Through games of Sunday, Dec. 12:
| No. | Team | W-L | Total | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 8-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins | 6-0 | 570 | 2 |
| 3 | NYU | 7-0 | 567 | 3 |
| 4 | Rowan | 7-0 | 545 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 8-1 | 524 | 5 |
| 6 | Baldwin-Wallace | 6-0 | 513 | 6 |
| 7 | Cortland State | 7-0 | 461 | 8 |
| 8 | Simpson | 6-0 | 438 | 10 |
| 9 | Scranton | 6-1 | 409 | 11 |
| 10 | UW-Eau Claire | 8-0 | 400 | 14 |
| 11 | Capital | 6-2 | 358 | 7 |
| 12 | St. Thomas | 5-1 | 331 | 16 |
| 13 | King's (Pa.) | 8-0 | 311 | 20 |
| 14 | Southern Maine | 7-1 | 228 | 13 |
| 15 | St. Lawrence | 7-1 | 219 | 22 |
| 16 | Millikin | 5-1 | 217 | 23 |
| 17 | Ohio Wesleyan | 7-1 | 214 | 12 |
| 18 | Williams | 4-2 | 150 | 9 |
| 19 | William Paterson | 6-1 | 111 | --- |
| 20 | Gwynedd-Mercy | 6-1 | 106 | --- |
| 21 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-0 | 103 | --- |
| 22 | College of New Jersey | 6-2 | 102 | 18 |
| 23 | St. Benedict | 3-3 | 100 | 24 |
| 24 | Pacific Lutheran | 3-3 | 97 | 19 |
| 25 | Lakeland | 6-0 | 88 | --- |
Dropped out: No. 15 Gallaudet; No. 17 Mount Union; No. 21 William Smith; No. 25 DePauw.
Others receiving votes: Mount Union 71; Gallaudet 68; Hendrix 48; William Smith 40; Babson 21; St. Mary's (Md.) 17; Wartburg 11; Sewanee 9; Carleton 8; Lake Forest 7; Trinity (Conn.) 7; Widener 5; Alvernia 4; DePauw 4; Mary Washington 4; Otterbein 4; Bethany 2; Clark 2; Wilmington 2; Bowdoin 1; Colby 1; Richard Stockton 1; Susquehanna 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.