Through games of Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025:
Top 25 archive | Previous polls by year
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | New York University (24) | 14-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Illinois Wesleyan (1) | 16-0 | 589 | 2 |
| 3 | Scranton | 15-0 | 582 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Oshkosh | 16-0 | 549 | 4 |
| 5 | Bowdoin | 15-0 | 521 | 5 |
| 6 | Whitman | 14-1 | 474 | 7 |
| 7 | Smith | 13-1 | 462 | 8 |
| 8 | Gustavus Adolphus | 14-1 | 404 | 6 |
| 9 | Gettysburg | 15-1 | 402 | 10 |
| 10 | Christopher Newport | 17-1 | 399 | 9 |
| 11 | Baldwin Wallace | 14-1 | 364 | 12 |
| 12 | Wartburg | 14-2 | 335 | 11 |
| 13 | Trine | 14-2 | 300 | 17 |
| 14 | Ohio Wesleyan | 14-2 | 237 | 18 |
| 15 | UW-Stout | 13-3 | 217 | 21 |
| 16 | Hope | 13-3 | 209 | 19 |
| 17 | Washington and Lee | 14-2 | 190 | 20 |
| 18 | Hardin-Simmons | 15-2 | 187 | 14 |
| 19 | UW-Whitewater | 12-4 | 172 | 15 |
| 20 | Catholic | 13-2 | 154 | 16 |
| 21 | Chicago | 12-2 | 133 | 24 |
| 22 | Elizabethtown | 13-2 | 129 | 22 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins | 12-3 | 89 | 25 |
| 24 | Carnegie Mellon | 12-2 | 85 | 23 |
| 25 | Colorado College | 13-2 | 51 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 13 Washington U.
Others receiving votes: Washington U. 49; Bethel 44; East Texas Baptist 42; Randolph-Macon 39; Mass-Dartmouth 32; Western New England 17; Bridgewater 15; Messiah 11; UW-Stevens Point 6; Washington and Jefferson 5; McMurry 4; Texas Lutheran 3
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.