Through games of Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Middlebury (23) | 9-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Virginia Wesleyan (1) | 9-1 | 571 | 2 |
| 3 | Augustana | 10-1 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | MIT (1) | 12-0 | 537 | 4 |
| 5 | Emory | 10-0 | 516 | 5 |
| 6 | Amherst | 10-1 | 497 | 6 |
| 7 | Williams | 10-1 | 493 | 7 |
| 8 | Franklin and Marshall | 9-0 | 418 | 9 |
| 9 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 10-0 | 410 | 11 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 11-1 | 357 | 16 |
| 11 | Whitworth | 9-2 | 327 | 8 |
| 12 | Hope | 10-1 | 317 | 15 |
| 13 | UW-Stevens Point | 10-2 | 305 | 18 |
| 14 | Cabrini | 9-1 | 275 | 10 |
| 15 | Wooster | 9-2 | 202 | 19 |
| 16 | Puget Sound | 10-1 | 198 | 12 |
| 17 | Wabash | 10-1 | 197 | 14 |
| 18 | St. Thomas | 7-2 | 175 | 13 |
| 19 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 10-0 | 151 | 21 |
| 20 | Oswego State | 9-1 | 148 | 23 |
| 21 | Buffalo State | 10-1 | 120 | 24 |
| 22 | Birmingham-Southern | 10-1 | 89 | 22 |
| 23 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 9-2 | 80 | -- |
| 24 | Rhode Island College | 9-1 | 75 | -- |
| 25 | Transylvania | 10-1 | 66 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 17 WPI, No. 20 Marietta, No. 25 Rochester.
Others receiving votes: WPI 61; Rochester 59; Western Connecticut 51; William Paterson 43; Wittenberg 22; Grinnell 21; Marietta 20; Ohio Wesleyan 17; Bethany 16; Hardin-Simmons 13; Hartwick 11; St. Mary's (Md.) 11; Washington U. 11; Catholic 11; Edgewood 10; Gustavus Adolphus 8; Lycoming 8; New Jersey City 7; Lake Forest 5; Illinois Wesleyan 4; Texas-Dallas 3; Farmingdale State 2; 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.