Through games of Nov. 25, 2001:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. | 4-0 | 618 | 2 |
| 2 | Hope | 3-0 | 569 | 4 |
| 3 | Emmanuel | 2-0 | 557 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Stevens Point | 4-0 | 514 | 7 |
| 5 | St. Lawrence | 2-0 | 461 | 6 |
| 6 | Capital | 4-0 | 451 | 9 |
| 7 | St. Benedict | 2-0 | 440 | 10 |
| 8 | New York U. | 3-0 | 422 | 8 |
| 9 | Eastern Connecticut | 3-0 | 383 | 11 |
| 10 | George Fox | 3-0 | 349 | 14 |
| 11 | Hardin-Simmons | 3-0 | 347 | 13 |
| 12 | King's | 3-0 | 294 | 15 |
| 13 | Scranton | 2-1 | 290 | — |
| 14 | Bowdoin | 3-0 | 276 | 16 |
| 15 | UW-Eau Claire | 4-0 | 272 | 19 |
| 16 | Messiah | 2-1 | 244 | 1 |
| 17 | Simpson | 3-0 | 184 | 20 |
| 18 | Rochester | 3-0 | 163 | — |
| 19 | Marymount (Va.) | 3-1 | 155 | 17 |
| 20 | Johns Hopkins | 4-0 | 143 | 25 |
| 21 | Southern Maine | 3-0 | 142 | 23 |
| 22 | UW-Oshkosh | 3-1 | 131 | 18 |
| 23 | Gwynedd-Mercy | 2-0 | 116 | 22 |
| 24 | St. Thomas | 1-1 | 111 | 12 |
| 25 | Case Western Reserve |
3-0 | 71 | — |
Dropped out: No. 5 New Jersey; No. 21 Baldwin-Wallace; No. 24 Carleton.
Others receiving votes: Wilmington 58; Wartburg 46; Franklin & Marshall 38; Wittenberg 28; Springfield 26; New Jersey 23; Carleton 21; Hartwick 19; St. John Fisher 17; Amherst 15; Franklin 14; Fontbonne 13; Wheaton (Ill.) 12; Baldwin-Wallace 11; Plymouth State 10; Alma 9; Bethany 9; Cortland State 8; DeSales 7; Pacific Lutheran 6; Bridgewater (Va.) 5; Centre 5; Ohio Wesleyan 4; Ramapo 4; DePauw 3; Rutgers-Camden 3; Mississippi College 2; Hendrix 1; Kalamazoo 1; Lake Forest 1; Richard Stockton 1; Salisbury 1; Trinity (Texas) 1.