Feb 10, 2012
Entering 2002-03 season:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | 2002 final |
| 1 | Washington U. (15) | 25-2 | 597 | 5 |
| 2 | Carthage (3) | 28-2 | 519 | 2 |
| 3 | Rochester (1) | 24-6 | 499 | 6 |
| 4 | UW-Oshkosh | 24-6 | 495 | 11 |
| 5 | Catholic | 26-3 | 477 | 7 |
| 6 | Randolph-Macon | 24-6 | 461 | 12 |
| 7 | Hampden-Sydney | 23-6 | 414 | 17 |
| 8 | Capital (3) | 23-5 | 405 | 8 |
| 9 | Elizabethtown | 29-3 | 344 | 3 |
| 10 | Otterbein (2) | 30-3 | 327 | 1 |
| 11 | Williams (1) | 22-6 | 299 | — |
| 12 | Hope | 21-9 | 288 | — |
| 13 | UW-Stevens Point | 21-6 | 269 | 19 |
| 14 | DePauw | 24-4 | 255 | 4 |
| 15 | Calvin | 20-7 | 243 | — |
| 16 | Brockport State | 28-3 | 194 | 13 |
| 17 | UW-Whitewater | 21-7 | 188 | 18 |
| 18 | St. Thomas | 22-4 | 169 | 10 |
| 19 | Amherst | 22-7 | 167 | 23 |
| 20 | Clark | 23-6 | 160 | 16 |
| 21 | Christopher Newport | 23-5 | 131 | — |
| 22 | Lewis & Clark | 24-6 | 118 | 9 |
| 23 | Wittenberg | 26-4 | 112 | 15 |
| 24 | Ohio Northern | 18-8 | 104 | — |
| 25 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 20-8 | 102 | — |
Others receiving votes: Gustavus Adolphus 97; Augustana 95; Franklin & Marshall 82; Babson 69; Cabrini 69; King's 46; Mississippi College 41; Illinois Wesleyan 36; Maryville (Tenn.) 34; Wabash 30; Wartburg 30; Wooster 29; Mass-Dartmouth 21; Cal Lutheran 14; Whitworth 13; Roanoke 11; Ithaca 10; William Paterson 9; Franklin 8; UW-River Falls 8; Ramapo 6; Howard Payne 5; Lebanon Valley 5; St. Norbert 4; Bethany 3; Buena Vista 3; Colby-Sawyer 3; New Jersey City 3; Richard Stockton 2; Scranton 1; Western Connecticut 1.