Through end of 2004-05 season:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Millikin (25) | 29-2 | 625 | 6 |
| 2 | Randolph-Macon | 30-2 | 586 | 5 |
| 3 | Southern Maine | 31-3 | 564 | 4 |
| 4 | Scranton | 29-3 | 541 | 1 |
| 5 | Bowdoin | 26-3 | 527 | 2 |
| 6 | Bates | 25-3 | 468 | 3 |
| 7 | Trinity (Texas) | 25-5 | 428 | 9 |
| 8 | Washington U. | 22-5 | 402 | 7 |
| 9 | UW-Stout | 24-7 | 378 | 11 |
| 10 | Messiah | 25-4 | 367 | 8 |
| 11 | Calvin | 25-5 | 350 | 22 |
| 12 | George Fox | 22-6 | 256 | — |
| 13 | Albion | 25-5 | 244 | 20 |
| 14 | McDaniel | 25-4 | 209 | 17 |
| 15 | King's | 22-4 | 206 | 10 |
| 16 | Emmanuel | 27-3 | 193 | 13 |
| 17 | St. Benedict | 24-5 | 184 | — |
| 18 | DePauw | 23-6 | 174 | 12 |
| 19 | Buena Vista | 25-3 | 168 | 14 |
| 20 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 22-4 | 154 | 21 |
| 21 | Brandeis | 23-4 | 151 | 16 |
| 22 | Springfield | 25-6 | 141 | — |
| 23 | Hardin-Simmons | 22-4 | 140 | 15 |
| 24 | Whitworth | 22-3 | 138 | 18 |
| 25 | New York University | 23-5 | 88 | 19 |
Dropped out: No. 23 Hope; No. 24 Mount St. Mary; No. 25 Baldwin-Wallace
Others receiving votes: Hope 60, Howard Payne 58, Wesleyan 54, DeSales 42, Mount St. Mary 33, Baldwin-Wallace 31, UW-Stevens Point 29, UW-Oshkosh 25, Carleton 18, Dickinson 18, William Smith 17, Staten Island 13, Oswego State 9, Concordia-Moorhead 7, St. John Fisher 7, Wilmington 7, Moravian 6, Johns Hopkins 5, Ripon 3, Union 1
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.