Through games of Jan. 27, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 18-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Bowdoin | 15-0 | 569 | 4 |
| 3 | Hardin-Simmons | 17-0 | 536 | 5 |
| 4 | Hope | 18-1 | 523 | 2 |
| 5 | Southern Maine | 18-1 | 493 | 6 |
| 6 | King's | 17-1 | 475 | 3 |
| 7 | Eastern Connecticut | 17-1 | 447 | 7 |
| 8 | Wilmington | 17-1 | 441 | 8 |
| 9 | Emmanuel | 15-1 | 369 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-Stevens Point | 17-2 | 356 | 13 |
| 11 | Messiah | 16-2 | 330 | 14 |
| 12 | DePauw | 16-2 | 327 | 15 |
| 13 | UW-Eau Claire | 17-2 | 302 | 17 |
| 14 | St. Benedict | 16-2 | 293 | 19 |
| 15 | New York U. | 15-3 | 238 | 10 |
| 16 | St. Thomas | 15-3 | 221 | 12 |
| 17 | Case Western Reserve |
14-3 | 213 | 24 |
| 18 | Muhlenberg | 14-2 | 206 | 11 |
| 19 | Scranton | 16-3 | 198 | 21 |
| 20 | UW-Stout | 15-4 | 193 | 20 |
| 21 | George Fox | 17-2 | 189 | 22 |
| 22 | Pacific Lutheran | 14-2 | 114 | 25 |
| 23 | Carleton | 15-3 | 76 | — |
| 24 | Webster | 14-2 | 60 | — |
| 25 | St. Lawrence | 15-3 | 58 | 18 |
Dropped out: No. 16 Johns Hopkins; No. 23 Salisbury.
Others receiving votes: Bridgewater (Va.) 42; DeSales 35; Salisbury 33; Capital 21; Franklin 20; Johns Hopkins 18; Springfield 16; Bethany 14; Lebanon Valley 14; Western Maryland 14; Swarthmore 10; UW-Oshkosh 6; Wartburg 6; Lakeland 5; Wheaton (Ill.) 5; Wittenberg 5; Albion 3; Chapman 2; Anderson 1; Christopher Newport 1; Fontbonne 1; U. of the Ozarks 1.