Through games of Feb. 23, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Eau Claire (11) | 24-1 | 600 | 4 |
| 2 | Hope (8) | 25-0 | 595 | 2 |
| 3 | Washington U. (1) | 23-1 | 571 | 1 |
| 4 | Hardin-Simmons (5) | 24-0 | 570 | 3 |
| 5 | St. Benedict | 23-2 | 507 | 6 |
| 6 | Wilmington | 22-2 | 490 | 7 |
| 7 | DeSales | 23-2 | 458 | 8 |
| 8 | Bowdoin | 22-2 | 444 | 9 |
| 9 | Gustavus Adolphus | 23-2 | 427 | 11 |
| 10 | Carleton | 23-2 | 411 | 5 |
| 11 | King's | 21-3 | 386 | 10 |
| 12 | Scranton | 22-3 | 333 | 12 |
| 13 | Messiah | 23-2 | 330 | 13 |
| 14 | Southern Maine | 22-3 | 282 | 16 |
| 15 | Baldwin-Wallace | 22-3 | 276 | 15 |
| 16 | Rochester | 20-4 | 224 | 23 |
| 17 | St. Lawrence | 23-2 | 211 | 20 |
| 18 | UW-Stevens Point | 21-4 | 205 | 19 |
| 19 | Eastern Connecticut | 22-3 | 176 | 14 |
| 20 | DePauw | 20-4 | 128 | 17 |
| 21 | St. John Fisher | 20-2 | 103 | 22 |
| 22 | Wesleyan | 21-3 | 84 | 24 |
| 23 | UW-Oshkosh | 20-5 | 52 | 18 |
| 24 | Ithaca | 19-4 | 51 | — |
| 25 | Mt. St. Mary | 23-2 | 39 | — |
Dropped out: No. 21 Trinity (Texas), No. 25
Salisbury
Others receiving votes: Lake Forest 34; Trinity
(Texas) 33; Wittenberg 27; Washington & Jefferson 23; Salisbury
18; Emmanuel 11; St. Norbert 8; Whitworth 3; UW-Stout 3; Loras 2;
Marymount 2; Kean 2; Lebanon Valley 2; Union 1; Puget Sound 1;
Salem State 1; Mississippi College 1.