Through games of Jan. 2, 2006:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Illinois Wesleyan (24) | 10-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Wittenberg | 10-1 | 565 | 3 |
| 3 | Wooster | 10-1 | 541 | 2 |
| 4 | Amherst (1) | 8-0 | 535 | 4 |
| 5 | Albion | 9-1 | 493 | 6 |
| 6 | Hope | 11-0 | 483 | 7 |
| 7 | Lawrence | 8-0 | 471 | 8 |
| 8 | Puget Sound | 8-2 | 445 | 5 |
| 9 | Worcester Polytech | 9-0 | 402 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-Stout | 11-1 | 399 | 11 |
| 11 | York (Pa.) | 8-1 | 398 | 10 |
| 12 | Baldwin-Wallace | 10-1 | 343 | 17 |
| 13 | Augustana | 10-1 | 330 | 13 |
| 14 | Wartburg | 8-1 | 238 | 15 |
| 15 | Hampden-Sydney | 9-0 | 220 | 19 |
| 16 | Elmhurst | 8-3 | 202 | 16 |
| 17 | Randolph-Macon | 9-2 | 200 | 12 |
| 18 | Rochester | 6-2 | 159 | 20 |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon | 10-1 | 139 | 22 |
| 20 | St. John Fisher | 5-2 | 121 | 18 |
| 21 | Lincoln | 12-3 | 115 | 21 |
| 22 | Ohio Northern | 8-2 | 108 | 24 |
| 23 | Mississippi College | 8-1 | 85 | — |
| 24 | Hanover | 7-4 | 67 | 14 |
| 25 | Bluffton | 10-1 | 65 | — |
Dropped out: No. 23 St. Thomas, No. 25 UW-Oshkosh.
Others receiving votes: Widener 60, Catholic 58, Transylvania 43, UW-Whitewater 37, Maryville (Tenn.) 33, North Central 31, Ramapo 24, UW-Oshkosh 16, Hamilton 13, Occidental 11, St. Thomas 9, New Jersey City 8, Washington U. 7, Gustavus Adolphus 7, Virginia Wesleyan 6, Carroll 6, John Carroll 4, Calvin 3, Trinity (Texas) 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.