Through games of Sunday, Jan. 11:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Trinity (Conn.) (24) | 14-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Chicago | 11-1 | 581 | 4 |
| 3 | Emory | 11-1 | 570 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Union (1) | 15-0 | 537 | 5 |
| 5 | Randolph-Macon | 12-1 | 505 | 2 |
| 6 | Mary Washington | 13-1 | 474 | 7 |
| 7 | St. Thomas (Texas) | 12-1 | 452 | 9 |
| 8 | Montclair State | 14-0 | 441 | 10 |
| 9 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 14-0 | 432 | 11 |
| 10 | Redlands | 11-2 | 379 | 12 |
| 11 | UW-Stevens Point | 13-1 | 378 | 14 |
| 12 | Tufts | 13-2 | 341 | 13 |
| 13 | Washington U. | 10-2 | 304 | 8 |
| 14 | Gustavus Adolphus | 13-1 | 255 | 19 |
| 15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 12-3 | 241 | 18 |
| 16 | Calvin | 10-3 | 216 | 16 |
| 17 | Christopher Newport | 14-3 | 214 | 20 |
| 18 | UW-La Crosse | 11-3 | 171 | 6 |
| 19 | UW-Platteville | 11-3 | 160 | -- |
| 20 | UW-Oshkosh | 11-3 | 147 | 21 |
| 21 | Endicott | 13-1 | 122 | 22 |
| 22 | Hood | 11-2 | 101 | -- |
| 23 | Catholic | 10-3 | 74 | -- |
| 24 | WPI | 10-2 | 73 | 25 |
| 25 | Trinity (Texas) | 11-3 | 56 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 15 Roanoke; No. 17 UW-Eau Claire; No. 23 York (Pa.); No. 24 Johns Hopkins.
Others receiving votes: UW-Eau Claire 54; Hampden-Sydney 53; Roanoke 37; Franklin & Marshall 37; York (Pa.) 30; Johns Hopkins 29; Scranton 9; Whitworth 8; Carthage 8; Union 5; Wesleyan 4; Maryville (Tenn.) 3.
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.