Through games of March 1, 2009:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Illinois Wesleyan (25) | 27-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope | 25-1 | 582 | 2 |
| 3 | George Fox | 27-0 | 578 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Stevens Point | 24-3 | 540 | 5 |
| 5 | Oglethorpe | 25-3 | 471 | 10 |
| 6 | Washington U. | 21-4 | 465 | 9 |
| 7 | Thomas More | 26-2 | 454 | 11 |
| 8 | Rochester | 22-3 | 439 | 6 |
| 9 | UW-Eau Claire | 23-5 | 414 | 12 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 22-4 | 403 | 4 |
| 11 | Amherst | 25-2 | 391 | 7 |
| 12 | York (Pa.) | 25-2 | 349 | 8 |
| 13 | Simpson | 24-3 | 329 | 16 |
| 14 | New York University | 21-4 | 223 | 20 |
| 15 | Messiah | 21-4 | 219 | 13 |
| 16 | Tufts | 21-4 | 210 | 15 |
| 17 | Eastern Connecticut | 25-3 | 208 | 14 |
| 18 | Muhlenberg | 24-3 | 186 | 19 |
| 19 | DeSales | 23-4 | 157 | 23 |
| 20 | Scranton | 23-4 | 154 | 24 |
| 21 | Bowdoin | 23-4 | 124 | — |
| 22 | DePauw | 22-5 | 123 | 17 |
| 23 | Greensboro | 26-2 | 91 | 18 |
| 24 | Washington and Jefferson | 24-4 | 85 | 21 |
| 25 | Brandeis | 17-7 | 56 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Mississippi College.
Others receiving votes: St. Benedict 54, New Jersey 45, Howard Payne 33, Mississippi College 27, Mary Washington 18, Southern Maine 17, Randolph-Macon 16, St. Norbert 11, Pitt-Greensburg 7, Capital 6, Muskingum 6, Western Connecticut 3, Baldwin-Wallace 2, Trinity (Texas) 2, Mount St. Mary 1, Puget Sound 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.