Through games of Jan. 8, 2006:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Wittenberg (8) | 12-1 | 594 | 2 |
| 2 | Hope (9) | 13-0 | 576 | 6 |
| 3 | Wooster (2) | 12-1 | 574 | 3 |
| 4 | Albion (2) | 11-1 | 536 | 5 |
| 5 | Illinois Wesleyan (4) | 11-1 | 518 | 1 |
| 6 | Lawrence | 9-0 | 491 | 7 |
| 7 | Puget Sound | 10-2 | 441 | 8 |
| 8 | Amherst | 9-1 | 435 | 4 |
| 9 | York (Pa.) | 11-1 | 433 | 11 |
| 10 | Augustana | 12-1 | 380 | 13 |
| 11 | Hampden-Sydney | 10-0 | 321 | 15 |
| 12 | North Central | 11-0 | 301 | — |
| 13 | Baldwin-Wallace | 11-2 | 256 | 12 |
| 14 | Randolph-Macon | 12-2 | 253 | 17 |
| 15 | Worcester Polytech | 10-1 | 233 | 9 |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon | 12-1 | 222 | 19 |
| 17 | Wilmington | 12-1 | 209 | — |
| 18 | UW-Stout | 11-3 | 175 | 10 |
| 19 | Wartburg | 9-2 | 163 | 14 |
| 20 | St. John Fisher | 8-2 | 160 | 20 |
| 21 | Bluffton | 12-1 | 151 | 25 |
| 22 | Mississippi College | 10-1 | 142 | 23 |
| 23 | UW-Whitewater | 10-2 | 96 | — |
| 24 | Occidental | 9-1 | 84 | — |
| 25 | Transylvania | 11-2 | 57 | — |
Dropped out: No. 16 Elmhurst; No. 18 Rochester; No. 21 Lincoln; No. 22 Ohio Northern; No. 24 Hanover.
Others receiving votes: New York University 50, Widener 49, Rochester 48, Ohio Northern 34, Lincoln 34, Maryville (Tenn.) 32, Calvin 18, Hamilton 11, Carroll 10, Washington U. 8, UW-La Crosse 8, UW-Oshkosh 7, Virginia Wesleyan 6, New Jersey City 3, Catholic 3, Elmhurst 1, St. Thomas 1, UW-Stevens Point 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.