Through games of Sunday, Jan. 18:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Trinity (Conn.) (25) | 16-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Chicago | 13-1 | 581 | 2 |
| 3 | Emory | 13-1 | 562 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Union | 16-0 | 545 | 4 |
| 5 | Randolph-Macon | 14-1 | 522 | 5 |
| 6 | Mary Washington | 14-1 | 484 | 6 |
| 7 | St. Thomas (Texas) | 14-1 | 477 | 7 |
| 8 | Montclair State | 16-0 | 450 | 8 |
| 9 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 15-0 | 437 | 9 |
| 10 | Tufts | 15-2 | 388 | 12 |
| 11 | Redlands | 13-2 | 373 | 10 |
| 12 | Gustavus Adolphus | 15-1 | 324 | 14 |
| 13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 13-3 | 298 | 15 |
| 14 | Christopher Newport | 16-3 | 273 | 17 |
| 15 | Calvin | 12-3 | 259 | 16 |
| 16 | UW-Oshkosh | 13-3 | 246 | 20 |
| 17 | Endicott | 15-1 | 199 | 21 |
| 18 | Washington U. | 11-3 | 194 | 13 |
| 19 | Hood | 13-2 | 172 | 22 |
| 20 | UW-Platteville | 12-4 | 160 | 19 |
| 21 | Scranton | 14-1 | 104 | -- |
| 22 | Roanoke | 11-4 | 101 | -- |
| 23 | UW-Stevens Point | 13-3 | 93 | 11 |
| 24 | Otterbein | 14-2 | 45 | -- |
| 25 | York (Pa.) | 13-2 | 42 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 18 UW-La Crosse; No. 23 Catholic; No. 24 WPI; No. 25 Trinity (Texas).
Others receiving votes: WPI 32; Wesleyan 30; Whitworth 26; Catholic 25; Maryville (Tenn.) 11; Franklin & Marshall 10; Hampden-Sydney 9; Rhodes 9; John Carroll 5; Carnegie Mellon 4; UW-Whitewater 4; Trinity (Texas) 3; Bates 2; Drew 1; TCNJ 1; Vassar 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.