Through games of Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Nebraska Wesleyan (25) | 8-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Williams | 7-0 | 567 | 2 |
| 3 | Augustana | 5-1 | 546 | 5 |
| 4 | Hamilton | 7-0 | 541 | 3 |
| 5 | Whitman | 6-1 | 515 | 6 |
| 6 | UW-Stevens Point | 4-1 | 488 | 4 |
| 7 | UW-Oshkosh | 4-1 | 439 | 9 |
| 8 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-0 | 438 | 10 |
| 9 | MIT | 5-1 | 390 | 11 |
| 10 | Plattsburgh State | 6-0 | 368 | 13 |
| 11 | Whitworth | 5-1 | 344 | 14 |
| 12 | UW-Whitewater | 5-0 | 338 | 15 |
| 13 | Marietta | 7-0 | 322 | 21 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 5-1 | 315 | 7 |
| 15 | Wooster | 6-0 | 302 | 16 |
| 16 | Randolph-Macon | 9-0 | 288 | 17 |
| 17 | Rochester | 6-0 | 230 | 20 |
| 18 | Middlebury | 5-1 | 197 | 12 |
| 19 | Amherst | 5-0 | 99 | -- |
| 20 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-0 | 86 | -- |
| 21 | Loras | 4-1 | 85 | 19 |
| 22 | Lynchburg | 7-0 | 76 | -- |
| 23 | Swarthmore | 4-2 | 74 | 8 |
| 24 | St. John's | 5-1 | 70 | -- |
| 25 | Nichols | 6-0 | 68 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 18 Wheaton (Ill.); No. 22 Christopher Newport; No. 23 Emory; No. 24 New Jersey City; No. 25 Pomona-Pitzer
Others receiving votes: Salisbury 57; Christopher Newport 49; Wheaton (Ill.) 26; Montclair State 25; New Jersey City 22; UW-Platteville 21; Johns Hopkins 20; Pomona-Pitzer 19; Scranton 16; Oswego 12; WPI 10; Eastern Connecticut 9; Emory 7; John Carroll 6; Centre 4; Endicott 4; Roanoke 3; St. Thomas 2; Hope 1; Keene State 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.