Through games of Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018:
The next poll will be released on Jan. 7, 2019.
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Nebraska Wesleyan (25) | 10-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Williams | 9-0 | 572 | 2 |
| 3 | Augustana | 8-1 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | Whitman | 6-1 | 533 | 5 |
| 5 | Hamilton | 9-0 | 531 | 4 |
| 6 | UW-Oshkosh | 8-1 | 507 | 6 |
| 7 | MIT | 10-1 | 440 | 8 |
| 8 | Marietta | 9-0 | 435 | 10 |
| 9 | Whitworth | 7-1 | 425 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 8-0 | 401 | 11 |
| 11 | Wittenberg | 8-1 | 384 | 12 |
| 12 | UW-Stevens Point | 6-2 | 293 | 7 |
| 13 | Plattsburgh State | 8-1 | 285 | 14 |
| 14 | Wooster | 7-1 | 242 | 16 |
| 15 | Randolph-Macon | 10-1 | 202 | 17 |
| 16 | Nichols | 9-0 | 199 | 18 |
| 17 | Rochester | 9-1 | 197 | 13 |
| 18 | Christopher Newport | 8-1 | 196 | 21 |
| 19 | St. John's | 7-1 | 186 | 19 |
| 20 | Loras | 8-1 | 180 | 20 |
| 21 | Wabash | 7-0 | 145 | 22 |
| 22 | Salisbury | 9-0 | 107 | 23 |
| 23 | Swarthmore | 7-2 | 80 | 24 |
| 24 | Middlebury | 6-2 | 53 | 25 |
| 25 | Scranton | 7-0 | 51 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 15 Illinois Wesleyan.
Others receiving votes: Illinois Wesleyan 43; St. Thomas 40; Pomona-Pitzer 31; WPI 29; Oswego 28; Lynchburg 22; Amherst 18; North Central (Ill.) 15; Johns Hopkins 14; Wheaton (Ill.) 11; Montclair State 11; Mount Union 11; Wartburg 9; New Jersey City 9; Centre 2.
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.