Through games of Sunday, Jan. 18:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | New York University (19) | 14-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Scranton (5) | 15-0 | 602 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh (1) | 16-0 | 572 | 3 |
| 4 | Smith | 14-0 | 538 | 4 |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins | 14-0 | 525 | 5 |
| 6 | Washington and Lee | 15-0 | 512 | 6 |
| 7 | Bowdoin | 13-1 | 450 | 8 |
| 8 | Denison | 16-0 | 426 | 15 |
| 9 | Hope | 14-2 | 400 | 11 |
| 10 | Ohio Wesleyan | 14-1 | 392 | 12 |
| 11 | UW-Whitewater | 13-3 | 353 | 7 |
| 12 | John Carroll | 14-2 | 306 | 10 |
| 13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 12-4 | 288 | 16 |
| 14 | Bates | 14-2 | 283 | 14 |
| 15 | Washington U. | 11-3 | 268 | 13 |
| 16 | Baldwin Wallace | 14-2 | 260 | 17 |
| 17 | Chicago | 10-3 | 205 | 18 |
| 18 | UW-Platteville | 14-2 | 201 | 19 |
| 19 | Emory | 11-3 | 192 | 9 |
| 20 | Carroll | 12-4 | 146 | 20 |
| 21 | Shenandoah | 13-2 | 101 | 22 |
| 22 | Ripon | 15-2 | 91 | 24 |
| 23 | Cortland | 13-2 | 89 | 23 |
| 24 | Concordia-Moorhead | 13-2 | 64 | -- |
| 25 | Trine | 13-3 | 43 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 Bethel, No. 25 Christopher Newport
Others receiving votes: Bethel 40; McDaniel 30; UW-La Crosse 22; Southern Maine 21; Coe 17; Christopher Newport 12; Hardin-Simmons 10; McMurry 9; Bridgewater 8; Trinity (Conn.) 6; Calvin 5; Linfield 5; SUNY New Paltz 5; Brandeis 2; East Texas Baptist 2; William Paterson 2; Cal Lutheran 1; Springfield 1; Susquehanna 1; Wartburg 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.