Through games of Sunday, Dec. 18:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Middlebury (24) | 7-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Virginia Wesleyan (1) | 7-1 | 570 | 2 |
| 3 | Augustana | 8-1 | 568 | 3 |
| 4 | MIT | 12-0 | 523 | 4 |
| 5 | Emory | 8-0 | 499 | 5 |
| 6 | Amherst | 9-1 | 495 | 6 |
| 7 | Williams | 8-1 | 493 | 7 |
| 8 | Whitworth | 7-1 | 436 | 8 |
| 9 | Franklin and Marshall | 9-0 | 403 | 10 |
| 10 | Cabrini | 8-0 | 377 | 11 |
| 11 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 8-0 | 357 | 12 |
| 12 | Puget Sound | 9-0 | 302 | 15 |
| 13 | St. Thomas | 7-1 | 293 | 14 |
| 14 | Wabash | 8-0 | 274 | 17 |
| 15 | Hope | 8-1 | 225 | 18 |
| 16 | UW-Whitewater | 8-1 | 190 | 13 |
| 17 | WPI | 8-1 | 173 | 20 |
| 18 | UW-Stevens Point | 8-2 | 167 | 25 |
| 19 | Wooster | 5-2 | 136 | 19 |
| 20 | Marietta | 6-3 | 115 | 9 |
| 21 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 9-0 | 114 | 22 |
| 22 | Birmingham-Southern | 8-1 | 105 | 16 |
| 23 | Oswego State | 9-1 | 100 | 24 |
| 24 | Buffalo State | 8-1 | 96 | 21 |
| 25 | Rochester | 8-2 | 78 | 23 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Rhode Island College 73, William Paterson 47, Wheaton (Ill.) 46, Wittenberg 37, Ohio Wesleyan 30, Western Connecticut 23, Bethany 22, Grinnell 20, Transylvania 16, UW-River Falls 16, Hardin-Simmons 15, St. Mary's (Md.) 14, Edgewood 13, Texas-Dallas 11, Washington U. 9, Catholic 7, New Jersey City 6, Lake Forest 4, Hartwick 1, Hobart 1, Salem State 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.