Through games of Feb. 2, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 18-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Hampden-Sydney | 18-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Randolph-Macon | 18-1 | 562 | 3 |
| 4 | Catholic | 17-2 | 540 | 4 |
| 5 | Illinois Wesleyan | 15-2 | 510 | 5 |
| 6 | Wooster | 18-1 | 503 | 6 |
| 7 | Williams | 17-1 | 471 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Stevens Point | 17-2 | 444 | 9 |
| 9 | Hope | 16-3 | 408 | 10 |
| 10 | Hanover | 18-1 | 404 | 12 |
| 11 | Rochester | 15-3 | 354 | 13 |
| 12 | Amherst | 16-3 | 326 | 8 |
| 13 | Christopher Newport | 16-2 | 324 | 16 |
| 14 | Whitworth | 17-2 | 296 | 17 |
| 15 | UW-Whitewater | 15-4 | 241 | 11 |
| 16 | UW-Oshkosh | 15-4 | 223 | 20 |
| 17 | Mary Washington | 16-2 | 179 | 22 |
| 18 | Ramapo | 17-2 | 159 | — |
| 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 14-3 | 153 | — |
| 20 | Carthage | 12-5 | 135 | 21 |
| 21 | Capital | 15-4 | 129 | 23 |
| 22 | St. Thomas | 14-4 | 116 | 14 |
| 23 | Franklin & Marshall | 16-3 | 98 | 15 |
| 24 | Rockford | 20-2 | 86 | — |
| 25 | Babson | 17-2 | 62 | — |
Dropped out: No. 18 Johns Hopkins; No. 19
Augustana; No. 24 Nazareth; No. 25 UW-Stout
Others receiving votes: Augustana 42; Buena Vista
27; Montclair State 25; UW-Stout 24; Savannah Art and Design 13;
Johns Hopkins 7; Clark 6; Pitt-Bradford 6; John Carroll 5;
Willamette 5; Albion 3; William Paterson 3; Wittenberg 3; Kalamazoo
2; Scranton 2; Lawrence 1; Occidental 1; Plymouth State 1; Ursinus
1.