Through games of Feb. 22, 2009:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Illinois Wesleyan (25) | 24-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope | 22-1 | 584 | 2 |
| 3 | George Fox | 25-0 | 580 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater | 22-3 | 522 | 7 |
| 5 | UW-Stevens Point | 22-3 | 491 | 8 |
| 6 | Rochester | 21-3 | 488 | 5 |
| 7 | Amherst | 24-1 | 481 | 6 |
| 8 | York (Pa.) | 24-1 | 431 | 9 |
| 9 | Washington U. | 20-4 | 412 | 12 |
| 10 | Oglethorpe | 22-3 | 391 | 4 |
| 11 | Thomas More | 23-2 | 388 | 10 |
| 12 | UW-Eau Claire | 21-4 | 340 | 11 |
| 13 | Messiah | 21-3 | 314 | 13 |
| 14 | Eastern Connecticut | 23-2 | 294 | 14 |
| 15 | Tufts | 21-3 | 264 | 15 |
| 16 | Simpson | 22-3 | 250 | 16 |
| 17 | DePauw | 21-4 | 218 | 18 |
| 18 | Greensboro | 24-1 | 175 | 19 |
| 19 | Muhlenberg | 22-3 | 148 | 20 |
| 20 | New York University | 20-4 | 148 | 22 |
| 21 | Washington and Jefferson | 22-3 | 137 | 21 |
| 22 | Mississippi College | 22-3 | 100 | 23 |
| 23 | DeSales | 21-4 | 75 | 24 |
| 24 | Scranton | 21-4 | 61 | 25 |
| 25 | Brandeis | 17-6 | 45 | — |
Dropped out: No. 17 Texas-Dallas.
Others receiving votes: Texas-Dallas 36, St. Norbert 32, Bowdoin 24, Marymount 17, St. Benedict 15, New Jersey 12, Baldwin-Wallace 9, Western Connecticut 8, Cortland State 4, Randolph-Macon 4, Moravian 1, Pitt-Greensburg 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.