Through games of Feb. 16, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 22-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope | 23-0 | 575 | 2 |
| 3 | Hardin-Simmons (1) | 22-0 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Eau Claire (1) | 23-1 | 562 | 4 |
| 5 | Carleton | 23-0 | 546 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Benedict | 21-2 | 489 | 8 |
| 7 | Wilmington | 20-2 | 462 | 9 |
| 8 | DeSales | 21-2 | 426 | 12 |
| 9 | Bowdoin | 21-2 | 414 | 6 |
| 10 | King's | 19-3 | 387 | 11 |
| 11 | Gustavus Adolphus | 21-2 | 386 | 7 |
| 12 | Scranton | 20-3 | 323 | 10 |
| 13 | Messiah | 21-2 | 316 | 13 |
| 14 | Eastern Connecticut | 21-2 | 297 | 15 |
| 15 | Baldwin-Wallace | 20-3 | 254 | 18 |
| 16 | Southern Maine | 20-3 | 249 | 17 |
| 17 | DePauw | 19-3 | 201 | 19 |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 19-4 | 193 | 16 |
| 19 | UW-Stevens Point | 19-4 | 179 | 20 |
| 20 | St. Lawrence | 20-2 | 155 | 22 |
| 21 | Trinity (Texas) | 19-4 | 120 | 23 |
| 22 | St. John Fisher | 18-2 | 98 | 24 |
| 23 | Rochester | 18-4 | 93 | 14 |
| 24 | Wesleyan | 20-3 | 49 | 25 |
| 25 | Salisbury | 20-3 | 46 | — |
Dropped out: No. 21 Ithaca
Others receiving votes: Ithaca 29; Mt. St. Mary
20; Wittenberg 12; Lebanon Valley 12; Simpson 11; Lake Forest 11;
Washington & Jefferson 8; St. Norbert 4; New Jersey 4;
Otterbein 4; Pacific Lutheran 2; Emmanuel 1; New York University
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