Through games of Jan. 19, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 14-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Hampden-Sydney | 14-0 | 598 | 4 |
| 3 | Williams | 13-0 | 550 | 6 |
| 4 | Randolph-Macon | 14-1 | 520 | 3 |
| 5 | Catholic | 13-2 | 501 | 7 |
| 6 | Rochester | 13-1 | 498 | 2 |
| 7 | UW-Stevens Point | 15-1 | 470 | 5 |
| 8 | Illinois Wesleyan | 12-2 | 437 | 11 |
| 9 | Wooster | 14-1 | 433 | 10 |
| 10 | Amherst | 12-2 | 363 | 12 |
| 11 | St. Thomas | 12-2 | 358 | 13 |
| 12 | Hope | 12-3 | 324 | 8 |
| 13 | UW-Whitewater | 12-3 | 282 | 14 |
| 14 | Hanover | 15-1 | 279 | 16 |
| 15 | Whitworth | 14-1 | 274 | 17 |
| 16 | Carthage | 9-4 | 203 | 9 |
| 17 | Capital | 12-3 | 197 | 20 |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 13-3 | 184 | 19 |
| 19 | Franklin & Marshall | 13-2 | 150 | 15 |
| 20 | Montclair State | 13-1 | 131 | 18 |
| 21 | Christopher Newport | 11-2 | 114 | — |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins | 11-3 | 102 | 25 |
| 23 | Wittenberg | 11-3 | 62 | — |
| 24 | Ripon | 11-2 | 58 | — |
| 25 | William Paterson | 13-2 | 56 | — |
Dropped out: No. 21 Mary Washington; No. 22
Gustavus Adolphus; No. 23 Babson; No. 24 Kalamazoo
Others receiving votes: Augustana 52; Virginia
Wesleyan 52; Mary Washington 46; Nazareth 35; Albion 34; Maryville
(Tenn.) 25; UW-Stout 24; DeSales 23; Rockford 17; Babson 14;
Lawrence 11; Clark 8; Wabash 6; Gustavus Adolphus 5; Wheaton (Ill.)
5; Willamette 5; Kalamazoo 2; Baruch 1; Ramapo 1.