Through games of Jan. 9, 2022:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Randolph-Macon (17) | 10-1 | 615 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Platteville (8) | 15-0 | 607 | 2 |
| 3 | Illinois Wesleyan | 9-2 | 569 | 3 |
| 4 | Washington U. | 10-1 | 489 | 7 |
| 5 | Yeshiva | 14-1 | 484 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Oshkosh | 13-2 | 481 | 4 |
| 7 | St. Joseph (Conn.) | 9-0 | 470 | 6 |
| 8 | Marietta | 10-2 | 450 | 8 |
| 9 | Christopher Newport | 14-2 | 422 | 10 |
| 10 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 12-2 | 396 | 9 |
| 11 | UW-La Crosse | 11-2 | 386 | 11 |
| 12 | Johns Hopkins | 9-1 | 366 | 12 |
| 13 | Elmhurst | 11-2 | 296 | 14 |
| 14 | Mount Union | 10-1 | 294 | 15 |
| 15 | Roanoke | 9-2 | 230 | 16 |
| 16 | Swarthmore | 11-1 | 226 | 18 |
| 17 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 12-1 | 216 | 19 |
| 18 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 11-1 | 192 | 20 |
| 19 | Heidelberg | 11-1 | 178 | 21 |
| 20 | Whitworth | 9-2 | 165 | 13 |
| 21 | Wesleyan | 13-1 | 136 | 23 |
| 22 | Williams | 10-1 | 88 | 17 |
| 23 | WPI | 10-1 | 85 | 24 |
| 24 | RPI | 9-1 | 41 | 25 |
| 25 | Emory | 8-3 | 40 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 22 Hardin-Simmons.
Others receiving votes: Case Western Reserve 39; Oswego 28; Hardin-Simmons 17; DeSales 16; Trinity (Texas) 14; LeTourneau 12; Amherst 12; Wartburg 11; Tufts 10; UW-Whitewater 9; Berry 8; Augsburg 8; Nazareth 6; Brandeis 3; Lynchburg 3; Chapman 2; Clark 2; Mass-Dartmouth 2; Middlebury 1.
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.