Through games of Jan. 13, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. (22) | 14-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope (3) | 15-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | New York U. | 13-0 | 556 | 3 |
| 4 | King's | 13-0 | 548 | 4 |
| 5 | Bowdoin | 9-0 | 486 | 6 |
| 6 | Hardin-Simmons | 12-0 | 469 | 7 |
| 7 | UW-Stevens Point | 15-1 | 431 | 8 |
| 8 | Muhlenberg | 12-0 | 425 | 10 |
| 9 | Messiah | 13-1 | 423 | 11 |
| 10 | Eastern Connecticut | 11-1 | 368 | 5 |
| 11 | Southern Maine | 14-1 | 345 | 18 |
| 12 | Emmanuel | 10-1 | 343 | 12 |
| 13 | St. Thomas | 12-1 | 342 | 13 |
| 14 | George Fox | 14-1 | 294 | 16 |
| 15 | Wilmington | 13-1 | 265 | 9 |
| 16 | Case Western Reserve |
11-2 | 216 | 15 |
| 17 | DePauw | 13-2 | 198 | 21 |
| 18 | Johns Hopkins | 12-1 | 145 | 24 |
| 19 | St. Lawrence | 10-2 | 144 | 17 |
| 20 | UW-Eau Claire | 13-2 | 125 | 23 |
| 21 | Scranton | 11-3 | 122 | 19 |
| 22 | Pacific Lutheran | 11-2 | 113 | 14 |
| 23 | St. Benedict | 11-2 | 109 | — |
| 24 | UW-Oshkosh | 13-3 | 85 | 22 |
| 25 | Capital | 11-3 | 83 | 20 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Simpson
Others receiving votes: Salisbury 81; Lake Forest 65; Middlebury 23; Simpson 16; Rochester 14; St. John Fisher 11; Chapman 8; Ithaca 8; DeSales 7; Webster 7; Springfield 6; Wittenberg 6; Bethany 4; Bridgewater (Va.) 4; UW-Stout 4; Luther 3; Carleton 2; Kalamazoo 1; Lakeland 1.