Through games of Sunday, Dec. 16:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | DePauw (24) | 7-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 8-0 | 583 | 2 |
| 3 | Calvin (1) | 7-1 | 522 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 7-1 | 513 | 4 |
| 5 | Washington U. | 8-1 | 511 | 5 |
| 6 | Lewis and Clark | 10-0 | 500 | 6 |
| 7 | Hope | 8-0 | 489 | 7 |
| 8 | Messiah | 8-0 | 448 | 8 |
| 9 | Amherst | 8-0 | 406 | 9 |
| 10 | Tufts | 9-0 | 390 | 10 |
| 11 | Thomas More | 9-1 | 372 | 11 |
| 12 | York (Pa.) | 8-0 | 346 | 14 |
| 13 | Lebanon Valley | 7-1 | 297 | 13 |
| 14 | Simpson | 9-0 | 296 | 15 |
| 15 | Ohio Northern | 9-1 | 217 | 17 |
| 16 | Southern Maine | 9-0 | 194 | 19 |
| 17 | Emmanuel | 8-1 | 175 | 20 |
| 18 | UW-Whitewater | 8-3 | 148 | 16 |
| 19 | UW-Stevens Point | 6-3 | 147 | 12 |
| 20 | Babson | 8-0 | 142 | 21 |
| 21 | George Fox | 5-2 | 129 | 22 |
| 22 | Montclair State | 10-0 | 122 | 23 |
| 23 | Monmouth | 9-0 | 103 | 24 |
| 24 | Louisiana College | 8-0 | 84 | 25 |
| 25 | Moravian | 9-0 | 70 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 18 Illinois Wesleyan.
Others receiving votes: Cornell 55; Christopher Newport 51; Catholic 45; Williams 29; Illinois Wesleyan 25; Emory 16; Wheaton (Ill.) 12; Loras 12; Capital 11; Kenyon 8; La Roche 6; Carthage 5; Ferrum 5; Dubuque 4; UW-Superior 4; St. Norbert 3; Swarthmore 3; North Park 3; UW-River Falls 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.