Through games of Jan. 18, 2009:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Wheaton (Ill.) (18) | 15-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Thomas (5) | 14-0 | 602 | 2 |
| 3 | Washington U. (2) | 13-1 | 578 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Stevens Point | 13-2 | 540 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Platteville | 14-2 | 483 | 6 |
| 6 | Buena Vista | 14-1 | 478 | 5 |
| 7 | UW-Whitewater | 14-2 | 461 | 7 |
| 8 | Capital | 14-1 | 444 | 8 |
| 9 | Amherst | 13-1 | 436 | 9 |
| 10 | Trinity (Texas) | 14-1 | 372 | 10 |
| 11 | Puget Sound | 13-2 | 339 | 12 |
| 12 | Ithaca | 14-1 | 305 | 13 |
| 13 | Richard Stockton | 15-2 | 292 | 14 |
| 14 | Mass-Dartmouth | 13-1 | 277 | 15 |
| 15 | Augustana | 12-4 | 264 | 11 |
| 16 | Elms | 13-1 | 260 | 16 |
| 17 | St. Norbert | 12-1 | 240 | 17 |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon | 11-2 | 178 | 19 |
| 19 | Elmhurst | 11-4 | 162 | 20 |
| 20 | Texas-Dallas | 14-1 | 147 | 22 |
| 21 | Roanoke | 14-2 | 135 | 18 |
| 22 | Gettysburg | 11-2 | 92 | — |
| 23 | William Paterson | 12-2 | 78 | 25 |
| 24 | Franklin and Marshall | 13-1 | 65 | 21 |
| 25 | Middlebury | 14-2 | 51 | — |
Dropped out: No. 23 Anderson, No. 24 Whitworth.
Others receiving votes: Whitworth 50, Anderson 37, St. John Fisher 35, Salem State 25, Randolph-Macon 21, Centre 20, Carroll 10, DePauw 7, Worcester Polytech 7, St. Mary's (Md.) 5, Carthage 4, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 2, Rochester 2, Chapman 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.