Through games of Sunday, March 7, 2021:
Because of the smaller number of teams playing during the COVID-19 pandemic, this poll is limited to 15 teams. Nobody beyond 15 is considered ranked. Only teams which have played a game are eligible to receive votes. With the changing nature of the pandemic, the number of voters and teams voted for may change from week to week.
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Randolph-Macon (14) | 9-0 | 264 | 1 |
| 2 | Trine (3) | 17-0 | 227 | 2 |
| 3 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 11-0 | 224 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas (1) | 7-0 | 210 | 5 |
| 5 | Yeshiva | 6-0 | 207 | 4 |
| 6 | Marietta | 12-1 | 178 | 6 |
| 7 | Dubuque | 11-0 | 159 | 7 |
| 8 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-1 | 132 | 8 |
| 9 | UW-Platteville | 8-2 | 129 | 11 |
| 10 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 16-3 | 117 | 10 |
| 11 | DePauw | 12-1 | 81 | 12 |
| 12 | Berry | 11-1 | 54 | 13 |
| 13 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-2 | 51 | 9 |
| 14 | UW-La Crosse | 8-3 | 32 | 14 |
| 15 | Roanoke | 10-1 | 20 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 15 Heidelberg
Others receiving votes: Pacific Lutheran 19, Trinity (Texas) 18, TCNJ 15, St. Joseph (Conn.) 9, DeSales 7, Maryville (Tenn.) 3, Albion 1, Mass-Dartmouth 1.
The D3hoops.com Top 15 is voted on by a panel of 18 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 15-14-13-12-etc. basis.