Through games of Sunday, Jan. 21:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Hampden-Sydney (24) | 16-1 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Case Western Reserve | 15-1 | 565 | 2 |
| 3 | John Carroll | 16-1 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | Calvin | 16-1 | 526 | 4 |
| 5 | Trinity (Conn.) (1) | 18-0 | 505 | 5 |
| 6 | Oswego State | 15-1 | 472 | 6 |
| 7 | Trine | 16-1 | 471 | 7 |
| 8 | Guilford | 16-2 | 462 | 8 |
| 9 | Keene State | 15-2 | 420 | 9 |
| 10 | Randolph-Macon | 14-3 | 418 | 11 |
| 11 | UW-Platteville | 15-2 | 385 | 12 |
| 12 | Trinity (Texas) | 18-1 | 379 | 10 |
| 13 | New York University | 13-3 | 308 | 13 |
| 14 | Cal Lutheran | 14-3 | 289 | 16 |
| 15 | Widener | 15-2 | 241 | 17 |
| 16 | Catholic | 15-2 | 211 | 20 |
| 17 | Christopher Newport | 16-4 | 142 | 25 |
| 18 | Mount Union | 14-3 | 132 | 15 |
| 19 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 16-2 | 126 | -- |
| 20 | Emory | 11-5 | 89 | 22 |
| 21 | UW-Whitewater | 13-4 | 87 | 18 |
| 22 | Washington U. | 12-4 | 86 | 14 |
| 23 | Coe | 16-2 | 84 | -- |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins | 12-4 | 79 | -- |
| 25 | Loras | 14-1 | 74 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 St. Thomas (Texas); No. 21 Hood; No. 23 Clark; No. 24 Tufts.
Others receiving votes: Tufts 69; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 56; St. Thomas (Texas) 39; Elmhurst 35; DeSales 32; Hood 29; Carnegie Mellon 22; WPI 20; Marietta 15; Illinois Wesleyan 10; Clark 10; Maryville (Tenn.) 8; Pomona-Pitzer 8; Hardin-Simmons 7; Williams 6; Illinois College 5; Virginia Wesleyan 5; Rowan 4; Dubuque 2; Gettysburg 2; Utica 2; Stevens 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.