Through games of Dec. 7, 2008:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Washington U. (24) | 7-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-0 | 585 | 4 |
| 3 | UW-Platteville (1) | 7-0 | 568 | 5 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 5-0 | 550 | 6 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 6-1 | 479 | 2 |
| 6 | UW-Stevens Point | 5-1 | 463 | 7 |
| 7 | Elmhurst | 6-0 | 451 | 8 |
| 8 | Amherst | 6-0 | 430 | 10 |
| 9 | Augustana | 4-2 | 399 | 3 |
| 10 | Capital | 6-0 | 371 | 12 |
| 11 | Buena Vista | 6-1 | 355 | 11 |
| 12 | Ursinus | 5-1 | 340 | 21 |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon | 6-0 | 291 | 19 |
| 14 | St. Mary's (Md.) | 7-0 | 281 | 18 |
| 15 | Gettysburg | 4-1 | 275 | 9 |
| 16 | Elms | 8-0 | 257 | 16 |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan | 3-2 | 145 | 13 |
| 18 | Centre | 5-1 | 144 | 23 |
| 19 | Worcester Polytech | 6-1 | 118 | 17 |
| 20 | Whitworth | 6-1 | 112 | 15 |
| 21 | Puget Sound | 5-2 | 106 | 14 |
| 22 | Ithaca | 6-0 | 91 | — |
| 23 | Richard Stockton | 8-1 | 84 | — |
| 24 | Mass-Dartmouth | 5-1 | 79 | 20 |
| 25 | Trinity (Texas) | 6-1 | 71 | — |
Dropped out: No. 22 Transylvania, No. 24 North Carolina Wesleyan, No. 25 Rhode Island College
Others receiving votes: North Carolina Wesleyan 53, Rhode Island College 53, Texas-Dallas 47, Salem State 43, Lawrence 35, UW-La Crosse 29, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 20, Transylvania 19, DeSales 18, Bowdoin 16, Loras 16, Middlebury 13, Brandeis 12, Roanoke 12, Bluffton 10, Gordon 9, Carthage 8, Mary Hardin-Baylor 8, William Paterson 8, Coast Guard 7, Bethel 6, Carleton 6, Millikin 3, Widener 3, Maryville (Tenn.) 1, Potsdam 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.