Through games of Nov. 18, 2001:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. |
| 1 | Carthage (22) | 0-0 | 617 |
| 2 | Christopher Newport (3) | 1-0 | 585 |
| 3 | Hampden-Sydney | 2-0 | 539 |
| 4 | Franklin & Marshall | 2-0 | 497 |
| 5 | Lewis & Clark | 1-0 | 496 |
| 6 | Washington U. | 2-0 | 493 |
| 7 | Ohio Northern | 2-0 | 426 |
| 8 | William Paterson | 1-0 | 421 |
| 9 | Calvin | 2-0 | 360 |
| 10 | Clark | 2-0 | 338 |
| 11 | UW-Stevens Point | 2-0 | 334 |
| 12 | Chicago | 1-1 | 311 |
| 13 | Gustavus Adolphus | 2-0 | 269 |
| 14 | Catholic | 0-1 | 259 |
| 15 | Widener | 2-0 | 241 |
| 16 | DePauw | 2-0 | 216 |
| 17 | Brockport State | 2-0 | 200 |
| 18 | St. Thomas | 2-0 | 186 |
| 19 | Wooster | 1-1 | 184 |
| 20 | UW-Platteville | 2-0 | 144 |
| 21 | St. John's | 0-1 | 118 |
| 22 | Wilkes | 1-1 | 104 |
| 23 | Augustana | 0-0 | 92 |
| 24 | Illinois Wesleyan | 0-2 | 87 |
| 25 | Amherst | 0-0 | 74 |
Others receiving votes: UW-Whitewater 73; Wheaton (Ill.) 63; Wartburg 55; McMurry 54; Mass-Dartmouth 42; Wittenberg 33; Linfield 30; Maryville (Tenn.) 24; Millsaps 23; Mississippi College 20; Ripon 20; UW-Eau Claire 15; Franklin 12; UW-Oshkosh 12; Elizabethtown 11; Gettysburg 11; Hope 11; Kings Point 9; Richard Stockton 6; Salem State 4; Rowan 3; Beloit 1; Capital 1; Randolph-Macon 1.