Through games of Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Platteville (15) | 11-1 | 601 | 5 |
| 2 | Emory (2) | 10-1 | 580 | 1 |
| 3 | Trine (5) | 10-1 | 572 | 4 |
| 4 | New York University (2) | 11-0 | 527 | 8 |
| 5 | Washington U. | 10-1 | 501 | 2 |
| 6 | Trinity (Conn.) | 11-1 | 462 | 3 |
| 7 | Illinois Wesleyan (1) | 11-2 | 444 | 9 |
| 8 | Hampden-Sydney | 10-2 | 440 | 7 |
| 9 | Wesleyan | 13-0 | 425 | 16 |
| 10 | Wooster | 12-1 | 408 | 6 |
| 11 | Wisconsin Lutheran | 11-1 | 331 | 17 |
| 12 | Christopher Newport | 13-3 | 330 | 18 |
| 13 | Tufts | 12-2 | 316 | 10 |
| 14 | UW-La Crosse | 10-2 | 309 | 20 |
| 15 | St. John's | 11-2 | 278 | 21 |
| 16 | UW-Stevens Point | 10-2 | 264 | 11 |
| 17 | Whitworth | 10-1 | 217 | 14 |
| 18 | Randolph-Macon | 9-3 | 176 | -- |
| 19 | Stockton | 10-2 | 165 | 22 |
| 20 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 11-3 | 79 | -- |
| 21 | Catholic | 9-2 | 76 | 24 |
| 22 | WPI | 9-2 | 75 | 15 |
| 23 | Redlands | 10-2 | 74 | -- |
| 24 | Carnegie Mellon | 8-2 | 67 | 19 |
| 25 | Denison | 11-1 | 59 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 12 Keene State; No. 13 Gettysburg; No. 23 Trinity (Texas); No. 25 Cal Lutheran.
Others receiving votes: Gettysburg 50; Keene State 50; Babson 43; St. Thomas (Texas) 42; Cal Lutheran 42; Hamilton 22; UW-Oshkosh 21; Guilford 18; Virginia Wesleyan 15; Trinity (Texas) 12; Chapman 10; Nebraska Wesleyan 6; Schreiner 6; John Carroll 4; Maryville (Tenn.) 3; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 2; Roanoke 2; Anderson 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.