Through games of Jan. 1, 2013:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | DePauw (24) | 11-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Calvin (1) | 10-1 | 569 | 3 |
| 3 | Washington U. | 10-1 | 543 | 5 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 7-1 | 524 | 4 |
| 5 | Lewis and Clark | 11-0 | 522 | 6 |
| 6 | Hope | 12-0 | 517 | 7 |
| 7 | Amherst | 10-0 | 471 | 9 |
| 8 | Messiah | 10-1 | 428 | 8 |
| 9 | Tufts | 10-0 | 399 | 10 |
| 10 | Thomas More | 10-1 | 383 | 11 |
| 11 | York (Pa.) | 10-0 | 373 | 12 |
| 12 | Ohio Northern | 11-1 | 336 | 15 |
| 13 | Mount Union | 10-2 | 286 | 2 |
| 14 | Montclair State | 13-0 | 277 | 22 |
| 15 | Southern Maine | 11-0 | 269 | 16 |
| 16 | Simpson | 10-1 | 240 | 14 |
| 17 | UW-Whitewater | 10-3 | 173 | 18 |
| 18 | UW-Stevens Point | 9-3 | 172 | 19 |
| 19 | Lebanon Valley | 9-2 | 135 | 13 |
| 20 | Catholic | 11-0 | 117 | -- |
| 21 | Moravian | 11-0 | 109 | 25 |
| 22 | Babson | 9-1 | 97 | 20 |
| 23 | Cornell | 11-0 | 83 | -- |
| 24 | George Fox | 8-3 | 74 | 21 |
| 25 | Christopher Newport | 9-0 | 70 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 17 Emmanuel, No. 23 Monmouth, No. 24 Louisiana College.
Others receiving votes: Monmouth 63; Ferrum 59; Williams 45; Loras 22; Louisiana College 21; Dubuque 18; Emory 18; Wheaton (Ill.) 18; Capital 17; Illinois Wesleyan 15; Emmanuel 10; Whitman 6; Whitworth 5; Texas-Dallas 4; UW-Oshkosh 4; Ithaca 4; La Roche 3; Oswego State 2; Rhodes 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.