Through games of Dec. 19, 2004:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Bowdoin (21) | 7-0 | 620 | 1 |
| 2 | Capital (3) | 9-0 | 588 | 4 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh (1) | 10-0 | 568 | 5 |
| 4 | Puget Sound | 6-0 | 523 | 6 |
| 5 | Washington U. | 9-1 | 461 | 8 |
| 6 | DePauw | 6-1 | 439 | 7 |
| 7 | New York University | 7-1 | 425 | 2 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-1 | 405 | 3 |
| 9 | Trinity (Texas) | 6-1 | 403 | 9 |
| 10 | Messiah | 7-0 | 377 | 10 |
| 11 | Scranton | 8-1 | 324 | 12 |
| 12 | Brandeis | 7-0 | 318 | 11 |
| 13 | Bates | 8-0 | 292 | 16 |
| 14 | Randolph-Macon | 7-0 | 269 | 17 |
| 15 | King's | 9-0 | 257 | 18 |
| 16 | Southern Maine | 5-2 | 235 | 15 |
| 17 | Rochester | 5-2 | 212 | 14 |
| 18 | Johns Hopkins | 7-1 | 206 | 19 |
| 19 | Millikin | 8-1 | 195 | 20 |
| 20 | St. Benedict | 6-1 | 135 | 21 |
| 21 | Whitworth | 7-0 | 121 | 24 |
| 22 | Union | 4-1 | 110 | 23 |
| 23 | Wilmington | 8-2 | 101 | 13 |
| 24 | DeSales | 7-1 | 76 | 25 |
| 25 | Ripon | 7-0 | 70 | — |
Dropped out: No. 22 UW-Eau Claire.
Others receiving votes: Williams 39, Wesleyan 39, Albion 36, McMurry 35, Buena Vista 33, Carleton 29, UW-Eau Claire 27, McDaniel 27, Howard Payne 25, Franklin 25, Emmanuel 22, UW-River Falls 10, St. John Fisher 10, UW-Stevens Point 9, Baruch 8, Mount St. Mary 6, Staten Island 5, Mary Washington 4, Oswego State 2, Dickinson 2, Muhlenberg 1, Washington and Jefferson 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 on Tuesdays.