| Rank | Team | Final 2008 Poll | Total |
| 1 | Michigan State University | 1 | 96 |
| 2 (T) | California Polytechnic State University | 2 | 94 |
| 2 (T) | Arizona State University | 3 | 94 |
| 4 | University of Florida | 4 | 81 |
| 5 | University of California, Los Angeles | 6 | 76 |
| 6 | Grand Valley State University | 5 | 63 |
| 7 | University of Oregon | 7 | 62 |
| 8 | University of Arizona | 14 | 61 |
| 9 | Florida International University | 16 | 59 |
| 10 | Texas A&M University | 9 | 56 |
| 11 | University of Michigan | 13 | 46 |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 10 | 38 |
| 13 | University of California, Berkeley | 15 | 34 |
| 14 | University of Utah | RV | 31 |
| 15 | Lindenwood University | 11 | 29 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University | 18 | 27 |
| 17 | Miami University (Ohio) | RV | 24 |
| 18 | Yale University | RV | 23 |
| 19 | California State University, Chico | RV | 18 |
| 20 | University of Texas | 20 | 17 |
| RV | University of Colorado | 19 | 12 |
| RV | Boston College | RV | 11 |
| RV | University of Notre Dame | RV | 8 |
| RV | University of Washington | RV | 6 |
| RV | University of Illinois-Chicago | 12 | 4 |
| RV | Dartmouth College | 8 | 2 |
| RV | Duke University | 17 | 2 |
| RV | University of California-Davis | RV | 1 |

