Through games of Nov. 25, 2018:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Bowdoin (17) | 4-0 | 610 | 2 |
| 2 | Hope (3) | 3-0 | 580 | 3 |
| 3 | St. Thomas (3) | 3-0 | 572 | 4 |
| 4 | Thomas More | 6-0 | 546 | 5 |
| 5 | Chicago (2) | 4-0 | 512 | 7 |
| 6 | Tufts | 4-0 | 509 | 6 |
| 7 | Amherst | 2-1 | 478 | 1 |
| 8 | Scranton | 3-0 | 467 | 8 |
| 9 | East Texas Baptist | 6-0 | 407 | 14 |
| 10 | George Fox | 3-1 | 351 | 10 |
| 11 | Christopher Newport | 5-0 | 307 | 20 |
| 12 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 4-0 | 302 | 17 |
| 13 | Trine | 5-1 | 298 | 9 |
| 14 | Messiah | 5-1 | 273 | 11 |
| 15 | Emory and Henry | 5-0 | 265 | 23 |
| 16 | Illinois Wesleyan | 4-2 | 239 | 12 |
| 17 | UW-Whitewater | 3-1 | 162 | 21 |
| 18 | Wartburg | 3-1 | 156 | 15 |
| 19 | Austin | 4-0 | 125 | -- |
| 20 | Gettysburg | 3-1 | 119 | 19 |
| 21 | DePauw | 3-2 | 117 | 13 |
| 22 | Texas-Dallas | 3-1 | 111 | 22 |
| 23 | SUNY Geneseo | 5-0 | 107 | -- |
| 24 | Baldwin Wallace | 4-0 | 105 | -- |
| 25 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 4-0 | 61 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 16 Marymount, No. 18 Washington U., No. 24 Montclair State, No. 25 Randolph-Macon
Others receiving votes: Washington U. 44, Rochester Tech 43, DeSales 33, UW-Oshkosh 33, Chapman 26, Marymount 24; Randolph-Macon 22; Oglethorpe 21; Wheaton (Ill.) 21; Montclair State 19; Ithaca 12; Hardin-Simmons 7; Ohio Northern 7; Trinity (Conn.) 7; Middlebury 6; Johns Hopkins 5; SUNY Oneonta 4; Mount Union 3; Trinity (Texas) 3; Whitman 3; UW-La Crosse 2; Muhlenberg 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. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.