Entering 2025-26 season
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. |
| 1 | New York University (17) | 31-0 | 608 |
| 2 | Scranton (5) | 29-2 | 588 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh (1) | 27-5 | 564 |
| 4 | Smith | 31-3 | 524 |
| 5 | Bowdoin (1) | 29-1 | 511 |
| 6 | Washington and Lee (1) | 25-5 | 453 |
| 7 | Cortland | 25-4 | 341 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins | 24-5 | 332 |
| 9 | Baldwin Wallace | 29-2 | 325 |
| 10 | Illinois Wesleyan | 28-2 | 307 |
| 11 | Trinity (Conn.) | 19-9 | 304 |
| 12 | Bates | 17-10 | 286 |
| 13 | Bethel | 23-6 | 258 |
| 14 | John Carroll | 19-7 | 255 |
| 15 | UW-La Crosse | 17-12 | 200 |
| 16 | Amherst | 20-8 | 190 |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon | 21-6 | 182 |
| 18 | Calvin | 18-11 | 178 |
| 19 | Catholic | 24-5 | 165 |
| 20 | Christopher Newport | 26-2 | 161 |
| 21 | Randolph-Macon | 29-2 | 151 |
| 22 | SUNY Geneseo | 24-7 | 146 |
| 23 | Hope | 21-5 | 144 |
| 24 | Gettysburg | 28-3 | 118 |
| 25 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 17-9 | 114 |
Others receiving votes: Coe 85; Washington and Jefferson 72; Washington U. 67; Bridgewater 60; Trine 57; UW-Stout 54; Wartburg 47; Colby 42; Gustavus Adolphus 38; Whitman 38; Colorado College 34; Ohio Wesleyan 24; Merchant Marine 22; Elizabethtown 20; Hamilton 10; Messiah 10; UW-Whitewater 8; UW-River Falls 7; East Texas Baptist 6; Texas Lutheran 6; Widener 6; McMurry 5; McDaniel 1; Transylvania 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.