Entering the 2011-12 season:
| # | School (1st votes) | W-L | Pts | '11 final |
| 1 | Virginia Wesleyan (8) | 25-5 | 565 | 10 |
| 2 | Augustana (2) | 27-4 | 545 | 7 |
| 3 | Williams (7) | 29-3 | 542 | 4 |
| 4 | Amherst | 25-4 | 517 | 8 |
| 5 | Middlebury (5) | 28-2 | 490 | 3 |
| 6 | Marietta | 27-4 | 482 | 11 |
| 7 | Rochester | 22-6 | 374 | 12 |
| 8 | St. Thomas (2) | 30-3 | 353 | 1 |
| 9 | Wooster | 31-3 | 352 | 2 |
| 10 | MIT | 20-9 | 260 | -- |
| 11 | Wittenberg | 20-9 | 257 | 22 |
| 12 | Whitworth | 28-2 | 255 | 5 |
| 13 | Emory | 20-5 | 251 | -- |
| 14 | Cabrini | 24-6 | 246 | 19 |
| 15 | St. Mary's (Md.) | 25-6 | 229 | 9 |
| 16 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 23-8 | 215 | 20 |
| 17 | Franklin and Marshall | 23-6 | 173 | 15 |
| 18 | Oswego State | 24-5 | 168 | -- |
| 19 | Buffalo State | 23-7 | 161 | 23 |
| 20 | Centre | 21-6 | 153 | -- |
| 21 | UW-River Falls | 20-8 | 141 | -- |
| 22 | Birmingham-Southern | 23-4 | 124 | -- |
| 23 | Hampden-Sydney | 17-10 | 121 | -- |
| 24 | UW-Stevens Point | 26-4 | 117 | 6 |
| 25 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 18-8 | 113 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Brandeis 90; North Carolina Wesleyan 81; UW-Whitewater 53; WPI 51; Whitman 50; Ramapo 48; Hope 47; Texas-Dallas 45; Becker 44; Hartwick 42; Randolph-Macon 39; Manchester 38; Rhode Island College 35; Grinnell 34; Concordia (Wis.) 30; Salem State 30; Washington U. 29; Illinois Wesleyan 20; Western Connecticut 19; Chapman 18; North Central (Ill.) 17; Wabash 12; New Jersey City 8; Hanover 6; Christopher Newport 5; Capital 4; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 4; Eastern Mennonite 4; Hobart 4; Penn State-Behrend 4; St. Olaf 3; Calvin 2; SUNY-Purchase 2; William Paterson 2; Gwynedd-Mercy 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.