Through games of Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Swarthmore (25) | 11-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Wittenberg | 11-0 | 578 | 3 |
| 3 | Middlebury | 12-0 | 562 | 4 |
| 4 | Randolph-Macon | 12-0 | 537 | 7 |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 9-1 | 529 | 5 |
| 6 | Emory | 10-1 | 518 | 2 |
| 7 | St. John's | 10-1 | 429 | 11 |
| 8 | Marietta | 10-1 | 414 | 6 |
| 9 | UW-Platteville | 11-1 | 410 | 9 |
| 10 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 11-2 | 390 | 8 |
| 11 | Elmhurst | 11-1 | 375 | 16 |
| 12 | Colby | 11-0 | 341 | 17 |
| 13 | Washington U. | 9-2 | 295 | 10 |
| 14 | Babson | 10-1 | 271 | 12 |
| 15 | Amherst | 9-2 | 251 | 20 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins | 9-2 | 249 | 13 |
| 17 | UW-La Crosse | 10-1 | 247 | 15 |
| 18 | North Central (Ill.) | 10-3 | 162 | 25 |
| 19 | Guilford | 10-3 | 104 | 21 |
| 20 | Albertus Magnus | 11-1 | 99 | -- |
| 21 | Benedictine | 9-2 | 75 | 19 |
| 22 | Whitworth | 8-3 | 72 | 14 |
| 23 | WPI | 9-2 | 66 | -- |
| 24 | Wooster | 9-2 | 60 | 24 |
| 25 | Springfield | 9-2 | 58 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 18 Carthage; No. 22 Hamilton; No. 23 Illinois Wesleyan
Others receiving votes: Rochester 49; Virginia Wesleyan 45; Mary Hardin-Baylor 44; Pomona-Pitzer 41; St. Norbert 36; Stevens 28; Hamilton 23; Yeshiva 23; Tufts 17; UW-Stevens Point 16; Augustana 15; UW-Eau Claire 13; Centre 13; Hobart 10; UW-Oshkosh 8; Illinois Wesleyan 7; Augsburg 5; Loras 4; Mount Union 3; Christopher Newport 3; Carthage 2; East Texas Baptist 2; Widener 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.