Through games of Jan. 12, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (22) | 12-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Rochester (2) | 11-0 | 588 | 2 |
| 3 | Randolph-Macon | 12-0 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | Hampden-Sydney | 10-0 | 542 | 5 |
| 5 | UW-Stevens Point (1) | 14-0 | 537 | 6 |
| 6 | Williams | 11-0 | 500 | 7 |
| 7 | Catholic | 11-2 | 427 | 4 |
| 8 | Hope | 11-2 | 411 | 12 |
| 9 | Carthage | 8-3 | 407 | 10 |
| 10 | Wooster | 12-1 | 369 | 13 |
| 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 10-2 | 335 | 15 |
| 12 | Amherst | 9-2 | 311 | 8 |
| 13 | St. Thomas | 10-2 | 300 | 17 |
| 14 | UW-Whitewater | 11-2 | 265 | 22 |
| 15 | Franklin & Marshall | 11-1 | 262 | 20 |
| 16 | Hanover | 13-1 | 250 | 19 |
| 17 | Whitworth | 12-1 | 231 | 11 |
| 18 | Montclair State | 12-0 | 200 | 23 |
| 19 | UW-Oshkosh | 11-3 | 151 | 14 |
| 20 | Capital | 10-3 | 133 | 25 |
| 21 | Mary Washington | 10-1 | 129 | 24 |
| 22 | Gustavus Adolphus | 9-3 | 123 | 9 |
| 23 | Babson | 11-1 | 84 | — |
| 24 | Kalamazoo | 10-2 | 70 | 18 |
| 25 | Johns Hopkins | 9-3 | 54 | — |
Dropped out: No. 16 UW-Eau Claire; No. 21
Ripon
Others receiving votes: Christopher Newport 39;
Virginia Wesleyan 32; Ripon 28; Wheaton (Ill.) 26; Wittenberg 26;
Keene State 19; UW-Eau Claire 17; Maryville (Tenn.) 13; Willamette
13; Shenandoah 11; Albion 7; Rockford 7; Linfield 6; UW-Stout 6;
Augustana 3; DeSales 3; Lycoming 3; William Paterson 2; Baruch
1.