Through games of Sunday, Jan. 3:
| No. | Team | W-L | Total | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 9-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | NYU | 8-0 | 592 | 3 |
| 3 | Rowan | 8-0 | 560 | 4 |
| 4 | Simpson | 6-0 | 552 | 8 |
| 5 | Cortland State | 7-0 | 491 | 7 |
| 6 | UW-Eau Claire | 11-0 | 452 | 10 |
| 7 | Baldwin-Wallace | 10-1 | 442 | 6 |
| 8 | Scranton | 9-1 | 432 | 9 |
| 9 | UW-Oshkosh | 10-2 | 431 | 5 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins | 7-1 | 416 | 2 |
| 11 | Capital | 10-2 | 389 | 11 |
| 12 | St. Thomas | 6-1 | 356 | 12 |
| 13 | King's (Pa.) | 8-0 | 333 | 13 |
| 14 | Southern Maine | 9-1 | 303 | 14 |
| 15 | Millikin | 8-1 | 280 | 16 |
| 16 | Ohio Wesleyan | 8-1 | 237 | 17 |
| 17 | Hardin-Simmons | 10-0 | 214 | 21 |
| 18 | Williams | 4-2 | 169 | 18 |
| 19 | Gwynedd-Mercy | 6-1 | 162 | 20 |
| 20 | St. Lawrence | 8-2 | 106 | 15 |
| 21 | St. Benedict | 4-3 | 100 | 23 |
| 22 | William Paterson | 8-2 | 79 | 19 |
| 23 | Pacific Lutheran | 5-3 | 71 | 24 |
| 24 | Sewanee | 8-1 | 67 | --- |
| 25 | New Jersey | 7-3 | 53 | 22 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Lakeland.
Others receiving votes: Buffalo State 41; St. Mary's (Md.) 30; Lakeland 25; Wartburg 25; Hendrix 16; Gallaudet 15; William Smith 11; Babson 9; Otterbein 9; DePauw 7; Carleton 6; Willamette 5; UW-Stevens Point 4; Lake Forest 3; Calvin 2; Alvernia 1; George Fox 1; Western Connecticut 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.