Through games of Jan. 5, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 10-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Rochester (2) | 8-0 | 584 | 2 |
| 3 | Randolph-Macon | 9-0 | 560 | 3 |
| 4 | Catholic | 9-1 | 532 | 4 |
| 5 | Hampden-Sydney | 8-0 | 529 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Stevens Point | 12-0 | 516 | 6 |
| 7 | Williams | 9-0 | 464 | 8 |
| 8 | Amherst | 7-1 | 386 | 10 |
| 9 | Gustavus Adolphus | 8-1 | 372 | 13 |
| 10 | Carthage | 6-3 | 342 | 7 |
| 11 | Whitworth | 11-0 | 333 | 14 |
| 12 | Hope | 10-2 | 322 | 11 |
| 13 | Wooster | 10-1 | 301 | 16 |
| 14 | UW-Oshkosh | 10-2 | 259 | 9 |
| 15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 9-2 | 242 | 17 |
| 16 | UW-Eau Claire | 10-2 | 219 | 15 |
| 17 | St. Thomas | 7-2 | 206 | 18 |
| 18 | Kalamazoo | 9-1 | 185 | 21 |
| 19 | Hanover | 11-1 | 179 | 12 |
| 20 | Franklin & Marshall | 8-1 | 172 | 20 |
| 21 | Ripon | 8-0 | 130 | 24 |
| 22 | UW-Whitewater | 9-2 | 123 | 22 |
| 23 | Montclair State | 10-0 | 107 | — |
| 24 | Mary Washington | 10-1 | 95 | 25 |
| 25 | Capital | 8-3 | 78 | 23 |
Dropped out: No. 19 Wartburg
Others receiving votes: Babson 54; Emory 51;
Christopher Newport 30; Wheaton (Ill.) 25; Linfield 24; Shenandoah
22; Wittenberg 21; Rockford 14; Wabash 7; Johns Hopkins 5;
Maryville (Tenn.) 5; Albion 2; Keene State 2; UW-Stout 2; DeSales
1; Rowan 1.