Through games of Jan. 26, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 16-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Hampden-Sydney | 16-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Randolph-Macon | 17-1 | 558 | 4 |
| 4 | Catholic | 15-2 | 546 | 5 |
| 5 | Illinois Wesleyan | 14-2 | 495 | 8 |
| 6 | Wooster | 16-1 | 491 | 9 |
| 7 | Williams | 14-1 | 456 | 3 |
| 8 | Amherst | 15-2 | 444 | 10 |
| 9 | UW-Stevens Point | 15-2 | 385 | 7 |
| 10 | Hope | 14-3 | 383 | 12 |
| 11 | UW-Whitewater | 14-3 | 373 | 13 |
| 12 | Hanover | 17-1 | 372 | 14 |
| 13 | Rochester | 13-3 | 310 | 6 |
| 14 | St. Thomas | 13-3 | 268 | 11 |
| 15 | Franklin & Marshall | 15-2 | 239 | 19 |
| 16 | Christopher Newport | 13-2 | 235 | 21 |
| 17 | Whitworth | 15-2 | 180 | 15 |
| 18 | Johns Hopkins | 13-3 | 172 | 22 |
| 19 | Augustana | 13-3 | 132 | — |
| 20 | UW-Oshkosh | 14-4 | 127 | 18 |
| 21 | Carthage | 10-5 | 100 | 16 |
| 22 | Mary Washington | 14-2 | 93 | — |
| 23 | Capital | 13-4 | 71 | 17 |
| 24 | Nazareth | 13-2 | 68 | — |
| 25 | UW-Stout | 12-5 | 64 | — |
Dropped out: No. 20 Montclair State; No. 23
Wittenberg; No. 24 Ripon; No. 25 William Paterson
Others receiving votes: Montclair State 61;
Ramapo 52; Wheaton (Ill.) 46; Rockford 42; Babson 29; Wittenberg
20; Kalamazoo 17; Baruch 13; William Paterson 13; Savannah Art and
Design 11; Scranton 10; Buena Vista 8; Clark 5; Virginia Wesleyan
4; John Carroll 2; Rowan 2; Wabash 2; Maryville (Tenn.) 1.