Through games of Sunday, Dec. 7:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | New York University (16) | 7-0 | 613 | 1 |
| 2 | Scranton (8) | 9-0 | 608 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh (1) | 7-0 | 557 | 3 |
| 4 | Smith | 6-0 | 543 | 4 |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins | 8-0 | 528 | 5 |
| 6 | Bowdoin | 6-0 | 495 | 6 |
| 7 | Emory | 9-0 | 445 | 9 |
| 8 | Washington and Lee | 7-0 | 425 | 8 |
| 9 | Hope | 7-1 | 408 | 10 |
| 10 | John Carroll | 6-1 | 362 | 7 |
| 11 | UW-Whitewater | 5-1 | 355 | 12 |
| 12 | Bates | 6-1 | 324 | 11 |
| 13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-2 | 306 | 13 |
| 14 | Carroll | 7-2 | 244 | 16 |
| 15 | Amherst | 4-0 | 231 | 15 |
| 16 | Trinity (Conn.) | 7-1 | 217 | 14 |
| 17 | Elizabethtown | 7-0 | 204 | 17 |
| 18 | Ohio Wesleyan | 5-1 | 200 | 24 |
| 19 | Washington U. | 5-2 | 165 | 18 |
| 20 | Bethel | 3-1 | 143 | 20 |
| 21 | Baldwin Wallace | 5-2 | 91 | 21 |
| 22 | Chicago | 5-2 | 81 | -- |
| 23 | Wisconsin Lutheran | 6-1 | 80 | 22 |
| 24 | Denison | 9-0 | 62 | -- |
| 25 | Colby | 5-2 | 39 | 19 |
Dropped out: No. 23 East Texas Baptist; No. 25 Calvin
Others receiving votes: Calvin 33; Christopher Newport 33; East Texas Baptist 31; Cortland 28; Bridgewater 27; Trine 27; Catholic 25; Ripon 24; Washington and Jefferson 24; Shenandoah 23; Concordia-Moorhead 21; Cal Lutheran 18; Coe 17; Hardin-Simmons 9; McMurry 9; UW-La Crosse 9; Saint Mary's (Minn.) 8; Southern Maine 7; UW-Eau Claire 7; Widener 5; McDaniel 4; Tufts 4; Chatham 2; Messiah 2; St. Thomas 1; UW-Stout 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.