Through games of Sunday, Jan. 19:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Swarthmore (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | St. John's | 14-1 | 589 | 4 |
| 3 | Randolph-Macon | 15-1 | 543 | 6 |
| 4 | Elmhurst | 15-1 | 489 | 10 |
| 5 | Colby | 15-0 | 485 | 12 |
| 6 | Marietta | 14-1 | 476 | 8 |
| 7 | Wittenberg | 14-1 | 472 | 2 |
| 8 | Emory | 12-2 | 449 | 3 |
| 9 | St. Thomas | 13-2 | 446 | 9 |
| 10 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 15-2 | 398 | 11 |
| 11 | UW-Platteville | 14-2 | 392 | 7 |
| 12 | Middlebury | 16-2 | 382 | 5 |
| 13 | Washington U. | 12-2 | 313 | 13 |
| 14 | Wooster | 13-2 | 269 | 20 |
| 15 | Johns Hopkins | 13-2 | 264 | 15 |
| 16 | North Central (Ill.) | 13-3 | 255 | 16 |
| 17 | UW-La Crosse | 13-2 | 228 | 14 |
| 18 | Virginia Wesleyan | 14-2 | 156 | 23 |
| 19 | St. Norbert | 13-2 | 146 | 25 |
| 20 | Whitworth | 12-3 | 137 | 21 |
| 21 | Albertus Magnus | 12-2 | 121 | 18 |
| 22 | Babson | 12-3 | 76 | 17 |
| 23 | Tufts | 13-3 | 60 | -- |
| 24 | Brandeis | 11-3 | 57 | -- |
| 25 | Centre | 16-2 | 51 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 Springfield; No. 22 Amherst; No. 24 Pomona-Pitzer.
Others receiving votes: Springfield 48; WPI 45; Yeshiva 38; Mount Union 25; East Texas Baptist 18; Albion 14; Benedictine 11; Pomona-Pitzer 8; Augsburg 6; Rochester 6; Widener 6; Christopher Newport 5; Whitman 5; Stevens 3; Augustana 2; UW-Stevens Point 2; RPI 2; Amherst 1; Oswego 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.