Through games of Feb. 28, 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Augustana (17) | 26-1 | 616 | 1 |
| 2 | Benedictine (8) | 27-0 | 608 | 2 |
| 3 | Whitworth | 26-1 | 568 | 3 |
| 4 | Christopher Newport | 26-1 | 553 | 5 |
| 5 | John Carroll | 25-3 | 478 | 12 |
| 6 | Marietta | 25-3 | 475 | 4 |
| 7 | St. Norbert | 23-2 | 473 | 8 |
| 8 | St. Thomas | 24-3 | 417 | 7 |
| 9 | Hope | 23-3 | 412 | 6 |
| 10 | Ohio Wesleyan | 23-4 | 385 | 10 |
| 11 | Whitman | 22-4 | 337 | 9 |
| 12 | Johnson and Wales | 26-2 | 332 | 14 |
| 13 | Alma | 21-6 | 301 | 19 |
| 14 | Lancaster Bible | 27-0 | 292 | 15 |
| 15 | Amherst | 22-5 | 271 | 13 |
| 16 | Babson | 21-5 | 247 | 20 |
| 17 | North Central (Ill.) | 19-7 | 244 | 11 |
| 18 | Elmhurst | 21-6 | 242 | 17 |
| 19 | Susquehanna | 23-4 | 164 | 16 |
| 20 | Tufts | 20-6 | 139 | 18 |
| 21 | Franklin and Marshall | 22-5 | 113 | 25 |
| 22 | Catholic | 22-5 | 97 | -- |
| 23 | Plattsburgh State | 21-5 | 87 | 21 |
| 24 | Salisbury | 21-6 | 67 | 23 |
| 25 | Emory | 18-7 | 46 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 22 Trinity (Conn.); No. 24 WPI.
Others receiving votes: New York U. 22; Stockton 20; Albertus Magnus 17; WPI 13; Texas Lutheran 11; Trinity (Conn.) 11; Lynchburg 10; Carroll 9; Southern Vermont 7; Rochester 7; Scranton 6; Northwestern (Minn.) 6; Cortland State 4; New Jersey City 3; Penn State-Behrend 3; MIT 3; St. Vincent 3; Wooster 3; Middlebury 2; Brooklyn 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.