Through games of Jan. 18, 2004:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Amherst (13) | 13-0 | 610 | 2 |
| 2 | Rochester (10) | 14-0 | 605 | 3 |
| 3 | Williams (2) | 12-1 | 570 | 4 |
| 4 | Randolph-Macon | 13-1 | 530 | 8 |
| 5 | Hampden-Sydney | 13-1 | 528 | 1 |
| 6 | Hanover | 14-1 | 481 | 7 |
| 7 | Buena Vista | 13-1 | 449 | 9 |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 13-1 | 445 | 10 |
| 9 | Trinity (Conn.) | 14-0 | 415 | 11 |
| 10 | John Carroll | 12-2 | 381 | 12 |
| 11 | Wooster | 12-2 | 379 | 5 |
| 12 | UW-Whitewater | 13-2 | 325 | 14 |
| 13 | Lawrence | 11-1 | 322 | 13 |
| 14 | UW-Stevens Point | 12-3 | 292 | 6 |
| 15 | Hope | 12-3 | 248 | 17 |
| 16 | Trinity (Texas) | 12-3 | 205 | 19 |
| 17 | Franklin and Marshall | 12-2 | 197 | 22 |
| 18 | Otterbein | 12-3 | 169 | 15 |
| 19 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 12-3 | 165 | 21 |
| 20 | DeSales | 12-1 | 155 | 24 |
| 21 | Grinnell | 12-0 | 123 | — |
| 22 | Hamilton | 9-2 | 92 | 16 |
| 23 | Kean | 13-2 | 88 | 18 |
| 24 | Virginia Wesleyan | 12-2 | 60 | 23 |
| 25 | Gustavus Adolphus | 10-4 | 55 | — |
Dropped out: No. 20 Whitworth; No. 25
Catholic
Others receiving votes: Puget Sound 44,
Wittenberg 44, Gwynedd-Mercy 43, Plymouth State 24, Union 19, North
Central 13, Whitworth 12, UW-Oshkosh 10, New Jersey City 10, John
Jay 7, Keene State 6, Salem State 2, Occidental 1, Wartburg 1.
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.