Through games of Feb. 27, 2005:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Scranton (12) | 26-1 | 600 | 2 |
| 2 | Bowdoin (9) | 24-2 | 599 | 3 |
| 3 | Bates (1) | 24-2 | 571 | 1 |
| 4 | Southern Maine (2) | 26-2 | 564 | 4 |
| 5 | Randolph-Macon (1) | 26-1 | 534 | 5 |
| 6 | Millikin | 24-2 | 475 | 6 |
| 7 | Washington U. | 21-4 | 441 | 9 |
| 8 | Messiah | 24-3 | 435 | 10 |
| 9 | Trinity (Texas) | 23-4 | 420 | 11 |
| 10 | King's | 22-4 | 360 | 8 |
| 11 | UW-Stout | 22-6 | 359 | 20 |
| 12 | DePauw | 23-5 | 312 | 14 |
| 13 | Emmanuel | 26-2 | 267 | 15 |
| 14 | Buena Vista | 25-2 | 243 | 7 |
| 15 | Hardin-Simmons | 22-4 | 223 | 12 |
| 16 | Brandeis | 20-4 | 189 | 13 |
| 17 | McDaniel | 24-3 | 175 | 24 |
| 18 | Whitworth | 22-3 | 161 | 23 |
| 19 | New York University | 20-5 | 159 | 22 |
| 20 | Albion | 24-4 | 147 | 16 |
| 21 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 22-4 | 105 | 18 |
| 22 | Calvin | 23-4 | 101 | — |
| 23 | Hope | 23-4 | 86 | 17 |
| 24 | Mount St. Mary | 27-1 | 78 | 25 |
| 25 | Baldwin-Wallace | 23-5 | 75 | — |
Dropped out: No. 19 Dickinson, No. 21 UW-Stevens Point
Others receiving votes: Dickinson 73, St. Benedict 71, George Fox 67, Howard Payne 45, Moravian 43, UW-Stevens Point 35, Wilmington 22, Staten Island 21, Carleton 20, Wesleyan 12, Johns Hopkins 11, UW-Oshkosh 10, Oswego State 9, DeSales 2, Illinois Wesleyan 2, Springfield 2, Washington and Jefferson 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 on Tuesdays.