Through games of Dec. 12, 2004:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | UW-Stevens Point (25) | 8-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Wooster | 8-0 | 580 | 3 |
| 3 | Puget Sound | 6-0 | 554 | 4 |
| 4 | Amherst | 7-0 | 527 | 6 |
| 5 | Hanover | 8-1 | 510 | 9 |
| 6 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-1 | 506 | 2 |
| 7 | John Carroll | 7-0 | 498 | 8 |
| 8 | Buena Vista | 7-0 | 439 | 12 |
| 9 | Franklin and Marshall | 4-1 | 359 | 5 |
| 10 | Lawrence | 3-1 | 345 | 11 |
| 11 | Albion | 6-0 | 343 | 15 |
| 12 | Williams | 8-1 | 342 | 7 |
| 13 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-1 | 300 | 10 |
| 14 | Potsdam State | 7-0 | 297 | 18 |
| 15 | New Jersey | 7-1 | 206 | 21 |
| 16 | Virginia Wesleyan | 8-0 | 202 | 22 |
| 17 | UW-Oshkosh | 7-1 | 200 | 14 |
| 18 | Gwynedd-Mercy | 7-1 | 194 | 19 |
| 19 | St. John Fisher | 5-0 | 167 | 23 |
| 20 | Springfield | 7-1 | 163 | — |
| 21 | Trinity (Conn.) | 7-2 | 157 | 13 |
| 22 | Lebanon Valley | 7-1 | 99 | — |
| 23 | Benedictine | 6-2 | 83 | — |
| 24 | Wittenberg | 5-2 | 67 | 16 |
| 25 | Ripon | 6-1 | 63 | — |
Dropped out: No. 17 Baldwin-Wallace; No. 20 Otterbein; No. 24 Bethel; No. 25 Salem State.
Others receiving votes: Lycoming 62, Baldwin-Wallace 41, UW-Platteville 38, Trinity (Texas) 32, Salem State 24, Occidental 19, Calvin 15, Rochester 13, Bethel 13, Sul Ross State 9, Colby-Sawyer 8, York (Pa.) 7, Christopher Newport 6, Western Connecticut 5, Westminster (Pa.) 2, St. Thomas 2, Oswego State 1, UW-Whitewater 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 on Tuesdays.