Through games of Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Amherst (21) | 10-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Chicago (3) | 9-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | George Fox (1) | 11-0 | 578 | 3 |
| 4 | Calvin | 11-0 | 541 | 4 |
| 5 | Rochester | 10-0 | 516 | 5 |
| 6 | William Paterson | 12-0 | 504 | 6 |
| 7 | DePauw | 9-1 | 442 | 9 |
| 8 | Washington U. | 10-1 | 421 | 10 |
| 9 | UW-Stevens Point | 11-1 | 406 | 7 |
| 10 | Muhlenberg | 9-0 | 388 | 11 |
| 11 | Lewis and Clark | 11-0 | 372 | 12 |
| 12 | Williams | 10-0 | 343 | 13 |
| 13 | Franklin | 11-0 | 330 | 15 |
| 14 | Hope | 12-1 | 279 | 17 |
| 15 | Juniata | 11-1 | 237 | 18 |
| 16 | Mount Union | 10-1 | 223 | 19 |
| 17 | Lebanon Valley | 10-1 | 220 | 8 |
| 18 | Mary Washington | 10-0 | 213 | 20 |
| 19 | UW-River Falls | 11-1 | 202 | 14 |
| 20 | Piedmont | 10-0 | 163 | 22 |
| 21 | Greensboro | 5-1 | 71 | 23 |
| 22 | Babson | 8-2 | 64 | 16 |
| 23 | Colby | 6-1 | 59 | -- |
| 24 | UW-Eau Claire | 11-2 | 44 | -- |
| 25 | Carthage | 9-2 | 40 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 Louisiana College, No. 24 Otterbein, No. 25 Thomas More.
Others receiving votes: Louisiana College 35; Concordia-Austin 34; McMurry 34; St. Thomas 32; St. Vincent 27; Centre 22; Kean 22; Ithaca 13; Otterbein 7; Simpson 7; Fitchburg State 5; Ohio Northern 4; Southern Maine 3; UW-La Crosse 2; UW-Whitewater 2; Millsaps 1; New England College 1; Richard Stockton 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.