Through games of Dec. 21, 2008:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | UW-Platteville (13) | 10-0 | 604 | 3 |
| 2 | Wheaton (Ill.) (7) | 8-0 | 601 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas (3) | 8-0 | 560 | 4 |
| 4 | Washington U. (2) | 9-1 | 537 | 1 |
| 5 | UW-Stevens Point | 8-1 | 529 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 9-1 | 490 | 6 |
| 7 | Elmhurst | 9-1 | 475 | 10 |
| 8 | Amherst | 7-0 | 441 | 7 |
| 9 | Augustana | 8-2 | 406 | 8 |
| 10 | Buena Vista | 8-1 | 379 | 9 |
| 11 | Elms | 9-0 | 350 | 12 |
| 12 | Capital | 9-1 | 316 | 14 |
| 13 | Ursinus | 5-1 | 313 | 13 |
| 14 | Richard Stockton | 9-1 | 219 | 20 |
| 15 | Carnegie Mellon | 8-1 | 209 | 12 |
| 16 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-2 | 203 | 15 |
| 17 | Ithaca | 8-0 | 202 | 19 |
| 18 | Centre | 7-1 | 197 | 16 |
| 19 | Whitworth | 7-1 | 167 | 18 |
| 20 | St. Mary's (Md.) | 7-1 | 138 | 17 |
| 21 | Trinity (Texas) | 8-1 | 129 | 22 |
| 22 | Puget Sound | 5-2 | 120 | 21 |
| 23 | Texas-Dallas | 9-0 | 100 | 24 |
| 24 | Mass-Dartmouth | 7-1 | 99 | 23 |
| 25 | DeSales | 8-0 | 72 | 25 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Roanoke 48, Worcester Polytech 46, Gettysburg 38, Millikin 34, William Paterson 16, Middlebury 12, Rhode Island College 12, Transylvania 12, Gordon 11, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 10, Defiance 8, Lawrence 6, Bethel 5, Salem State 5, Carthage 3, Franklin and Marshall 2, Carleton 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.