Dropped out: No. 11 Murray St. (44-17); No. 17 West Virginia (44-16); No. 18 Mississippi (43-21); No. 21 Duke (41-21); No. 22 UTSA (47-15); No. 23 UC Irvine (43-17).
Others receiving votes: Kentucky (31-26) 92; Mississippi (43-21) 59; West Virginia (44-16) 42; Texas A&M (30-26) 38; Oklahoma (38-22) 28; East Carolina (35-27) 25; Dallas Baptist (41-18) 19; UC Irvine (43-17) 13; Kansas (43-17) 11; Arizona St. (36-24) 7; Murray St. (44-17) 7; Alabama (41-18) 6; Duke (41-21) 6; Southern Cal (37-23) 6; UC Santa Barbara (36-18) 6; Oklahoma St. (30-25) 5; Troy (39-21) 5; UTSA (47-15) 4; Northeastern (49-11) 2; Bethune-Cookman (37-23) 1; Cal St.-Fullerton (29-27) 1; UConn (38-21) 1; Nebraska (33-29) 1.
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