Through games of Jan. 3, 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Augustana (25) | 12-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Whitworth | 11-0 | 596 | 2 |
| 3 | Hope | 10-1 | 538 | 4 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 8-1 | 530 | 5 |
| 5 | Elmhurst | 11-1 | 510 | 6 |
| 6 | Benedictine | 12-0 | 505 | 7 |
| 7 | John Carroll | 11-0 | 470 | 10 |
| 8 | Ohio Wesleyan | 10-1 | 457 | 9 |
| 9 | Amherst | 9-1 | 411 | 3 |
| 10 | Marietta | 10-2 | 339 | 8 |
| 11 | Susquehanna | 12-0 | 333 | 17 |
| 12 | WPI | 10-1 | 329 | 14 |
| 13 | Christopher Newport | 10-1 | 317 | 11 |
| 14 | New York University | 8-0 | 315 | 12 |
| 15 | UW-Whitewater | 9-2 | 224 | 20 |
| 16 | Chicago | 9-2 | 197 | 22 |
| 17 | Franklin and Marshall | 8-2 | 154 | 13 |
| 18 | Mount Union | 8-3 | 107 | 16 |
| 19 | UW-Stevens Point | 7-4 | 103 | 19 |
| 20 | Oswego State | 8-1 | 88 | -- |
| 21 | Scranton | 9-2 | 87 | -- |
| 22 | Tufts | 8-2 | 80 | -- |
| 23 | Trine | 10-1 | 73 | -- |
| 24 | Brooklyn | 10-2 | 69 | -- |
| 25 | Whitman | 10-1 | 68 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 15 East Texas Baptist; No. 18 Virginia Wesleyan; No. 21 Washington U.; No. 23 St. Norbert; No. 24 Babson; No. 25 Texas Lutheran.
Others receiving votes: Lancaster Bible 52; St. Norbert 52; Pacific Lutheran 50; Virginia Wesleyan 47; Washington U. 39; St. John's 36; Albertus Magnus 30; Trinity (Conn.) 30; Bethel 28; East Texas Baptist 28; Colby 21; North Central (Ill.) 21; Wesleyan 20; William Paterson 15; Texas Lutheran 15; Delaware Valley 14; Northwestern (Minn.) 11; Stockton 10; Eastern Nazarene 10; Alma 9; Salisbury 9; Johnson and Wales 8; Southern Vermont 8; MIT 7; Babson 6; Buffalo State 6; Juniata 5; Carroll 3; Centre 3; Roanoke 3; Chapman 2; Geneseo 2.
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.