Through games of Feb. 9, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 20-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope | 21-0 | 567 | 3 |
| 3 | Hardin-Simmons (1) | 20-0 | 563 | 2 |
| 4 | UW-Eau Claire (1) | 21-1 | 551 | 4 |
| 5 | Carleton | 21-0 | 543 | 5 |
| 6 | Bowdoin | 19-1 | 512 | 6 |
| 7 | Gustavus Adolphus | 20-1 | 465 | 10 |
| 8 | St. Benedict | 19-2 | 439 | 11 |
| 9 | Wilmington | 18-2 | 416 | 12 |
| 10 | Scranton | 19-2 | 369 | 7 |
| 11 | King's | 17-3 | 356 | 8 |
| 12 | DeSales | 19-2 | 352 | 13 |
| 13 | Messiah | 19-2 | 326 | 15 |
| 14 | Rochester | 17-2 | 294 | 9 |
| 15 | Eastern Connecticut | 19-2 | 270 | 16 |
| 16 | UW-Oshkosh | 18-3 | 226 | 17 |
| 17 | Southern Maine | 18-3 | 204 | 18 |
| 18 | Baldwin-Wallace | 18-3 | 198 | 14 |
| 19 | DePauw | 18-3 | 185 | 19 |
| 20 | UW-Stevens Point | 17-4 | 157 | 20 |
| 21 | Ithaca | 17-3 | 115 | 22 |
| 22 | St. Lawrence | 18-2 | 107 | 23 |
| 23 | Trinity (Texas) | 17-4 | 77 | 25 |
| 24 | St. John Fisher | 16-2 | 57 | 24 |
| 25 | Wesleyan | 17-3 | 33 | 21 |
Dropped out: None
Others receiving votes: Salisbury 24; Kean 23;
Mt. St. Mary 17; Wittenberg 12; Lebanon Valley 7; Whitworth 7; Lake
Forest 6; Washington & Jefferson 6; Otterbein 4; St. Norbert 4;
Union 3; Simpson 3; Loras 2; Pacific Lutheran 1; Emmanuel 1.