16 |
| Penn State | 20t | 20t | 19 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Princeton | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 20 | | | | | |
| Stanford | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stony Brook | | | | | 16t | 20 | | | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Syracuse | 14 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2t | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Towson | | | | 15 | | | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
| Vanderbilt | | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | | |
| Virginia | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |