Entering the 2003-04 season:
# | Team | W-L | Pts. | 2003 final |
1 | Williams (19) | 31-1 | 584 | 1 |
2 | Gustavus Adolphus (1) | 26-7 | 519 | 3 |
3 | UW-Stevens Point (2) | 24-4 | 492 | 12 |
4 | Hanover | 27-2 | 460 | 15 |
5 | Hampden-Sydney (1) | 28-4 | 445 | 4 |
6 | Wooster (1) | 30-3 | 403 | 2 |
7 | Montclair State | 23-6 | 392 | 16 |
8 | Buena Vista | 27-4 | 381 | 18 |
9 | Augustana (1) | 20-5 | 370 | — |
10 | Rochester | 23-4 | 334 | 9 |
11 | Ramapo | 26-4 | 290 | 11 |
12 | John Carroll | 22-7 | 276 | 24 |
13 | Trinity (Texas) | 21-8 | 261 | — |
14 | Amherst | 24-5 | 252 | 7 |
15 | Randolph-Macon | 28-2 | 249 | 5 |
16 | Hope | 23-5 | 240 | 13 |
17 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 18-7 | 211 | — |
18 | Catholic | 24-5 | 206 | 17 |
19 | Franklin and Marshall | 25-5 | 168 | — |
20 | Capital | 22-6 | 167 | — |
21 | DeSales | 23-7 | 143 | — |
22 | Wittenberg | 20-6 | 124 | — |
23 | Western Connecticut | 20-9 | 123 | — |
24 | Hamilton | 23-6 | 115 | — |
25 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 22-5 | 114 | — |
Others receiving votes: UW-Oshkosh 94; Clark 76; UW-Whitewater 72; Whitworth 61; Occidental 51; Albion 49; Christopher Newport 48; Aurora 41; Illinois Wesleyan 31; Alvernia 27; Babson 25; Carthage 24; UW-River Falls 24; Scranton 23; Ursinus 22; Washington U. 20; Nazareth 20; North Carolina Wesleyan 17; Mary Washington 15; Rowan 13; William Paterson 13; DePauw 11; Bethel 9; UW-Eau Claire 6; Rockford 4; Wilkes 4; Elmhurst 3; Linfield 2; Southern Vermont 1.