Through games of Jan. 17, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | LW |
| 1 | Carthage (14) | 16-1 | 612 | 2 |
| 2 | Catholic (9) | 17-1 | 604 | 3 |
| 3 | Washington U. (2) | 17-1 | 573 | 4 |
| 4 | Elizabethtown | 18-1 | 551 | 6 |
| 5 | Randolph-Macon | 16-3 | 490 | 1 |
| 6 | Gustavus Adolphus | 16-2 | 483 | 7 |
| 7 | DePauw | 15-2 | 469 | 8 |
| 8 | Otterbein | 17-2 | 459 | 9 |
| 9 | Christopher Newport | 16-2 | 416 | 13 |
| 10 | Brockport State | 16-1 | 413 | 5 |
| 11 | St. Thomas | 15-3 | 356 | 15 |
| 12 | Hampden-Sydney | 15-3 | 328 | 10 |
| 13 | UW-Oshkosh | 15-4 | 302 | 11 |
| 14 | UW-Stevens Point | 15-4 | 289 | 19 |
| 15 | Buena Vista | 15-3 | 286 | 16 |
| 16 | Wittenberg | 16-3 | 255 | 12 |
| 17 | Capital | 16-3 | 167 | 24 |
| 18 | UW-Whitewater | 14-5 | 127 | 14 |
| 19 | Clark | 14-3 | 126 | — |
| 20 | St. Norbert | 14-3 | 107 | — |
| 21 | Franklin & Marshall | 15-4 | 102 | 17 |
| 22 | Rochester | 15-3 | 89 | 20 |
| 23 | Wooster | 15-4 | 80 | 22 |
| 24 | Williams | 14-3 | 72 | 18 |
| 25 | Gettysburg | 14-4 | 68 | — |
Dropped out: No. 21 Wheaton (Ill.); No. 23 Maryville (Tenn.); No. 25 Hanover.
Others receiving votes: Mississippi College 50; Lewis & Clark 41; York (Pa.) 39; Keene State 26; Augustana 24; Maryville (Tenn.) 19; Wheaton (Ill.) 15; Whitworth 14; Amherst 11; Calvin 10; Willamette 10; Elmhurst 8; Wartburg 6; Bowdoin 5; UW-La Crosse 5; Staten Island 3; Hanover 5; Linfield 2; Ripon 2; Alvernia 1; Babson 1; Trinity (Conn.) 1.