Through games of Dec. 16:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Virginia Wesleyan (21) | 7-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Middlebury (2) | 8-0 | 589 | 3 |
| 3 | North Central (Ill.) (1) | 9-0 | 570 | 4 |
| 4 | St. Thomas (1) | 8-0 | 541 | 5 |
| 5 | UW-Stevens Point | 9-0 | 531 | 6 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 7-1 | 481 | 2 |
| 7 | Rochester | 10-0 | 436 | 8 |
| 8 | Franklin and Marshall | 7-0 | 428 | 7 |
| 9 | Washington U. | 9-1 | 410 | 10 |
| 10 | Ramapo | 8-0 | 379 | 11 |
| 11 | Whitworth | 6-1 | 303 | 13 |
| 12 | Adrian | 7-0 | 300 | 14 |
| 13 | Wooster | 7-1 | 292 | 12 |
| 14 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-1 | 272 | 9 |
| 15 | Catholic | 7-1 | 238 | 15 |
| 16 | St. Mary's (Md.) | 7-1 | 196 | 17 |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-2 | 193 | 18 |
| 18 | WPI | 10-0 | 160 | 19 |
| 19 | Christopher Newport | 5-1 | 152 | 20 |
| 20 | Albertus Magnus | 7-0 | 145 | 21 |
| 21 | Ohio Wesleyan | 7-1 | 130 | 23 |
| 22 | Augustana | 9-1 | 100 | -- |
| 23 | UW-Stout | 9-1 | 93 | -- |
| 24 | Williams | 8-1 | 90 | -- |
| 25 | Amherst | 8-2 | 74 | 22 |
Dropped out: No. 16 Scranton, No. 24 Rhode Island College, No. 25 New York University.
Others receiving votes: New York U. 65; MIT 53; Rose-Hulman 53; Scranton 45; Hampden-Sydney 45; Rhode Island College 38; Salisbury 27; Augsburg 19; Stevens 11; Birmingham Southern 10; Randolph 10; Lycoming 8; LaGrange 5; Dubuque 4; Northwestern (Minn.) 4; UW-La Crosse 2; Transylvania 1; Carroll 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.