Entering 2008-09 season:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 25-6 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Augustana | 23-6 | 570 | 5 |
| 3 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 22-8 | 492 | 11 |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater (1) | 24-5 | 488 | 8 |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 23-5 | 417 | — |
| 6 | UW-Stevens Point | 23-7 | 401 | 10 |
| 7 | UW-Platteville (1) | 19-7 | 375 | — |
| 8 | Buena Vista | 23-7 | 363 | 14 |
| 9 | Brandeis | 23-6 | 338 | 4 |
| 10 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 26-4 | 299 | 17 |
| 11 | Gettysburg | 24-5 | 291 | — |
| 12 | Ursinus | 29-4 | 276 | 7 |
| 13 | Centre | 26-3 | 269 | 9 |
| 14 | Randolph-Macon | 20-6 | 215 | — |
| 15 | Amherst | 27-4 | 208 | 2 |
| 16 | Rhode Island College | 23-7 | 200 | — |
| 17 | Elmhurst | 18-8 | 187 | — |
| 18 | Illinois Wesleyan | 16-11 | 183 | — |
| 19 | Lawrence | 22-3 | 181 | 18 |
| 20 | Hope | 28-4 | 165 | 3 |
| 21 | Wooster | 23-5 | 162 | 19 |
| 22 | Chicago | 18-8 | 160 | 25 |
| 23 | Widener | 23-6 | 154 | — |
| 24 | Virginia Wesleyan | 23-7 | 151 | 22 |
| 25 | Elms | 23-7 | 94 | — |
Others receiving votes: Maryville (Tenn.) 84, Millsaps 83, Capital 76, St. Mary's (Md.) 71, Loras 70, Puget Sound 69, Middlebury 56, Coast Guard 41, Whitworth 40, Calvin 36, Mass-Dartmouth 33, Richard Stockton 32, Guilford 27, Bethel 26, Averett 23, Bowdoin 18, Cortland State 14, Defiance 12, Transylvania 10, Wittenberg 9, Albion 8, Plattsburgh State 8, William Paterson 8, Scranton 6, Carleton 3, Brockport State 1, Franklin 1, Geneseo State 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.