Through games of Jan. 20, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. (22) | 16-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope (3) | 17-0 | 603 | 2 |
| 3 | King's | 15-0 | 568 | 4 |
| 4 | Bowdoin | 12-0 | 527 | 5 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 15-0 | 509 | 6 |
| 6 | Southern Maine | 16-1 | 402 | 11 |
| 7 | Eastern Connecticut | 14-1 | 393 | 10 |
| 8 | Wilmington | 15-1 | 379 | 15 |
| 9 | Emmanuel | 13-1 | 366 | 12 |
| 10 | New York U. | 14-2 | 354 | 3 |
| 11 | Muhlenberg | 13-1 | 317 | 8 |
| 12 | St. Thomas | 14-2 | 310 | 13 |
| 13 | UW-Stevens Point | 16-2 | 298 | 7 |
| 14 | Messiah | 14-2 | 292 | 9 |
| 15 | DePauw | 14-2 | 290 | 17 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins | 15-1 | 271 | 18 |
| 17 | UW-Eau Claire | 15-2 | 216 | 20 |
| 18 | St. Lawrence | 13-2 | 204 | 19 |
| 19 | St. Benedict | 14-2 | 182 | 23 |
| 20 | UW-Stout | 13-4 | 155 | — |
| 21 | Scranton | 13-3 | 146 | 21 |
| 22 | George Fox | 15-2 | 145 | 14 |
| 23 | Salisbury | 13-2 | 120 | — |
| 24 | Case Western Reserve |
12-3 | 110 | 16 |
| 25 | Pacific Lutheran | 12-2 | 71 | 22 |
Dropped out: No. 24 UW-Oshkosh; No. 25 Capital.
Others receiving votes: Carleton 61; Swarthmore 36; Simpson 35; Webster 31; Lake Forest 20; Capital 17; Bridgewater (Va.) 15; Bethany 9; UW-Oshkosh 9; Bates 8; Springfield 7; Franklin 6; Lebanon Valley 6; Rochester 3; Wittenberg 3; Anderson 2; Lakeland 2; Middlebury 2; Chapman 1; Luther 1; Richard Stockton 1.