Oct 26, 2016
Entering the 2016-17 season. The first regular-season poll will be released on Nov. 28.
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Tufts (9) | 28-4 | 597 | 2 |
| 2 | Amherst (3) | 30-2 | 580 | 3 |
| 3 | Texas-Tyler (3) | 30-2 | 567 | 6 |
| 4 | Thomas More (10) | 33-0 | 561 | 1 |
| 5 | Scranton | 30-1 | 536 | 4 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 26-4 | 466 | 9 |
| 7 | Rochester | 23-6 | 398 | 11 |
| 8 | George Fox | 29-1 | 378 | 5 |
| 9 | Washington U. | 23-6 | 362 | 7 |
| 10 | Wartburg | 23-8 | 346 | 8 |
| 11 | Albright | 27-3 | 330 | 10 |
| 12 | UW-River Falls | 23-6 | 328 | 16 |
| 13 | Hope | 26-2 | 318 | 12 |
| 14 | UW-Oshkosh | 23-6 | 282 | 13 |
| 15 | Christopher Newport | 24-5 | 273 | 18 |
| 16 | Montclair State | 22-7 | 224 | 25 |
| 17 | Muhlenberg | 25-3 | 194 | 19 |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon | 21-7 | 185 | 15 |
| 19 | Bowdoin | 22-7 | 184 | 21 |
| 20 | Mary Washington | 24-5 | 146 | 23 |
| 21 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 22-6 | 108 | 24 |
| 22 | UW-Stevens Point | 21-8 | 92 | 20 |
| 23 | Ohio Northern | 23-5 | 84 | 14 |
| 24 | Stevens | 23-7 | 73 | --- |
| 25 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 23-6 | 72 | --- |
Others receiving votes: Maryville (Tenn.) 70; Denison 69; Stockton 48; Illinois Wesleyan 46; Calvin 28; Trinity (Texas) 24; DePauw 24; Guilford 24; New York University 21; Marymount 18; University of New England 17; Lynchburg 12; St. Norbert 10; DeSales 7; St. Mary's (Minn.) 6; Whitman 6; Luther 3; UW-Whitewater 3; SUNY New Paltz 2; Puget Sound 1; Rose-Hulman 1; Rowan 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.