Dec 12, 2016
Through games of Sunday, Dec. 11:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Amherst (22) | 8-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Babson (3) | 9-1 | 595 | 2 |
| 3 | Whitman | 6-0 | 576 | 4 |
| 4 | Marietta | 7-1 | 525 | 3 |
| 5 | Christopher Newport | 6-1 | 489 | 6 |
| 6 | St. Norbert | 5-1 | 474 | 8 |
| 7 | Rochester | 9-0 | 456 | 11 |
| 8 | Whitworth | 5-1 | 435 | 7 |
| 9 | Tufts | 7-2 | 396 | 5 |
| 10 | Salisbury | 7-0 | 390 | 15 |
| 11 | UW-Eau Claire | 8-1 | 336 | 10 |
| 12 | Benedictine | 6-2 | 314 | 14 |
| 13 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-2 | 267 | 9 |
| 14 | Hope | 5-2 | 257 | 12 |
| 15 | Swarthmore | 7-0 | 201 | 22 |
| 16 | Denison | 8-0 | 187 | 25 |
| 17 | Washington U. | 6-2 | 184 | 13 |
| 18 | Susquehanna | 7-1 | 175 | 23 |
| 19 | North Park | 6-1 | 170 | 18 |
| 20 | UW-Whitewater | 7-0 | 135 | -- |
| 21 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-2 | 112 | 16 |
| 22 | Wesleyan | 9-0 | 97 | -- |
| 23 | Wartburg | 8-1 | 93 | -- |
| 24 | Augustana | 7-2 | 63 | -- |
| 25 | UW-River Falls | 7-1 | 62 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 17 Wooster, No. 19 Keene State, No. 20 Endicott, No. 21 St. Thomas, No. 24 Baldwin Wallace.
Others receiving votes: New Jersey City 54; Neumann 49; Emory 39; Middlebury 38; Endicott 30; Central 29; Chicago 27; Lycoming 27; Keene State 25; Wooster 23; Virginia Wesleyan 23; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 19; Baldwin Wallace 18; Brockport 17; Misericordia 15; Bethel 14; Mount St. Joseph 14; Scranton 14; Ramapo 13; Williams 12; Carroll 4; WPI 3; UW-Stevens Point 3; St. Thomas 2; MIT 1; Ripon 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.