Through games of Feb. 18, 2001:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Carthage (10) | 20-3 | 595 | 2 |
| 2 | Wittenberg (9) | 21-2 | 585 | 5 |
| 3 | Chicago (2) | 21-3 | 572 | 3 |
| 4 | Washington U. (3) | 22-2 | 564 | 4 |
| 5 | Wooster | 21-3 | 511 | 1 |
| 6 | Ohio Northern (1) | 21-2 | 499 | 7 |
| 7 | Calvin | 20-4 | 469 | 9 |
| 8 | Wilkes | 21-2 | 441 | 10 |
| 9 | Elmhurst | 20-4 | 410 | 6 |
| 10 | Christopher Newport | 21-3 | 392 | 11 |
| 11 | William Paterson | 20-4 | 378 | 12 |
| 12 | Mass-Dartmouth | 22-2 | 333 | 13 |
| 13 | Wartburg | 21-3 | 316 | 8 |
| 14 | Linfield | 20-4 | 278 | 15 |
| 15 | Catholic | 19-5 | 258 | 16 |
| 16 | McMurry | 21-3 | 231 | 18 |
| 17 | Mississippi College | 21-3 | 193 | 19 |
| 18 | Gustavus Adolphus | 20-4 | 169 | 22 |
| 19 | Roanoke | 21-5 | 138 | 21 |
| 20 | Widener | 19-5 | 123 | 14 |
| 21 | UW-Stevens Point | 18-6 | 119 | 25 |
| 22 | Hampden-Sydney | 22-4 | 105 | --- |
| 23 | UW-Whitewater | 17-7 | 99 | --- |
| 24 | Illinois Wesleyan | 17-6 | 85 | --- |
| 25 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 20-3 | 60 | --- |
Dropped out: No. 17 Augustana; No. 20 Lewis and Clark; No. 23 Elizabethtown; No. 24 UW-Eau Claire
Others receiving votes: St. John's 49; Lewis and Clark 33; Clark 29; Elizabethtown 20; Augustana 18; Franklin and Marshall 11; UW-Eau Claire 8; Trinity (Conn.) 8; Connecticut College 6; Buena Vista 5; Salem State 4; Colby 3; Alvernia 2; Cabrini 2; Amherst 2; New Jersey City 1; Grinnell 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.