Through games of Sunday, March 14, 2021:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Randolph-Macon (15) | 12-0 | 267 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Thomas (3) | 7-0 | 231 | 4 |
| 3 | Yeshiva | 7-0 | 226 | 5 |
| 4 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-1 | 204 | 8 |
| 5 | Marietta | 12-1 | 198 | 6 |
| 6 | Trine | 17-1 | 189 | 2 |
| 7 | Dubuque | 14-0 | 163 | 7 |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 12-1 | 140 | 3 |
| 9 | UW-Platteville | 8-2 | 134 | 9 |
| 10 | DePauw | 12-1 | 91 | 11 |
| 11 | Berry | 13-1 | 73 | 12 |
| 12 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-2 | 64 | 13 |
| 13 | UW-La Crosse | 8-3 | 43 | 14 |
| 14 | Trinity (Texas) | 10-1 | 35 | -- |
| 15 | Whitworth | 12-5 | 28 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 10 Mary Hardin-Baylor; No. 15 Roanoke.
Others receiving votes: Mary Hardin-Baylor 20; Roanoke 17; Maryville (Tenn.) 12; St. Joseph (Conn.) 10; DeSales 5; Pfeiffer 3; Colby 2; New Jersey City 2; Albion 1; Mass-Dartmouth 1; St. Mary's (Minn.) 1.
The D3hoops.com Top 15 is voted on by a panel of 18 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 15-14-13-12-etc. basis.