Through games of Sunday, Jan. 4:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (22) | 11-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Augustana (3) | 11-1 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 10-2 | 560 | 3 |
| 4 | Dickinson | 10-1 | 526 | 5 |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 9-1 | 511 | 6 |
| 6 | Emory | 10-1 | 504 | 7 |
| 7 | WPI | 10-1 | 430 | 11 |
| 8 | Virginia Wesleyan | 9-2 | 426 | 8 |
| 9 | Marietta | 12-0 | 367 | 24 |
| 10 | North Central (Ill.) | 11-1 | 354 | 21 |
| 11 | Franklin and Marshall | 11-0 | 322 | 25 |
| 12 | Richard Stockton | 11-1 | 321 | 4 |
| 13 | Albertus Magnus | 8-1 | 301 | 12 |
| 14 | Wooster | 9-2 | 289 | 14 |
| 15 | Babson | 10-1 | 275 | 17 |
| 16 | Randolph-Macon | 9-2 | 208 | 22 |
| 17 | Ohio Wesleyan | 9-2 | 202 | 10 |
| 18 | Amherst | 7-2 | 190 | 15 |
| 19 | UW-Stevens Point | 9-3 | 121 | 20 |
| 20 | St. Norbert | 10-1 | 107 | 18 |
| 21 | Eastern Connecticut | 10-2 | 105 | 19 |
| 22 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-4 | 102 | 9 |
| 23 | Husson | 8-1 | 98 | -- |
| 24 | Scranton | 9-2 | 88 | 16 |
| 25 | Centre | 9-2 | 79 | 13 |
Dropped out: No. 23 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
Others receiving votes: Chapman 76; St. Olaf 60; Elmhurst 41; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 40; Cortland State 39; Middlebury 35; Hampden-Sydney 24; Dubuque 17; Chicago 13; Hardin-Simmons 12; Bates 11; Lynchburg 8; Williams 6; Hope 5; Rowan 3; Western Connecticut 3; Johns Hopkins 2; William Paterson 2; Cal Lutheran 1; Christopher Newport 1; Trinity (Conn.) 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.