Through games of Dec. 29, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 8-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Rochester (2) | 8-0 | 584 | 2 |
| 3 | Randolph-Macon | 7-0 | 562 | 4 |
| 4 | Catholic | 7-1 | 533 | 3 |
| 5 | Hampden-Sydney | 6-0 | 520 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Stevens Point | 10-0 | 495 | 6 |
| 7 | Carthage | 6-1 | 457 | 8 |
| 8 | Williams | 6-0 | 434 | 7 |
| 9 | UW-Oshkosh | 9-1 | 421 | 10 |
| 10 | Amherst | 7-0 | 409 | 9 |
| 11 | Hope | 9-1 | 384 | 11 |
| 12 | Hanover | 10-0 | 298 | 12 |
| 13 | Gustavus Adolphus | 6-1 | 297 | 13 |
| 14 | Whitworth | 8-0 | 260 | 15 |
| 15 | UW-Eau Claire | 9-1 | 225 | 21 |
| 16 | Wooster | 9-1 | 201 | 14 |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-2 | 191 | 18 |
| 18 | St. Thomas | 5-2 | 165 | 19 |
| 19 | Wartburg | 5-2 | 139 | 16 |
| 20 | Franklin & Marshall | 6-1 | 131 | 20 |
| 21 | Kalamazoo | 8-1 | 108 | — |
| 22 | UW-Whitewater | 8-2 | 94 | 22 |
| 23 | Capital | 6-3 | 84 | 23 |
| 24 | Ripon | 6-0 | 78 | — |
| 25 | Mary Washington | 10-1 | 62 | — |
Dropped out: No. 17 Babson; No. 24 Rockford;
No. 25 Wittenberg
Others receiving votes: Babson 52; Johns Hopkins
49; Montclair State 43; Emory 33; Wheaton (Ill.) 32; Christopher
Newport 24; Wittenberg 24; Mount Union 22; Shenandoah 16; St. John
Fisher 15; Lewis & Clark 9; Linfield 9; Ramapo 9; Calvin 8;
Clark 7; Rockford 7; John Carroll 2; Keene State 2; Maryville
(Tenn.) 2; Buena Vista 1.