Through games of Jan. 4, 2026:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Trinity (Conn.) (24) | 11-0 | 617 | 1 |
| 2 | Randolph-Macon (1) | 11-0 | 601 | 2 |
| 3 | Emory | 10-1 | 543 | 7 |
| 4 | Chicago | 10-1 | 522 | 6 |
| 5 | Mount Union | 13-0 | 505 | 12 |
| 6 | UW-La Crosse | 11-1 | 494 | 3 |
| 7 | Mary Washington | 12-1 | 459 | 5 |
| 8 | Washington U. | 10-1 | 451 | 4 |
| 9 | St. Thomas (Texas) | 10-1 | 436 | 17 |
| 10 | Montclair State | 12-0 | 416 | 9 |
| 11 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 12-0 | 384 | 19 |
| 12 | Redlands | 9-2 | 316 | 10 |
| 13 | Tufts | 11-2 | 315 | 21 |
| 14 | UW-Stevens Point | 11-1 | 252 | -- |
| 15 | Roanoke | 8-3 | 216 | 13 |
| 16 | Calvin | 8-3 | 186 | 8 |
| 17 | UW-Eau Claire | 11-1 | 180 | 22 |
| 18 | Illinois Wesleyan | 10-3 | 166 | -- |
| 19 | Gustavus Adolphus | 11-1 | 142 | -- |
| 20 | Christopher Newport | 13-3 | 136 | -- |
| 21 | UW-Oshkosh | 10-2 | 120 | -- |
| 22 | Endicott | 11-1 | 80 | -- |
| 23 | York (Pa.) | 10-1 | 73 | 20 |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins | 9-2 | 70 | 23 |
| 25 | WPI | 8-2 | 67 | 16 |
Dropped out: No. 12 Virginia Wesleyan; No. 15 Catholic; No. 16 Hampden-Sydney; No. 23 Wesleyan; No. 24 Trinity (Texas); No. 25 Maryville.
Others receiving votes: Catholic 64; Hampden-Sydney 61; Bates 61; Hood 50; Elizabethtown 45; Trinity (Texas) 34; Franklin & Marshall 24; John Carroll 8; North Park 6; Muskingum 5; Williams 4; Maryville (Tenn.) 4; Chapman 3; Wesleyan 3; Cortland 2; Whitworth 2; New York U. 1; Union 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.