2012 Men’s Basketball
Championship
Last updated - December 6, 2011
| Rank | School | Record | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Messiah | 23-0-1 | 1 |
| 2 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 23-2-2 | 6 |
| 3 | William Smith | 20-1-1 | 2 |
| 4 | Amherst | 20-1-0 | 8 |
| 5 | Ithaca | 15-4-3 | NR |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins | 21-1-0 | 4 |
| 7 | Trinity (Texas) | 22-1-0 | 3 |
| 8 | Emory | 17-1-2 | 5 |
| 9 | Washington-St. Louis | 18-5-0 | 12 |
| 10 | Middlebury | 13-4-2 | 17 |
| 11 | Williams | 13-5-3 | 20 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 20-2-0 | 7 |
| 13 | Ohio Northern | 19-3-2 | 16 |
| 14 | California Lutheran | 20-2-1 | 10 |
| 15 | SUNY Cortland | 14-6-3 | NR |
| 16 | Concordia-Moorhead | 13-4-6 | NR |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan | 14-3-2 | 13 |
| 18 | Lynchburg | 19-3-1 | 11 |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve | 13-4-3 | 19 |
| 20 | SUNY New Paltz | 13-6-3 | NR |
| 21 | Virginia Wesleyan College | 18-4-0 | 15 |
| 22 | St. Benedict | 12-8-2 | NR |
| 23 | TCNJ | 13-4-2 | 21 |
| 24 | Centre | 14-5-3 | 22 |
| 25 | Springfield | 15-4-3 | 23 |
Dropped out: No. 9 Loras, No. 14 Wartburg, No. 18 Stevens Institute of Technology, No. 24 Nazareth, No. 25 Puget Sound.
Others receiving votes: Loras, Rowan, Misericordia, Ohio Wesleyan, Stevens Institute of Technology.