Through games of Jan. 20, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Randolph-Macon (10) | 14-2 | 595 | 1 |
| 2 | Carthage (8) | 14-1 | 593 | 2 |
| 3 | Catholic (6) | 15-1 | 585 | 3 |
| 4 | Washington U. | 15-1 | 554 | 4 |
| 5 | Brockport State (1) | 15-0 | 533 | 5 |
| 6 | Elizabethtown | 16-1 | 499 | 9 |
| 7 | Gustavus Adolphus | 14-2 | 442 | 6 |
| 8 | DePauw | 13-2 | 391 | 13 |
| 9 | Otterbein | 15-2 | 385 | 15 |
| 10 | Hampden-Sydney | 14-2 | 381 | 7 |
| 11 | UW-Oshkosh | 14-3 | 370 | 17 |
| 12 | Wittenberg | 15-2 | 331 | 16 |
| 13 | Christopher Newport | 14-2 | 321 | 8 |
| 14 | UW-Whitewater | 14-3 | 270 | 21 |
| 15 | St. Thomas | 13-3 | 256 | 10 |
| 16 | Buena Vista | 13-3 | 219 | 23 |
| 17 | Franklin & Marshall | 14-3 | 211 | 12 |
| 18 | Williams | 13-2 | 171 | 19 |
| 19 | UW-Stevens Point | 14-4 | 155 | 18 |
| 20 | Rochester | 14-2 | 118 | 11 |
| 21 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-4 | 103 | 14 |
| 22 | Wooster | 14-3 | 90 | --- |
| 23 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 13-2 | 83 | --- |
| 24 | Capital | 14-3 | 78 | --- |
| 25 | Hanover | 15-3 | 59 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Augustana, No. 22 Amherst, No. 25 Millsaps.
Others receiving votes: St. Norbert 57; Clark 49; Alvernia 39; Whitworth 29; Gettysburg 24; Augustana 22; Lewis & Clark 15; Millsaps 14; UW-La Crosse 12; York (Pa.) 12; Mississippi College 11; New Jersey City 8; Elmhurst 6; Albion 5; Keene State 4; Lebanon Valley 4; Muhlenberg 4; Amherst 3; Linfield 3; Wesleyan 3; Calvin 2; Neumann 2; Willamette 2; McMurry 1; Mount Union 1.