Oct 31, 2016
Entering the 2016-17 season. The first regular-season poll will be released Nov. 28.
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Amherst (10) | 26-6 | 590 | 5 |
| 2 | Christopher Newport (6) | 30-2 | 582 | 4 |
| 3 | Babson (6) | 23-6 | 545 | 12 |
| 4 | St. Norbert | 25-3 | 531 | 8 |
| 5 | Tufts | 23-7 | 465 | 9 |
| 6 | Benedictine (2) | 31-1 | 457 | 2 |
| 7 | Wooster | 24-8 | 446 | 14 |
| 8 | Ohio Wesleyan | 25-5 | 388 | 10 |
| 9 | Whitman | 24-5 | 384 | 7 |
| 10 | St. Thomas (1) | 30-3 | 344 | 1 |
| 11 | John Carroll | 26-4 | 306 | 13 |
| 12 | Whitworth | 26-2 | 289 | 11 |
| 13 | North Central (Ill.) | 19-8 | 286 | 25 |
| 14 | Alma | 24-7 | 261 | 6 |
| 15 | Emory | 20-8 | 254 | 19 |
| 16 | Virginia Wesleyan | 18-9 | 234 | -- |
| 17 | Marietta | 25-4 | 200 | 17 |
| 18 | Augustana | 29-2 | 164 | 3 |
| 19 | Keene State | 20-11 | 146 | 22 |
| 20 | Washington U. | 15-10 | 139 | -- |
| 21 | UW-Oshkosh | 18-10 | 128 | -- |
| 22 | Hope | 24-4 | 127 | 16 |
| 23 | Franklin & Marshall | 22-6 | 117 | -- |
| 24 | Middlebury | 18-11 | 88 | -- |
| 25 | Susquehanna | 24-5 | 86 | 20 |
Others receiving votes: Endicott 79; Oswego State 74; Skidmore 60; Swarthmore 43; Lycoming 42; Johnson & Wales 36; New Jersey City 28; WPI 25; Lynchburg 24; UW-Stevens Point 21; Rochester 18; UW-Whitewater 16; Trinity (Conn.) 14; Birmingham-Southern 12; Hardin-Simmons 11; Stockton 10; UW-La Crosse 10; Northwestern (Minn.) 7; Roanoke 7; Carroll 6; Salisbury 6; Texas Lutheran 5; DeSales 3; Bethel 2; Chapman 2; Elmhurst 2; TCNJ 2; Neumann 1; SUNY Geneseo 1; UW-River Falls 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.