Through games of Jan. 1, 2013:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (12) | 11-0 | 605 | 3 |
| 2 | Middlebury (9) | 9-0 | 602 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas (4) | 9-0 | 591 | 4 |
| 4 | Rochester | 10-0 | 537 | 7 |
| 5 | Washington U. | 9-1 | 484 | 9 |
| 6 | Whitworth | 10-1 | 461 | 11 |
| 7 | Adrian | 11-0 | 433 | 12 |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-1 | 392 | 14 |
| 9 | Catholic | 10-1 | 359 | 15 |
| 10 | Ramapo | 9-1 | 349 | 10 |
| 11 | UW-Stevens Point | 10-2 | 343 | 5 |
| 12 | UW-Whitewater | 9-2 | 334 | 6 |
| 13 | St. Mary's (Md.) | 11-1 | 310 | 16 |
| 14 | WPI | 11-0 | 307 | 18 |
| 15 | Wooster | 10-2 | 306 | 13 |
| 16 | Christopher Newport | 8-1 | 216 | 19 |
| 17 | Franklin and Marshall | 8-1 | 213 | 8 |
| 18 | Ohio Wesleyan | 10-1 | 179 | 21 |
| 19 | Augustana | 10-1 | 162 | 22 |
| 20 | Albertus Magnus | 7-1 | 133 | 20 |
| 21 | Williams | 10-1 | 97 | 24 |
| 22 | Amherst | 9-2 | 92 | 25 |
| 23 | Virginia Wesleyan | 7-3 | 84 | 1 |
| 24 | Hampden-Sydney | 11-1 | 68 | -- |
| 25 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-3 | 60 | 17 |
Dropped out: No. 23 UW-Stout.
Others receiving votes: Rose-Hulman 52; Randolph 50; NYU 47; MIT 47; Concordia (Texas) 31; Augsburg 28; Transylvania 27; Whitman 22; Rhode Island College 21; Lycoming 20; Salisbury 10; UW-La Crosse 8; St. Norbert 7; Bethany 7; UW-Platteville 7; Guilford 6; Stevens 5; UW-Stout 4; Emory 3; Carroll (Wis.) 2; Dubuque 2; DeSales 1; Texas-Tyler 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.