Through games of Jan. 11, 2009:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Wheaton (Ill.) (18) | 13-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Thomas (5) | 12-0 | 601 | 2 |
| 3 | Washington U. (2) | 11-1 | 578 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Stevens Point | 11-2 | 557 | 6 |
| 5 | Buena Vista | 12-1 | 487 | 8 |
| 6 | UW-Platteville | 13-2 | 482 | 4 |
| 7 | UW-Whitewater | 13-2 | 472 | 9 |
| 8 | Capital | 12-1 | 448 | 11 |
| 9 | Amherst | 10-1 | 435 | 5 |
| 10 | Trinity (Texas) | 12-1 | 347 | 16 |
| 11 | Augustana | 11-3 | 319 | 7 |
| 12 | Puget Sound | 11-2 | 301 | 17 |
| 13 | Ithaca | 12-1 | 283 | 12 |
| 14 | Richard Stockton | 13-2 | 244 | 13 |
| 15 | Mass-Dartmouth | 11-1 | 227 | 20 |
| 16 | Elms | 11-1 | 217 | 18 |
| 17 | St. Norbert | 10-1 | 208 | 23 |
| 18 | Roanoke | 12-1 | 180 | 22 |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon | 11-2 | 175 | 14 |
| 20 | Elmhurst | 9-4 | 156 | 10 |
| 21 | Franklin and Marshall | 11-0 | 137 | — |
| 22 | Texas-Dallas | 12-1 | 133 | 24 |
| 23 | Anderson | 11-3 | 122 | 25 |
| 24 | Whitworth | 12-2 | 113 | 15 |
| 25 | William Paterson | 10-2 | 45 | — |
Dropped out: No. 19 Illinois Wesleyan, No. 21 Ursinus.
Others receiving votes: Gettysburg 36, St. Mary's (Md.) 32, Carthage 30, Middlebury 29, Rochester 26, DeSales 22, Centre 15, Salem State 14, St. John Fisher 14, Randolph-Macon 13, Carroll 12, Illinois Wesleyan 8, Millikin 7, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5, North Central (Ill.) 5, Wilmington 5, Worcester Polytech 5, Rochester Tech 2.
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.