Dec 19, 2016
Through games of Sunday, Dec. 18:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Babson (15) | 9-1 | 609 | 2 |
| 2 | Whitman (9) | 7-0 | 597 | 3 |
| 3 | Amherst (1) | 8-1 | 573 | 1 |
| 4 | Marietta | 8-1 | 549 | 4 |
| 5 | Salisbury | 8-0 | 480 | 10 |
| 6 | Rochester | 10-0 | 474 | 7 |
| 7 | St. Norbert | 5-1 | 471 | 6 |
| 8 | Whitworth | 6-1 | 449 | 8 |
| 9 | Christopher Newport | 6-2 | 422 | 5 |
| 10 | Tufts | 8-2 | 392 | 9 |
| 11 | UW-Eau Claire | 8-1 | 351 | 11 |
| 12 | Benedictine | 7-2 | 318 | 12 |
| 13 | North Park | 7-1 | 241 | 19 |
| 14 | Susquehanna | 8-1 | 230 | 18 |
| 15 | Hope | 5-2 | 219 | 14 |
| 16 | UW-Whitewater | 7-0 | 212 | 20 |
| 17 | Wesleyan | 9-0 | 209 | 22 |
| 18 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-2 | 191 | 21 |
| 19 | Wartburg | 8-1 | 173 | 23 |
| 20 | North Central (Ill.) | 6-3 | 149 | 13 |
| 21 | Swarthmore | 8-1 | 136 | 15 |
| 22 | UW-River Falls | 9-1 | 113 | 25 |
| 23 | Neumann | 8-0 | 68 | -- |
| 24 | Denison | 8-1 | 67 | 16 |
| 25 | Washington U. | 6-3 | 60 | 17 |
Dropped out: No. 24 Augustana.
Others receiving votes: Chicago 53; New Jersey City 50; Emory 39; Lycoming 35; Middlebury 35; Keene State 26; Virginia Wesleyan 25; Brockport 20; Ramapo 20; Endicott 19; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 11; Williams 9; Bethel 8; Carroll 6; WPI 4; Capital 3; Ripon 3; UW-La Crosse 2; Wooster 2; Misericordia 1; St. Thomas 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.