Entering 2001-02 season:
| # | Team (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Carthage (13) | 24-5 | 600 | 5 |
| 2 | Illinois Wesleyan (4) | 24-7 | 527 | 3 |
| 3 | Chicago | 24-4 | 502 | 6 |
| 4 | Christopher Newport (1) | 25-4 | 493 | 8 |
| 5 | Catholic (7) | 28-5 | 484 | 1 |
| 6 | Wooster | 24-4 | 415 | 11 |
| 7 | Lewis & Clark | 21-7 | 405 | 16 |
| 8 | Hampden-Sydney | 24-5 | 399 | 20 |
| 9 | St. John's | 22-6 | 367 | 14 |
| 10 | Wilkes | 23-3 | 350 | 15 |
| 11 | Washington U. | 23-4 | 323 | 10 |
| 12 | Franklin & Marshall | 18-7 | 303 | --- |
| 13 | Wittenberg | 24-4 | 278 | 7 |
| 14 | Ohio Northern | 27-4 | 267 | 4 |
| 15 | William Paterson | 26-5 | 260 | 2 |
| 16 | Calvin | 23-5 | 187 | 12 |
| 17 | Clark | 24-5 | 178 | 18 |
| 18 | UW-Stevens Point | 18-7 | 164 | --- |
| 19 | Widener | 21-6 | 161 | 19 |
| 20 | Gustavus Adolphus | 22-6 | 157 | --- |
| 21 | Brockport State | 21-9 | 115 | --- |
| 22 | DePauw | 19-6 | 107 | --- |
| T23 | Amherst | 22-6 | 72 | --- |
| T23 | Augustana | 17-8 | 72 | --- |
| 25 | Mass-Dartmouth | 25-3 | 61 | 22 |
Others receiving votes: UW-Eau Claire 57; Colby-Sawyer 51; Hobart 51; McMurry 49; Mississippi College 48; Wartburg 47; UW-Platteville 45; UW-Whitewater 45; Buena Vista 41; UW-Oshkosh 41; New Jersey City 37; UW-Superior 37; Johns Hopkins 35; Maryville (Tenn.) 35; Millsaps 32; Savannah Art and Design 25; Elizabethtown 20; Linfield 15; Richard Stockton 15; St. Thomas 15; Salem State 14; Hope 13; Kings Point 13; Franklin 12; Bethany 11; Springfield 11; Bridgewater (Va.) 9; Roanoke 9; Wheaton (Ill.) 9; Elmhurst 8; Rowan 8; Scranton 4; Capital 3; Geneseo State 2; Grinnell 2; John Carroll 2; Ohio Wesleyan 2; Rose-Hulman 2; Alvernia 1; Gettysburg 1; N.C. Wesleyan 1.