Through games of Jan. 4, 2009:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Rochester (13) | 8-0 | 609 | 1 |
| 2 | Illinois Wesleyan (10) | 10-0 | 605 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Eau Claire (2) | 11-0 | 544 | 6 |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater | 12-1 | 534 | 5 |
| 5 | Brandeis | 9-0 | 514 | 7 |
| 6 | Oglethorpe | 11-1 | 484 | 11 |
| 7 | Amherst | 11-0 | 477 | 10 |
| 8 | Hope | 8-1 | 423 | 3 |
| 9 | Thomas More | 10-1 | 421 | 4 |
| 10 | UW-Stevens Point | 10-1 | 411 | 12 |
| 11 | Simpson | 11-1 | 319 | 8 |
| 12 | DeSales | 8-1 | 310 | 15 |
| 13 | New York University | 10-0 | 274 | 17 |
| 14 | George Fox | 11-0 | 273 | 19 |
| 15 | Tufts | 7-1 | 262 | 16 |
| 16 | Howard Payne | 11-1 | 248 | 18 |
| 17 | Mary Washington | 9-1 | 235 | 13 |
| 18 | Moravian | 9-1 | 203 | 21 |
| 19 | Messiah | 8-2 | 172 | 20 |
| 20 | Southern Maine | 9-1 | 156 | 14 |
| 21 | Chicago | 9-2 | 104 | 24 |
| 22 | Kean | 9-3 | 93 | 9 |
| 23 | Marymount | 9-2 | 71 | — |
| 24 | Whitman | 9-2 | 55 | 23 |
| 25 | Texas-Dallas | 8-2 | 44 | — |
Dropped out: No. 22 Muhlenberg, No. 25 Emory.
Others receiving votes: York (Pa.) 38, St. Benedict 36, Washington U. 31, Muhlenberg 29, Bowdoin 27, Emory 20, Washington and Jefferson 20, St. Norbert 17, DePauw 16, Capital 14, Trinity (Texas) 10, Eastern Connecticut 8, UW-La Crosse 7, Gustavus Adolphus 3, McMurry 3, Westfield State 3, Wilmington 2.
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.