Through games of Dec. 18, 2005:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Illinois Wesleyan (23) | 7-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Wooster (1) | 9-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | Wittenberg | 6-1 | 555 | 3 |
| 4 | Amherst (1) | 7-0 | 533 | 4 |
| 5 | Puget Sound | 5-1 | 501 | 5 |
| 6 | Albion | 7-1 | 462 | 6 |
| 7 | Hope | 9-0 | 460 | 7 |
| 8 | Lawrence | 6-0 | 445 | 8 |
| 9 | Worcester Polytech | 9-0 | 398 | 9 |
| 10 | York (Pa.) | 6-1 | 396 | 10 |
| 11 | UW-Stout | 8-1 | 335 | 12 |
| 12 | Randolph-Macon | 7-1 | 324 | 11 |
| 13 | Augustana | 7-0 | 290 | 13 |
| 14 | Hanover | 6-2 | 242 | 14 |
| 15 | Wartburg | 6-1 | 238 | 15 |
| 16 | Elmhurst | 7-2 | 228 | 16 |
| 17 | Baldwin-Wallace | 8-1 | 214 | 18 |
| 18 | St. John Fisher | 5-2 | 160 | 20 |
| 19 | Hampden-Sydney | 7-0 | 152 | 21 |
| 20 | Rochester | 6-2 | 150 | 19 |
| 21 | Lincoln | 8-3 | 145 | 17 |
| 22 | Carnegie Mellon | 9-0 | 90 | 23 |
| 23 | St. Thomas | 5-1 | 85 | — |
| 24 | Ohio Northern | 8-1 | 79 | — |
| 25 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-3 | 67 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Maryville (Tenn.), No. 24 John Carroll
Others receiving votes: Maryville (Tenn.) 61, Mississippi College 44, Catholic 35, Gustavus Adolphus 34, John Carroll 33, Trinity (Texas) 30, Widener 26, Albright 17, Transylvania 16, New Jersey City 15, Ramapo 12, UW-Whitewater 10, UW-Stevens Point 9, Calvin 5, Hamilton 3, Washington U. 2, Virginia Wesleyan 2, North Central 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.