Through games of Jan. 6, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | LW |
| 1 | Carthage (25) | 11-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Hampden-Sydney | 10-0 | 584 | 4 |
| 3 | DePauw | 11-0 | 545 | 6 |
| 4 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 9-0 | 505 | 7 |
| 5 | Catholic | 10-1 | 483 | 8 |
| 6 | Washington U. | 11-1 | 449 | 10 |
| 7 | Brockport State | 8-0 | 438 | 9 |
| 8 | Franklin & Marshall | 12-1 | 431 | 3 |
| 9 | Christopher Newport | 10-1 | 410 | 2 |
| 10 | Gustavus Adolphus | 10-1 | 407 | 5 |
| 11 | Randolph-Macon | 11-1 | 360 | 25 |
| 12 | Elizabethtown | 11-1 | 342 | 16 |
| 13 | UW-Stevens Point | 12-2 | 339 | 14 |
| 14 | Williams | 10-0 | 254 | 21 |
| 15 | UW-Whitewater | 11-2 | 246 | 13 |
| 16 | Rochester | 11-0 | 226 | 22 |
| 17 | Wittenberg | 11-2 | 218 | 12 |
| 18 | St. Thomas | 9-2 | 163 | — |
| 19 | Otterbein | 11-2 | 161 | — |
| 20 | UW-Oshkosh | 11-2 | 136 | — |
| 21 | Millsaps | 10-2 | 103 | 24 |
| 22 | Hanover | 12-2 | 98 | 20 |
| 23 | Ohio Northern | 9-3 | 83 | 11 |
| 24 | Buena Vista | 9-3 | 69 | — |
| 25 | Lewis & Clark | 8-3 | 62 | 15 |
Dropped out: No. 17 Calvin; No. 18 UW-Platteville; No. 19 Clark; No. 23 Mount Union.
Others receiving votes: Clark 48; Hope 43; Calvin 39; Mississippi College 37; UW-La Crosse 36; Macalester 29; Wooster 22; Amherst 21; Albion 15; Mount Union 15; Whitworth 14; Neumann 13; Maryville (Tenn.) 12; UW-River Falls 12; Gettysburg 9; Wesleyan 9; Colby-Sawyer 5; Linfield 5; Bridgewater (Va.) 2; Alvernia 1; New Jersey City 1.