Through games of Dec. 14, 2008:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 8-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-0 | 587 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Platteville (2) | 9-0 | 571 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 7-0 | 553 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Stevens Point | 7-1 | 515 | 6 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 7-1 | 480 | 5 |
| 7 | Amherst | 7-0 | 459 | 8 |
| 8 | Augustana | 6-2 | 394 | 9 |
| 9 | Buena Vista | 7-1 | 391 | 11 |
| 10 | Elmhurst | 6-1 | 381 | 7 |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-0 | 370 | 13 |
| 12 | Elms | 9-0 | 358 | 16 |
| 13 | Ursinus | 5-1 | 309 | 12 |
| 14 | Capital | 7-1 | 266 | 10 |
| 15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 4-2 | 203 | 17 |
| 16 | Centre | 5-1 | 201 | 18 |
| 17 | St. Mary's (Md.) | 7-1 | 199 | 14 |
| 18 | Whitworth | 6-1 | 156 | 20 |
| 19 | Ithaca | 8-0 | 143 | 22 |
| 20 | Richard Stockton | 8-1 | 134 | 23 |
| 21 | Puget Sound | 5-2 | 122 | 21 |
| 22 | Trinity (Texas) | 6-1 | 118 | 25 |
| 23 | Mass-Dartmouth | 7-1 | 98 | 24 |
| 24 | Texas-Dallas | 8-0 | 95 | — |
| 25 | DeSales | 8-0 | 62 | — |
Dropped out: No. 15 Gettysburg, No. 19 Worcester Polytech
Others receiving votes: Gettysburg 46, Worcester Polytech 44, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 38, Rhode Island College 31, Roanoke 28, Millikin 26, Lawrence 24, Transylvania 19, Salem State 16, Gordon 12, Middlebury 12, William Paterson 11, Carleton 10, Bethel 7, Loras 7, Fontbonne 3, Carthage 1, Franklin and Marshall 1, Wooster 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.