Through games of Jan. 8, 2006:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Southern Maine (11) | 12-1 | 601 | 1 |
| 2 | Brandeis (11) | 9-0 | 596 | 2 |
| 3 | Bowdoin | 11-1 | 571 | 5 |
| 4 | Washington U. (2) | 11-1 | 526 | 3 |
| 5 | Scranton | 12-1 | 522 | 6 |
| 6 | George Fox | 12-1 | 456 | 4 |
| 7 | Mary Washington (1) | 11-0 | 453 | 9 |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-1 | 444 | 8 |
| 9 | DePauw | 13-1 | 409 | 10 |
| 10 | Capital | 12-1 | 408 | 11 |
| 11 | Hope | 12-1 | 368 | 12 |
| 12 | Baldwin-Wallace | 11-2 | 308 | 13 |
| 13 | Messiah | 12-1 | 305 | 14 |
| 14 | Calvin | 11-1 | 299 | 17 |
| 15 | Randolph-Macon | 8-2 | 276 | 7 |
| 16 | McMurry | 12-0 | 224 | 18 |
| 17 | Moravian | 11-1 | 216 | 20 |
| 18 | Richard Stockton | 10-0 | 173 | 21 |
| 19 | UW-La Crosse | 13-1 | 151 | 16 |
| 20 | New York University | 10-1 | 140 | 15 |
| 21 | Salem State | 8-1 | 123 | 25 |
| 22 | Chicago | 10-1 | 109 | 19 |
| 23 | Washington and Jefferson | 11-2 | 81 | 24 |
| 24 | Oglethorpe | 12-1 | 59 | — |
| 25 | Mississippi College | 9-1 | 58 | — |
Dropped out: No. 22 Millikin; No. 23 Luther
Others receiving votes: Hardin-Simmons 55, St. Benedict 35, Pacific Lutheran 35, Carroll 18, Williams 17, Luther 13, Trinity (Texas) 12, UW-Stevens Point 11, Rochester 11, Millikin 11, Wilmington 6, Clark 6, St. John Fisher 4, Catholic 2, Simpson 2, UW-Oshkosh 2, Medaille 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.