Through games of Sunday, Jan. 12:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Swarthmore (25) | 13-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Wittenberg | 13-0 | 587 | 2 |
| 3 | Emory | 11-1 | 552 | 6 |
| 4 | St. John's | 12-1 | 543 | 7 |
| 5 | Middlebury | 14-1 | 493 | 3 |
| 6 | Randolph-Macon | 13-1 | 472 | 4 |
| 7 | UW-Platteville | 13-1 | 461 | 9 |
| 8 | Marietta | 12-1 | 436 | 8 |
| 9 | St. Thomas | 11-2 | 426 | 5 |
| 10 | Elmhurst | 13-1 | 404 | 11 |
| 11 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 13-2 | 390 | 10 |
| 12 | Colby | 13-0 | 360 | 12 |
| 13 | Washington U. | 10-2 | 331 | 13 |
| 14 | UW-La Crosse | 12-1 | 297 | 17 |
| 15 | Johns Hopkins | 11-2 | 238 | 16 |
| 16 | North Central (Ill.) | 12-3 | 212 | 18 |
| 17 | Babson | 11-2 | 196 | 14 |
| 18 | Albertus Magnus | 11-1 | 157 | 20 |
| 19 | Springfield | 11-2 | 147 | 25 |
| 20 | Wooster | 11-2 | 127 | 23 |
| 21 | Whitworth | 10-3 | 103 | 22 |
| 22 | Amherst | 10-4 | 98 | 15 |
| 23 | Virginia Wesleyan | 12-2 | 72 | -- |
| 24 | Pomona-Pitzer | 11-2 | 60 | -- |
| 25 | St. Norbert | 11-2 | 54 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 Guilford; No. 21 Benedictine; No. 23 WPI.
Others receiving votes: Yeshiva 45; Tufts 39; WPI 32; Augsburg 26; Hobart 22; Centre 21; Guilford 18; Benedictine 15; Rochester 14; Mount Union 10; Augustana 9; East Texas Baptist 8; Hamilton 7; Christopher Newport 6; Widener 5; Albion 4; Carthage 2; Stevens 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.