Through games of Jan. 17, 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Whitworth (14) | 15-0 | 602 | 1 |
| 2 | Elmhurst (4) | 15-1 | 588 | 2 |
| 3 | Augustana (5) | 15-1 | 576 | 3 |
| 4 | Benedictine (1) | 16-0 | 557 | 5 |
| 5 | John Carroll (1) | 15-0 | 509 | 7 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 13-1 | 503 | 6 |
| 7 | Ohio Wesleyan | 14-1 | 474 | 8 |
| 8 | Amherst | 13-1 | 440 | 9 |
| 9 | Hope | 13-2 | 420 | 4 |
| 10 | Christopher Newport | 14-1 | 393 | 13 |
| 11 | Marietta | 13-2 | 386 | 11 |
| 12 | Chicago | 12-2 | 336 | 16 |
| 13 | Franklin and Marshall | 13-2 | 279 | 17 |
| 14 | WPI | 13-2 | 273 | 12 |
| 15 | Susquehanna | 15-1 | 253 | 10 |
| 16 | Whitman | 13-2 | 213 | 21 |
| 17 | New York University | 12-1 | 204 | 15 |
| 18 | Mount Union | 11-4 | 165 | 19 |
| 19 | Tufts | 12-3 | 132 | 18 |
| 20 | Lancaster Bible | 12-0 | 114 | 22 |
| 21 | Alma | 11-4 | 107 | -- |
| 22 | St. Norbert | 12-2 | 94 | 23 |
| 23 | Texas Lutheran | 13-3 | 62 | -- |
| 24 | Roanoke | 13-2 | 59 | 20 |
| 25 | North Central (Ill.) | 11-5 | 55 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 14 UW-Whitewater; No. 24 Scranton.
Others receiving votes: Carroll 49; Johnson and Wales 40; UW-Whitewater 38; MIT 25; Babson 25; Washington U. 23; Plattsburgh State 22; Salisbury 19; Trine 16; Brooklyn 16; Trinity (Conn.) 14; Virginia Wesleyan 7; Oneonta State 6; Penn State-Behrend 6; Bethel 5; Hampden-Sydney 5; St. John Fisher 4; Albertus Magnus 3; St. John's 3; Northwestern (Minn.) 2; Delaware Valley 1; Eastern Connecticut 1; UW-River Falls 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.