Through games of Feb. 24, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 25-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Bowdoin | 24-1 | 569 | 3 |
| 3 | Wilmington | 26-1 | 556 | 4 |
| 4 | Hope | 26-2 | 527 | 6 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 25-1 | 511 | 5 |
| 6 | Southern Maine | 25-2 | 506 | 8 |
| 7 | Eastern Connecticut | 25-2 | 473 | 2 |
| 8 | UW-Stout | 23-4 | 460 | 11 |
| 9 | UW-Stevens Point | 24-3 | 384 | 7 |
| 10 | Messiah | 23-3 | 354 | 15 |
| 11 | Emmanuel | 26-2 | 337 | 13 |
| 12 | Scranton | 23-4 | 330 | 16 |
| 13 | DePauw | 22-3 | 320 | 10 |
| 14 | King's | 23-3 | 291 | 9 |
| 15 | Carleton | 22-5 | 247 | 25 |
| 16 | St. Benedict | 23-4 | 237 | 12 |
| 17 | St. Lawrence | 24-3 | 226 | 18 |
| 18 | Pacific Lutheran | 21-3 | 216 | 19 |
| 19 | Webster | 23-2 | 189 | 21 |
| 20 | Salisbury | 23-4 | 144 | 24 |
| 21 | Springfield | 24-3 | 129 | 23 |
| 22 | Muhlenberg | 21-4 | 105 | 17 |
| 23 | St. Thomas | 21-5 | 79 | 14 |
| 24 | Lebanon Valley | 23-4 | 67 | 22 |
| 25 | Case Western Reserve |
19-6 | 45 | 20 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Ithaca 38; Marymount 29; Anderson 23; UW-Oshkosh 20; Western Maryland 19; Wheaton (Ill.) 15; Wartburg 14; Guilford 8; Lakeland 8; Middlebury 7; Baldwin-Wallace 5; Christopher Newport 5; Centre 2; Chapman 2; Alvernia 1; Buffalo State 1; Ohio Wesleyan 1.