Through games of Sunday, Feb. 15:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Montclair State (12) | 24-0 | 585 | 1 |
| 2 | Randolph-Macon (6) | 21-2 | 581 | 2 |
| 3 | Trinity (Conn.) (3) | 22-2 | 569 | 4 |
| 4 | St. Thomas (Texas) (3) | 22-1 | 546 | 3 |
| 5 | Emory (1) | 18-3 | 533 | 5 |
| 6 | Chicago | 19-3 | 530 | 6 |
| 7 | Mount Union | 22-2 | 434 | 9 |
| 8 | Mary Washington | 19-3 | 428 | 11 |
| 9 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 22-2 | 399 | 12 |
| 10 | Christopher Newport | 19-4 | 367 | 8 |
| 11 | Tufts | 19-4 | 366 | 13 |
| 12 | Gustavus Adolphus | 21-2 | 365 | 7 |
| 13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 19-4 | 341 | 16 |
| 14 | Endicott | 22-1 | 331 | 14 |
| 15 | Wesleyan | 19-5 | 274 | 17 |
| 16 | Redlands | 19-4 | 264 | 10 |
| 17 | Otterbein | 20-3 | 205 | 20 |
| 18 | Hood | 20-3 | 175 | 15 |
| 19 | UW-Stevens Point | 18-5 | 156 | 18 |
| 20 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 19-4 | 118 | 23 |
| 21 | UW-La Crosse | 17-6 | 95 | 19 |
| 22 | Carthage | 17-6 | 85 | -- |
| 23 | Whitworth | 19-4 | 70 | -- |
| 24 | WPI | 19-4 | 53 | -- |
| 25 | UW-Oshkosh | 17-6 | 32 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 Roanoke; No. 22 New York University; No. 24 Franklin and Marshall; No. 25 Rhodes.
Others receiving votes: Trinity (Texas) 31; Cortland 27; Rhodes 21; Roanoke 20; Washington U. 16; Grinnell 15; Franklin and Marshall 14; Scranton 12; New York University 11; Western New England 9; Catholic 8; TCNJ 8; Amherst 6; Babson 4; York (Pa.) 4; Johns Hopkins 4; Virginia Wesleyan 4; UW-Whitewater 3; St. Joseph (Conn.) 3; UW-Platteville 2; UW-Eau Claire 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.