Through games of Jan. 25, 2026:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Emory (9) | 14-1 | 606 | 3 |
| 2 | Trinity (Conn.) (15) | 17-1 | 603 | 1 |
| 3 | Mary Washington | 16-1 | 535 | 6 |
| 4 | St. Thomas (Texas) | 16-1 | 528 | 7 |
| 5 | Montclair State (1) | 18-0 | 520 | 8 |
| 6 | Chicago | 14-2 | 489 | 2 |
| 7 | Redlands | 16-2 | 468 | 11 |
| 8 | Randolph-Macon | 15-2 | 458 | 5 |
| 9 | Tufts | 16-2 | 438 | 10 |
| 10 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 17-1 | 395 | 9 |
| 11 | Gustavus Adolphus | 17-1 | 386 | 12 |
| 12 | Illinois Wesleyan | 15-3 | 340 | 13 |
| 13 | Mount Union | 16-2 | 307 | 4 |
| 14 | Christopher Newport | 16-3 | 300 | 14 |
| 15 | Endicott | 16-1 | 261 | 17 |
| 16 | Hood | 15-2 | 225 | 19 |
| 17 | Roanoke | 13-4 | 199 | 22 |
| 18 | Calvin | 13-4 | 159 | 15 |
| 19 | Wesleyan | 15-4 | 158 | -- |
| 20 | UW-Oshkosh | 14-4 | 134 | 16 |
| 21 | Otterbein | 15-2 | 131 | 24 |
| 22 | New York University | 12-4 | 83 | -- |
| 23 | WPI | 15-3 | 65 | -- |
| 24 | Whitworth | 14-3 | 60 | -- |
| 25 | Franklin and Marshall | 15-2 | 45 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 18 Washington U.; No. 20 UW-Platteville; No. 21 Scranton; No. 23 UW-Stevens Point; No. 25 York (Pa.).
Others receiving votes: Catholic 42; Washington U. 31; UW-Stevens Point 25; UW-Platteville 24; Scranton 21; Trinity (Texas) 16; UW-La Crosse 16; Maryville 15; York (Pa.) 13; John Carroll 8; Rhodes 7; Cortland 4; Johns Hopkins 4; TCNJ 3; Virginia Wesleyan 3.
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.