Through games of Jan. 25, 2009:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Illinois Wesleyan (24) | 16-0 | 622 | 2 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater | 17-1 | 586 | 3 |
| 3 | UW-Stevens Point (1) | 17-1 | 561 | 7 |
| 4 | Amherst | 18-0 | 557 | 4 |
| 5 | Rochester | 15-1 | 512 | 1 |
| 6 | Hope | 14-1 | 504 | 8 |
| 7 | George Fox | 17-0 | 467 | 10 |
| 8 | UW-Eau Claire | 15-2 | 421 | 6 |
| 9 | Oglethorpe | 16-2 | 408 | 5 |
| 10 | New York University | 15-1 | 369 | 12 |
| 11 | Messiah | 15-2 | 331 | 15 |
| 12 | Thomas More | 15-2 | 313 | 14 |
| 13 | York (Pa.) | 16-1 | 307 | 17 |
| 14 | DeSales | 14-2 | 268 | 16 |
| 15 | Simpson | 16-2 | 258 | 9 |
| 16 | Tufts | 13-2 | 254 | 11 |
| 17 | Moravian | 16-2 | 226 | 21 |
| 18 | Texas-Dallas | 15-2 | 188 | 22 |
| 19 | Brandeis | 12-3 | 182 | 13 |
| 20 | Chicago | 13-3 | 134 | — |
| 21 | Kean | 15-3 | 114 | 24 |
| 22 | Muhlenberg | 14-2 | 113 | 25 |
| 23 | DePauw | 14-3 | 112 | — |
| 24 | Washington U. | 12-4 | 85 | 23 |
| 25 | Eastern Connecticut | 14-2 | 57 | — |
Dropped out: No. 18 Marymount, No. 19 Mary Washington, No. 20 Washington and Jefferson.
Others receiving votes: Washington and Jefferson 53, Mary Washington 38, Marymount 24, Mississippi College 14, Southern Maine 14, Western Connecticut 7, New Jersey 6, St. Norbert 6, Baldwin-Wallace 3, Greensboro 3, Scranton 3, Bowdoin 2, McMurry 2, Whitman 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.