Through games of Sunday, Dec. 7:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (9) | 6-1 | 593 | 3 |
| 2 | Amherst (11) | 5-0 | 586 | 2 |
| 3 | Washington U. (5) | 8-0 | 582 | 4 |
| 4 | Augustana | 6-1 | 524 | 1 |
| 5 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-1 | 496 | 9 |
| 6 | Ohio Wesleyan | 7-0 | 450 | 14 |
| 7 | Richard Stockton | 8-0 | 404 | 8 |
| 8 | St. Thomas | 5-1 | 398 | 5 |
| 9 | Emory | 6-1 | 391 | 6 |
| 10 | Dickinson | 6-1 | 381 | 12 |
| 11 | Virginia Wesleyan | 6-1 | 356 | 7 |
| 12 | WPI | 6-1 | 317 | 13 |
| 13 | Albertus Magnus | 6-1 | 272 | 16 |
| 14 | Centre | 6-0 | 271 | 15 |
| 15 | MIT | 6-1 | 269 | 11 |
| 16 | North Central (Ill.) | 6-0 | 234 | 22 |
| 17 | Wooster | 4-2 | 218 | 10 |
| 18 | Scranton | 5-1 | 167 | 21 |
| 19 | Eastern Connecticut | 8-1 | 160 | 25 |
| 20 | St. Norbert | 6-0 | 153 | 24 |
| 21 | UW-Stevens Point | 5-2 | 138 | 23 |
| 22 | Randolph-Macon | 5-2 | 110 | -- |
| 23 | Babson | 7-1 | 94 | -- |
| 24 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 5-1 | 79 | -- |
| 25 | Marietta | 7-0 | 68 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 17 Chicago; No. 18 DePauw; No. 19 Calvin; No. 20 St. Olaf.
Others receiving votes: Chapman 38; Calvin 35; Williams 35; Lynchburg 34; St. Olaf 31; Christopher Newport 29; Franklin and Marshall 26; Bates 25; DePauw 23; Cabrini 19; Dubuque 18; Hardin-Simmons 16; Keene State 15; Chicago 14; Widener 10; Marymount 10; Cortland State 10; Rhode Island College 5; Middlebury 4; Western Connecticut 4; Bowdoin 3; DeSales 2; Whitworth 2; Stevenson 2; Gustavus Adolphus 1; Misericordia 1; Wheaton (Ill.) 1; Central 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.