Through games of Jan. 9, 2005:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Wooster (14) | 13-0 | 612 | 2 |
| 2 | UW-Stevens Point (9) | 12-1 | 595 | 1 |
| 3 | John Carroll (2) | 12-0 | 583 | 3 |
| 4 | Puget Sound | 8-2 | 508 | 6 |
| 5 | Albion | 12-0 | 491 | 7 |
| 6 | Illinois Wesleyan | 10-2 | 474 | 8 |
| 7 | Buena Vista | 9-1 | 471 | 5 |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-1 | 446 | 12 |
| 9 | Amherst | 8-1 | 430 | 4 |
| 10 | Lawrence | 6-2 | 397 | 10 |
| 11 | Ripon | 9-1 | 321 | 19 |
| 12 | New Jersey | 11-2 | 317 | 15 |
| 13 | St. John Fisher | 10-0 | 299 | 18 |
| 14 | Potsdam State | 10-0 | 266 | 16 |
| 15 | Hanover | 10-3 | 229 | 9 |
| 16 | Trinity (Texas) | 10-4 | 227 | 23 |
| 17 | Lebanon Valley | 10-1 | 214 | 22 |
| 18 | Springfield | 10-2 | 183 | 17 |
| 19 | Williams | 11-3 | 170 | 13 |
| 20 | Wittenberg | 11-2 | 139 | 24 |
| 21 | North Central | 12-1 | 111 | — |
| 22 | Baldwin-Wallace | 11-2 | 108 | 25 |
| 23 | Virginia Wesleyan | 11-2 | 88 | 14 |
| 24 | UW-Oshkosh | 12-3 | 68 | — |
| 25 | Benedictine | 11-3 | 65 | — |
Dropped out: No. 11 Franklin and Marshall; No. 20 Gwynedd-Mercy; 21 Trinity (Conn.)
Others receiving votes: UW-Whitewater 49, Franklin and Marshall 42, Trinity (Conn.) 41, Rochester 27, Ramapo 26, UW-Stout 24, Gwynedd-Mercy 19, Goucher 17, Sul Ross State 17, Salem State 14, York (Pa.) 11, Wartburg 6, Calvin 5, Scranton 5, Bethel 4, Transylvania 3, Southwestern 2, Carnegie Mellon 1.
he 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 on Tuesdays.