Through games of Jan. 31, 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Whitworth (16) | 19-0 | 609 | 1 |
| 2 | Augustana (8) | 19-1 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | Benedictine | 20-0 | 579 | 3 |
| 4 | John Carroll (1) | 19-0 | 551 | 4 |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 17-1 | 536 | 5 |
| 6 | Christopher Newport | 17-1 | 460 | 9 |
| 7 | Hope | 17-2 | 459 | 8 |
| 8 | Marietta | 17-2 | 449 | 10 |
| 9 | Elmhurst | 17-3 | 433 | 6 |
| 10 | Ohio Wesleyan | 17-2 | 414 | 7 |
| 11 | Amherst | 16-3 | 337 | 14 |
| 12 | Alma | 15-4 | 306 | 15 |
| 13 | North Central (Ill.) | 15-5 | 290 | 17 |
| 14 | St. Norbert | 16-2 | 288 | 16 |
| 15 | Lancaster Bible | 17-0 | 222 | 18 |
| 16 | Franklin and Marshall | 16-3 | 198 | 19 |
| 17 | Johnson and Wales | 18-1 | 197 | 23 |
| 18 | Susquehanna | 16-2 | 193 | 12 |
| 19 | WPI | 16-3 | 184 | 13 |
| 20 | Whitman | 16-3 | 159 | 24 |
| 21 | Chicago | 14-4 | 155 | 11 |
| 22 | Wesleyan | 16-4 | 107 | 25 |
| 23 | Penn State-Behrend | 17-1 | 70 | -- |
| 24 | Plattsburgh State | 15-3 | 45 | -- |
| 25 | Mount Union | 14-5 | 43 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 20 Roanoke; No. 21 Texas Lutheran; No. 22 New York University.
Others receiving votes: Tufts 37; Texas Lutheran 30; NYU 24; Emory 22; Aurora 19; Delaware Valley 18; Roanoke 17; Trinity (Conn.) 16; Babson 10; Wooster 10; Northwestern (Minn.) 10; Albertus Magnus 8; Catholic 7; Carroll 5; MIT 4; Salisbury 2; Brooklyn 1; Gettysburg 1; New Jersey City 1; North Park 1; Swarthmore 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.