Through games of Jan. 23, 2005:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | UW-Stevens Point (25) | 16-1 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Illinois Wesleyan | 12-2 | 578 | 3 |
| 3 | Wooster | 16-1 | 576 | 4 |
| 4 | John Carroll | 15-1 | 528 | 6 |
| 5 | Amherst | 13-1 | 525 | 7 |
| 6 | Albion | 15-1 | 460 | 2 |
| 7 | St. John Fisher | 15-0 | 440 | 8 |
| 8 | Trinity (Texas) | 14-4 | 409 | 10 |
| 9 | Buena Vista | 13-2 | 404 | 9 |
| 10 | Puget Sound | 11-3 | 392 | 5 |
| 11 | Wittenberg | 14-2 | 354 | 13 |
| 12 | Lawrence | 11-3 | 330 | 17 |
| 13 | Potsdam State | 15-0 | 328 | 14 |
| 14 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 12-3 | 325 | 16 |
| 15 | Baldwin-Wallace | 14-3 | 257 | 19 |
| 16 | Hanover | 13-4 | 226 | 11 |
| 17 | Benedictine | 14-3 | 213 | 20 |
| 18 | Ramapo | 12-2 | 203 | 22 |
| 19 | Lebanon Valley | 12-2 | 174 | 15 |
| 20 | UW-Stout | 11-4 | 135 | 18 |
| 21 | Wartburg | 13-3 | 96 | — |
| 22 | Ripon | 11-4 | 87 | 12 |
| 23 | Calvin | 12-4 | 64 | — |
| 24 | Gwynedd-Mercy | 12-3 | 60 | — |
| 25 | Trinity (Conn.) | 12-4 | 58 | — |
Dropped out: No. 21 North Central; No. 23 Franklin and Marshall; No. 24 Williams; No. 25 UW-Oshkosh
Others receiving votes: North Central 47, UW-Oshkosh 43, UW-Whitewater 38, UW-Platteville 37, Aurora 32, Worcester Polytech 18, Transylvania 13, York (Pa.) 10, Wilkes 10, Salem State 8, Western Connecticut 6, Mississippi College 6, Bridgewater (Va.) 4, Southwestern 3, Virginia Wesleyan 2, McMurry 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.