Through games of Dec. 12, 2004:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Bowdoin (20) | 7-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | New York University (2) | 7-0 | 589 | 2 |
| 3 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-0 | 585 | 3 |
| 4 | Capital (2) | 8-0 | 543 | 5 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh (1) | 8-0 | 526 | 6 |
| 6 | Puget Sound | 6-0 | 466 | 7 |
| 7 | DePauw | 6-1 | 409 | 10 |
| 8 | Washington U. | 8-1 | 394 | 4 |
| 9 | Trinity (Texas) | 5-1 | 377 | 11 |
| 10 | Messiah | 7-0 | 352 | 12 |
| 11 | Brandeis | 7-0 | 326 | 13 |
| 12 | Scranton | 7-1 | 262 | 16 |
| 13 | Wilmington | 7-1 | 250 | 14 |
| 14 | Rochester | 5-2 | 222 | 8 |
| 15 | Southern Maine | 5-2 | 217 | 17 |
| 16 | Bates | 8-0 | 216 | 21 |
| 17 | Randolph-Macon | 7-0 | 200 | 22 |
| 18 | King's | 9-0 | 198 | 23 |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins | 7-1 | 186 | 19 |
| 20 | Millikin | 5-1 | 179 | 18 |
| 21 | St. Benedict | 6-1 | 163 | 15 |
| 22 | UW-Eau Claire | 7-2 | 146 | 9 |
| 23 | Union | 4-1 | 100 | 25 |
| 24 | Whitworth | 7-0 | 87 | — |
| 25 | DeSales | 7-1 | 85 | — |
Dropped out: No. 20 UW-Stevens Point; No. 24 McDaniel.
Others receiving votes: Ripon 56, Buena Vista 52, Wesleyan 47, McDaniel 45, Carleton 38, UW-Stevens Point 36, Emmanuel 28, Williams 26, Howard Payne 26, Hope 26, Albion 18, Lawrence 9, Staten Island 8, UW-River Falls 8, St. John Fisher 8, Rowan 8, Mount St. Mary 8, Oswego State 2, Dickinson 2, Mary Washington 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.