Through games of Jan. 3, 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Thomas More (25) | 10-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Amherst | 9-0 | 589 | 2 |
| 3 | George Fox | 11-0 | 544 | 3 |
| 4 | New York University | 10-0 | 543 | 4 |
| 5 | Hope | 12-0 | 540 | 6 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 11-0 | 486 | 12 |
| 7 | Texas-Tyler | 10-1 | 394 | 13 |
| 8 | Scranton | 12-0 | 378 | 17 |
| 9 | St. Thomas | 9-2 | 347 | 10 |
| 10 | Muhlenberg | 8-0 | 338 | 14 |
| 11 | Washington U. | 9-2 | 319 | 7 |
| 12 | Rochester | 9-1 | 297 | 21 |
| 13 | UW-Oshkosh | 9-2 | 291 | 5 |
| 14 | Tufts | 8-2 | 256 | 18 |
| 15 | Albright | 11-0 | 251 | 22 |
| 16 | Wartburg | 10-1 | 234 | -- |
| 17 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-3 | 202 | 8 |
| 18 | Williams | 9-1 | 183 | 16 |
| 19 | Calvin | 8-3 | 181 | 11 |
| 20 | Trinity (Texas) | 9-2 | 179 | 19 |
| 21 | Ohio Northern | 9-2 | 157 | 23 |
| 22 | Bowdoin | 8-2 | 115 | 24 |
| 23 | Montclair State | 8-3 | 95 | 9 |
| 24 | UW-Stevens Point | 9-2 | 89 | -- |
| 25 | Carnegie Mellon | 10-0 | 84 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 15 University of New Engalnd; No. 20 Maryville (Tenn.); No. 25 Luther.
Others receiving votes: Capital 70; Whitman 69; Maryville (Tenn.) 57; Birmingham-Southern 33; Cal Lutheran 27; Moravian 27; Bluffton 19; University of New England 16; Keene State 16; St. John Fisher 14; DePauw 14; Luther 10; Texas-Dallas 9; York (Pa.) 9; Rowan 8; Emory 5; Connecticut College 2; Mary Washington 1; St. Mary's (Minn.) 1; Washington and Jefferson 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.