Through games of Dec. 15, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 8-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Rochester (2) | 8-0 | 587 | 2 |
| 3 | Catholic | 7-0 | 555 | 3 |
| 4 | Randolph-Macon | 5-0 | 548 | 4 |
| 5 | Hampden-Sydney | 5-0 | 520 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Stevens Point | 8-0 | 492 | 6 |
| 7 | Williams | 5-0 | 448 | 8 |
| 8 | Carthage | 4-1 | 429 | 7 |
| 9 | Amherst | 7-0 | 424 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-Oshkosh | 6-1 | 393 | 10 |
| 11 | Hope | 8-1 | 371 | 11 |
| 12 | Hanover | 8-0 | 315 | 13 |
| 13 | Gustavus Adolphus | 5-0 | 310 | 15 |
| 14 | Wooster | 6-0 | 309 | 14 |
| 15 | Whitworth | 8-0 | 208 | 20 |
| 16 | Wartburg | 5-1 | 205 | 18 |
| 17 | Babson | 7-0 | 189 | 19 |
| 18 | Illinois Wesleyan | 4-2 | 132 | 21 |
| 19 | St. Thomas | 4-2 | 109 | 22 |
| 20 | Franklin & Marshall | 5-1 | 108 | 25 |
| 21 | UW-Eau Claire | 7-1 | 93 | — |
| 22 | UW-Whitewater | 4-2 | 86 | 16 |
| 23 | Capital | 4-3 | 82 | 12 |
| 24 | Rockford | 9-1 | 80 | — |
| 25 | Wittenberg | 5-2 | 56 | — |
Dropped out: No. 17 Johns Hopkins; No. 23
Otterbein; No. 24 Ramapo.
Others receiving votes: Johns Hopkins 55;
Montclair State 46; Emory 39; Mount Union 35; Ramapo 34; Ripon 34;
Keene State 30; St. John Fisher 28; Lewis & Clark 25;
Christopher Newport 19; Wheaton (Ill.) 15; Buena Vista 14;
Augustana 13; Clark 10; DePauw 10; Mary Washington 8; North
Carolina Wesleyan 8; Calvin 6; UW-River Falls 6; Otterbein 5;
Shenandoah 5; Wabash 4; John Carroll 2; Maryville (Tenn.) 1;
Plymouth State 1; Sul Ross State 1.