Through games of Dec. 5, 2004:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Bowdoin (20) | 4-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | New York University (3) | 5-0 | 578 | 2 |
| 3 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-0 | 556 | 3 |
| 4 | Washington U. | 7-0 | 542 | 4 |
| 5 | Capital (1) | 5-0 | 519 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Oshkosh (1) | 6-0 | 495 | 6 |
| 7 | Puget Sound | 6-0 | 427 | 7 |
| 8 | Rochester | 4-1 | 396 | 8 |
| 9 | UW-Eau Claire | 7-0 | 341 | 20 |
| 10 | DePauw | 5-1 | 325 | 15 |
| 11 | Trinity (Texas) | 4-1 | 320 | 13 |
| 12 | Messiah | 5-0 | 312 | 14 |
| 13 | Brandeis | 5-0 | 260 | 16 |
| 14 | Wilmington | 5-1 | 242 | 17 |
| 15 | St. Benedict | 4-1 | 237 | 18 |
| 16 | Scranton | 4-1 | 193 | 19 |
| 17 | Southern Maine | 3-2 | 182 | 10 |
| 18 | Millikin | 4-1 | 175 | 11 |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins | 6-1 | 174 | 12 |
| 20 | UW-Stevens Point | 5-2 | 156 | 9 |
| 21 | Bates | 6-0 | 143 | 22 |
| 22 | Randolph-Macon | 5-0 | 137 | 23 |
| 23 | King's | 6-0 | 135 | 24 |
| 24 | McDaniel | 4-1 | 128 | 21 |
| 25 | Union | 2-0 | 119 | 25 |
Dropped out: None
Others receiving votes: Rowan 55, Whitworth 50, DeSales 46, Buena Vista 43, Ripon 39, Eastern Mennonite 37, Wesleyan 25, Emmanuel 20, Carleton 17, Williams 17, Lawrence 16, Hope 16, Howard Payne 8, St. John Fisher 8, Albion 7, Moravian 7, Whitman 2, Oswego State 1, 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.