Through games of Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024:
Top 25 archive | Previous polls by year
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | New York University (25) | 8-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Wartburg | 8-0 | 580 | 2 |
| 3 | Illinois Wesleyan | 9-0 | 571 | 3 |
| 4 | Scranton | 8-0 | 556 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 6-0 | 504 | 6 |
| 6 | Bowdoin | 8-0 | 501 | 5 |
| 7 | Gustavus Adolphus | 9-0 | 478 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Whitewater | 7-1 | 453 | 8 |
| 9 | Gettysburg | 9-0 | 412 | 9 |
| 10 | Ohio Wesleyan | 6-1 | 343 | 12 |
| 11 | Christopher Newport | 8-1 | 337 | 11 |
| 12 | Whitman | 8-1 | 332 | 10 |
| 13 | Smith | 7-1 | 310 | 14 |
| 14 | Washington and Lee | 6-1 | 307 | 13 |
| 15 | Washington U. | 6-2 | 234 | 15 |
| 16 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-1 | 205 | 17 |
| 17 | Hope | 8-2 | 194 | 16 |
| 18 | Chicago | 8-0 | 193 | 18 |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon | 8-0 | 143 | 21 |
| 20 | Baldwin Wallace | 7-1 | 138 | 20 |
| 21 | Mass-Dartmouth | 6-1 | 129 | 19 |
| 22 | Elizabethtown | 7-1 | 114 | 23 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins | 6-2 | 111 | 22 |
| 24 | Catholic | 6-1 | 77 | 24 |
| 25 | Messiah | 7-1 | 55 | 25 |
Dropped out: None
Others receiving votes: Colorado College 43; Trine 43; UW-Stout 43; Western New England 32; Bridgewater (Va.) 23; Washington and Jefferson 10; Carroll 8; Coe 8; Amherst 5; Randolph-Macon 4; Bethel 2; Houghton 2
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.