Through games of Jan. 16, 2005:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | UW-Stevens Point (25) | 13-1 | 625 | 2 |
| 2 | Albion | 14-0 | 564 | 5 |
| 3 | Illinois Wesleyan | 11-2 | 545 | 6 |
| 4 | Wooster | 14-1 | 539 | 1 |
| 5 | Puget Sound | 10-2 | 538 | 4 |
| 6 | John Carroll | 13-1 | 494 | 3 |
| 7 | Amherst | 10-1 | 471 | 9 |
| 8 | St. John Fisher | 13-0 | 392 | 13 |
| 9 | Buena Vista | 11-2 | 362 | 7 |
| 10 | Trinity (Texas) | 12-4 | 345 | 16 |
| 11 | Hanover | 12-3 | 340 | 15 |
| 12 | Ripon | 11-2 | 324 | 11 |
| 13 | Wittenberg | 13-2 | 302 | 20 |
| 14 | Potsdam State | 13-0 | 289 | 14 |
| 15 | Lebanon Valley | 12-1 | 286 | 17 |
| 16 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-3 | 281 | 8 |
| 17 | Lawrence | 8-3 | 279 | 10 |
| 18 | UW-Stout | 10-3 | 141 | — |
| 19 | Baldwin-Wallace | 12-3 | 140 | 22 |
| 20 | Benedictine | 13-3 | 136 | 25 |
| 21 | North Central | 13-2 | 124 | 21 |
| 22 | Ramapo | 10-2 | 115 | — |
| 23 | Franklin and Marshall | 10-3 | 71 | — |
| 24 | Williams | 12-4 | 57 | 19 |
| 25 | UW-Oshkosh | 12-4 | 51 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 12 New Jersey, No. 18 Springfield, No. 23 Virginia Wesleyan
Others receiving votes: Wartburg 43, Gwynedd-Mercy 35, Trinity (Conn.) 34, Virginia Wesleyan 34, UW-Whitewater 30, New Jersey 20, Calvin 19, Transylvania 19, York (Pa.) 17, Aurora 15, Salem State 13, Springfield 7, Western Connecticut 6, St. Thomas 5, McMurry 4, Cal Lutheran 4, Mississippi College 2, Scranton 2, Worcester Polytech 2, Carnegie Mellon 1, Catholic 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.