Through games of Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Hope (23) | 22-1 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Amherst (1) | 22-2 | 579 | 6 |
| 3 | MIT (1) | 22-1 | 551 | 5 |
| 4 | Middlebury | 22-2 | 527 | 2 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 22-1 | 512 | 8 |
| 6 | Cabrini | 23-1 | 494 | 7 |
| 7 | Virginia Wesleyan | 19-3 | 462 | 3 |
| 8 | Birmingham-Southern | 22-1 | 446 | 10 |
| 9 | UW-Whitewater | 20-3 | 429 | 4 |
| 10 | Whitworth | 20-3 | 419 | 9 |
| 11 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 21-1 | 385 | 11 |
| 12 | UW-Stevens Point | 19-4 | 342 | 12 |
| 13 | Franklin and Marshall | 21-2 | 335 | 14 |
| 14 | Transylvania | 21-2 | 300 | 15 |
| 15 | William Paterson | 21-3 | 250 | 17 |
| 16 | Oswego State | 19-3 | 229 | 18 |
| 17 | Augustana | 18-5 | 189 | 20 |
| 18 | Emory | 18-4 | 143 | 23 |
| 19 | UW-River Falls | 18-5 | 138 | 25 |
| 20 | Albertus Magnus | 22-1 | 107 | 24 |
| 21 | Wittenberg | 18-5 | 89 | 22 |
| 22 | Wooster | 19-4 | 84 | 13 |
| 23 | Randolph-Macon | 19-4 | 77 | -- |
| 24 | Washington U. | 17-5 | 57 | -- |
| 25 | Hartwick | 22-2 | 50 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 16 New York University, No. 19 Wheaton (Ill.), No. 21 Keene State.
Others receiving votes: Western Connecticut 48; Keene State 44; Lake Forest 42; Wheaton (Ill.) 28; New York University 20; Bethany 19; Wesleyan 18; Illinois Wesleyan 15; Christopher Newport 14; Williams 10; Eastern Connecticut 9; Gustavus Adolphus 8; North Central (Ill.) 7; Rhode Island College 7; WPI 7; Lycoming 6; Wabash 4; Edgewood 1; Hobart 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.