Through games of March 2, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Randolph-Macon (17) | 27-1 | 614 | 1 |
| 2 | Washington U. (5) | 24-1 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Williams (3) | 26-1 | 566 | 3 |
| 4 | Hampden-Sydney | 25-2 | 535 | 4 |
| 5 | Rochester | 22-3 | 507 | 6 |
| 6 | Wooster | 26-2 | 491 | 8 |
| 7 | Hanover | 26-1 | 475 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Stevens Point | 24-3 | 447 | 5 |
| 9 | Hope | 23-4 | 405 | 11 |
| 10 | Catholic | 24-4 | 372 | 9 |
| 11 | Amherst | 22-4 | 364 | 10 |
| 12 | Whitworth | 23-3 | 345 | 13 |
| 13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 20-5 | 313 | 14 |
| 14 | Buena Vista | 25-3 | 288 | 15 |
| 15 | UW-Oshkosh | 22-6 | 271 | 18 |
| 16 | Ramapo | 24-3 | 254 | 12 |
| 17 | Carthage | 19-6 | 190 | 19 |
| 18 | Christopher Newport | 24-4 | 176 | 23 |
| 19 | Mary Washington | 24-4 | 143 | 25 |
| 20 | Rockford | 24-3 | 115 | 24 |
| 21 | Capital | 22-6 | 91 | 16 |
| 22 | UW-Whitewater | 21-7 | 78 | 21 |
| 23 | Albion | 22-5 | 75 | 17 |
| 24 | Gustavus Adolphus | 21-6 | 61 | — |
| 25 | Ursinus | 21-6 | 54 | — |
Dropped out: No. 20 Franklin & Marshall, No. 22 St. Thomas.
Others receiving votes: Franklin & Marshall 38; Clark 32; Occidental 32; John Carroll 31; Savannah Art and Design 28; Montclair State 27; Augustana 20; Babson 18; Scranton 18; St. Thomas 13; Rowan 9; Western Connecticut 9; Trinity (Texas) 6; St. John Fisher 4; Hamilton 3; St. Joseph's (Maine) 3; Southern Vermont 2; Elizabethtown 1; Wartburg 1.