Through games of Nov. 25, 2001:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Carthage (22) | 2-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Christopher Newport (3) | 4-0 | 592 | 2 |
| 3 | Hampden-Sydney | 3-0 | 552 | 3 |
| 4 | Franklin & Marshall | 5-0 | 550 | 4 |
| 5 | Ohio Northern | 3-0 | 506 | 7 |
| 6 | UW-Stevens Point | 5-0 | 466 | 11 |
| 7 | Gustavus Adolphus | 4-0 | 449 | 13 |
| 8 | Lewis & Clark | 2-1 | 391 | 5 |
| 9 | DePauw | 3-0 | 359 | 16 |
| 10 | Washington U. | 4-1 | 349 | 6 |
| 11 | Calvin | 4-1 | 317 | 9 |
| 12 | UW-Platteville | 3-0 | 305 | 20 |
| 13 | Catholic | 1-1 | 296 | 14 |
| 14 | Wooster | 2-1 | 275 | 19 |
| 15 | Brockport State | 2-0 | 272 | 17 |
| 16 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 256 | — |
| 17 | Clark | 2-1 | 140 | 10 |
| 18 | Chicago | 2-2 | 138 | 12 |
| 19 | Mass-Dartmouth | 3-0 | 121 | — |
| 20 | Wartburg | 2-0 | 108 | — |
| 21 | St. Thomas | 3-1 | 107 | 18 |
| 22 | Rowan | 3-0 | 91 | — |
| 23 | Wittenberg | 2-1 | 90 | — |
| 24 | Wilkes | 1-1 | 86 | — |
| 25 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1-2 | 84 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 8 William Paterson, No. 15 Widener, No. 21 St. John's, No. 23 Augustana, No. 25 Amherst.
Others receiving votes: Widener 70; UW-Oshkosh 68; Amherst 64; Gettysburg 59; Mississippi College 45; William Paterson 34; Millsaps 32; Kings Point 28; Hanover 25; Ripon 25; UW-Eau Claire 24; UW-Whitewater 22; St. John's 14; Elizabethtown 11; Hope 11; Capital 9; McMurry 9; St. Lawrence 9; UW-River Falls 9; Linfield 8; Maryville (Tenn.) 8; Augustana 6; Wesleyan 6; Otterbein 3; Mount Union 2; Richard Stockton 2.