| 2012 Matrix for IWLCA Poll for Division I |
| Team | 02-02 | 02-27 | 03-05 | 03-12 | 03-19 | 03-26 | 04-02 | 04-09 | 04-16 | 04-23 | 04-30 | 05-07 | 05-29 |
| Albany | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Boston College | 13 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 |
| Cornell | | | | | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Dartmouth | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
| Duke | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Florida | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Georgetown | 15 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| James Madison | 9 | 13 | 13 | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
| Johns Hopkins | | 20 | | | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Loyola | 7 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| Maryland | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Massachusetts | | | | 19 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Notre Dame | 20 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Ohio State | 18 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 |
| Penn | 11 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Penn State | 17 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
| Princeton | 8 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| Stanford | 6 | 16 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Towson | | | 19 | 18 | | | | | | | 20 | 16 | 16 |
| Vanderbilt | 19 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | | | |
| Virginia | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 |