Through games of Feb. 8, 2009:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | St. Thomas (17) | 21-0 | 617 | 1 |
| 2 | Washington U. (8) | 19-1 | 608 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Stevens Point | 19-2 | 571 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Platteville | 19-2 | 547 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 18-3 | 501 | 5 |
| 6 | Puget Sound | 19-2 | 488 | 6 |
| 7 | Buena Vista | 20-2 | 454 | 7 |
| 8 | Ithaca | 20-1 | 431 | 9 |
| 9 | Richard Stockton | 21-2 | 396 | 10 |
| 10 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 18-3 | 392 | 14 |
| 11 | Trinity (Texas) | 19-2 | 378 | 12 |
| 12 | Elms | 18-1 | 352 | 13 |
| 13 | Middlebury | 20-2 | 324 | 16 |
| 14 | Capital | 18-3 | 290 | 8 |
| 15 | Mass-Dartmouth | 19-2 | 282 | 17 |
| 16 | Franklin and Marshall | 19-2 | 221 | 21 |
| 17 | Elmhurst | 16-5 | 189 | 15 |
| 18 | John Carroll | 16-4 | 139 | 24 |
| 19 | St. Norbert | 17-3 | 127 | 11 |
| 20 | Augustana | 16-6 | 119 | 18 |
| 21 | Carnegie Mellon | 16-4 | 108 | 23 |
| 22 | DePauw | 17-5 | 84 | 25 |
| 23 | Centre | 17-4 | 82 | — |
| 24 | Guilford | 17-4 | 79 | — |
| 25 | Rhode Island College | 16-4 | 75 | — |
Dropped out: No. 19 Texas-Dallas, 20 Amherst, No. 22 Worcester Polytech.
Others receiving votes: Amherst 72, Texas-Dallas 65, Transylvania 31, William Paterson 28, Whitworth 26, Chapman 21, Rochester Tech 8, Worcester Polytech 6, DeSales 4, St. Lawrence 4, McDaniel 2, Randolph-Macon 2, Roanoke 1, Salem 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.