Through games of Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Nebraska Wesleyan (25) | 6-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Williams | 5-0 | 545 | 8 |
| 3 | Hamilton | 5-0 | 508 | 9 |
| 4 | UW-Stevens Point | 3-0 | 496 | 12 |
| 5 | Augustana | 3-1 | 473 | 3 |
| 6 | Whitman | 4-1 | 471 | 4 |
| 7 | Wittenberg | 4-0 | 454 | 11 |
| 8 | Swarthmore | 4-0 | 428 | 13 |
| 9 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-1 | 420 | 2 |
| 10 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-0 | 360 | 19 |
| 11 | MIT | 3-1 | 340 | 5 |
| 12 | Middlebury | 3-0 | 317 | 17 |
| 13 | Plattsburgh State | 3-0 | 295 | 14 |
| 14 | Whitworth | 3-1 | 290 | 6 |
| 15 | UW-Whitewater | 4-0 | 258 | 24 |
| 16 | Wooster | 4-0 | 251 | 21 |
| 17 | Randolph-Macon | 7-0 | 191 | -- |
| 18 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-0 | 184 | -- |
| 19 | Loras | 4-0 | 175 | -- |
| 20 | Rochester | 6-0 | 135 | -- |
| 21 | Marietta | 5-0 | 108 | -- |
| 22 | Christopher Newport | 4-0 | 94 | -- |
| 23 | Emory | 4-1 | 75 | 18 |
| 24 | New Jersey City | 4-1 | 71 | 16 |
| 25 | Pomona-Pitzer | 4-0 | 60 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 7 Springfield; No. 10 UW-Platteville; No. 15 Johns Hopkins; No. 20 John Carroll; No. 22 Maryville (Tenn.); No. 23 St. Olaf; No. 25 St. John's
Others receiving votes: John Carroll 57; North Central (Ill.) 49; Springfield 47; St. John's 46; Amherst 44; Endicott 42; Nazareth 32; Emory & Henry 28; Ramapo 24; UW-Platteville 22; Johns Hopkins 22; Nichols 19; Penn State-Behrend 15; Salisbury 13; Aurora 9; Scranton 8; Maryville (Tenn.) 7; Montclair State 6; WPI 5; Roanoke 3; Hope 1; Lake Forest 1; St. Thomas 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. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.