Entering the 2018-19 season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Nebraska Wesleyan (24) | 30-3 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Oshkosh | 25-8 | 567 | 2 |
| 3 | Augustana (1) | 25-6 | 539 | 5 |
| 4 | Whitman | 29-2 | 529 | 3 |
| 5 | MIT | 25-6 | 463 | 9 |
| 6 | Whitworth | 24-4 | 462 | 19 |
| 7 | Springfield | 22-9 | 431 | 4 |
| 8 | Williams | 23-6 | 417 | 17 |
| 9 | Hamilton | 24-5 | 400 | 11 |
| 10 | UW-Platteville | 24-5 | 367 | 7 |
| 11 | Wittenberg | 27-3 | 366 | 10 |
| 12 | UW-Stevens Point | 21-9 | 356 | 14 |
| 13 | Swarthmore | 25-6 | 329 | 8 |
| 14 | Plattsburgh State | 24-5 | 214 | 18 |
| 15 | Johns Hopkins | 24-5 | 206 | 24 |
| 16 | New Jersey City | 19-8 | 179 | -- |
| 17 | Middlebury | 21-7 | 166 | 16 |
| 18 | Emory | 23-5 | 147 | 12 |
| 19 | Illinois Wesleyan | 19-8 | 142 | -- |
| 20 | John Carroll | 25-6 | 129 | 13 |
| 21 | Wooster | 22-7 | 107 | -- |
| 22 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 22-7 | 95 | -- |
| 23 | St. Olaf | 20-8 | 92 | -- |
| 24 | UW-Whitewater | 16-10 | 81 | -- |
| 25 | St. John's | 23-4 | 77 | 23 |
Others receiving votes: Hope 76; Rochester 67; Nazareth 60; Marietta 47; Roanoke 42; Amherst 36; LeTourneau 35; Ramapo 33; Penn State-Behrend 26; Nichols 25; St. Thomas 23; Washington U. 20; Aurora 19; North Central (Ill.) 19; Loras 17; Cabrini 14; Franklin & Marshall 14; Pomona-Pitzer 11; Wesleyan 10; Montclair State 9; Eastern Connecticut 8; Christopher Newport 6; Hanover 5; Bethel 5; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3; Emory & Henry 3; Keene State 2; Ohio Northern 2; Salem State 2; Yeshiva 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. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.