Through games of Jan. 25, 2009:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | St. Thomas (18) | 17-0 | 618 | 2 |
| 2 | Washington U. (7) | 15-1 | 606 | 3 |
| 3 | UW-Stevens Point | 15-2 | 570 | 4 |
| 4 | UW-Platteville | 16-2 | 536 | 5 |
| 5 | Capital | 16-1 | 502 | 8 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 15-3 | 433 | 7 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 15-2 | 424 | 1 |
| 8 | Trinity (Texas) | 16-1 | 422 | 10 |
| 9 | Puget Sound | 15-2 | 399 | 11 |
| 10 | Buena Vista | 16-2 | 387 | 6 |
| 11 | Ithaca | 15-1 | 378 | 12 |
| 12 | Richard Stockton | 17-2 | 318 | 13 |
| 13 | Elms | 15-1 | 315 | 16 |
| 14 | St. Norbert | 14-1 | 305 | 17 |
| 15 | Augustana | 14-4 | 300 | 15 |
| 16 | Amherst | 14-2 | 295 | 9 |
| 17 | Elmhurst | 13-4 | 233 | 19 |
| 18 | Mass-Dartmouth | 14-2 | 185 | 14 |
| 19 | Middlebury | 16-2 | 159 | 25 |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon | 13-3 | 131 | 18 |
| 21 | St. John Fisher | 14-2 | 126 | — |
| 22 | Texas-Dallas | 15-2 | 109 | 20 |
| 23 | Centre | 14-3 | 73 | — |
| 24 | Carroll | 13-3 | 55 | — |
| 25 | Gettysburg | 12-3 | 42 | 22 |
Dropped out: No. 21 Roanoke, No. 23 William Paterson, No. 24 Franklin and Marshall.
Others receiving votes: Roanoke 40, Franklin and Marshall 31, William Paterson 29, Worcester Polytech 23, Anderson 18, Brandeis 12, Rhode Island College 9, Whitworth 9, MIT 7, Salem State 7, North Central (Ill.) 5, Randolph-Macon 3, Washington and Lee 3, Cal Lutheran 2, Carthage 2, DePauw 2, DeSales 1, Virginia Wesleyan 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.