Through games of Feb. 7, 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Augustana (17) | 21-1 | 612 | 2 |
| 2 | Benedictine (5) | 22-0 | 604 | 3 |
| 3 | John Carroll (2) | 21-0 | 571 | 4 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 19-1 | 543 | 5 |
| 5 | Whitworth (1) | 20-1 | 530 | 1 |
| 6 | Christopher Newport | 20-1 | 483 | 6 |
| 7 | Hope | 19-2 | 468 | 7 |
| 8 | Marietta | 19-2 | 451 | 8 |
| 9 | Elmhurst | 19-3 | 427 | 9 |
| 10 | Ohio Wesleyan | 19-2 | 410 | 10 |
| 11 | St. Norbert | 18-2 | 322 | 14 |
| 12 | Whitman | 18-3 | 321 | 20 |
| 13 | Alma | 16-5 | 262 | 12 |
| 14 | Johnson and Wales | 20-1 | 254 | 17 |
| 15 | Lancaster Bible | 19-0 | 239 | 15 |
| 16 | Franklin and Marshall | 18-3 | 236 | 16 |
| 17 | Susquehanna | 18-2 | 233 | 18 |
| 18 | North Central (Ill.) | 16-6 | 213 | 13 |
| 19 | Amherst | 18-4 | 187 | 11 |
| 20 | Wesleyan | 18-4 | 149 | 22 |
| 21 | Penn State-Behrend | 19-1 | 132 | 23 |
| 22 | Plattsburgh State | 17-3 | 130 | 24 |
| 23 | Mount Union | 15-5 | 76 | 25 |
| 24 | Emory | 15-5 | 50 | -- |
| 25 | Tufts | 17-5 | 46 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 WPI; No. 21 Chicago.
Others receiving votes: New York University 37; Babson 27; Wooster 22; Trinity (Conn.) 15; Aurora 15; Roanoke 11; Northwestern (Minn.) 9; Stockton 8; East Texas Baptist 7; Texas Lutheran 6; Salisbury 5; St. Vincent 3; WPI 3; UW-La Crosse 3; MIT 2; Rochester 2; Concordia-Moorhead 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.