Through games of Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Chicago (14) | 16-2 | 573 | 6 |
| 2 | Mary Washington (1) | 18-1 | 567 | 3 |
| 3 | Montclair State (4) | 20-0 | 563 | 5 |
| 4 | St. Thomas (Texas) (2) | 18-1 | 553 | 4 |
| 5 | Trinity (Conn.) (2) | 18-2 | 535 | 2 |
| 6 | Randolph-Macon (2) | 17-2 | 531 | 8 |
| 7 | Emory | 14-3 | 458 | 1 |
| 8 | Gustavus Adolphus | 19-1 | 441 | 11 |
| 9 | Tufts | 17-3 | 424 | 9 |
| 10 | Redlands | 17-3 | 370 | 7 |
| 11 | Mount Union | 18-2 | 351 | 13 |
| 12 | Christopher Newport | 17-3 | 331 | 14 |
| 13 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 18-2 | 304 | 10 |
| 14 | Endicott | 18-1 | 295 | 15 |
| 15 | Hood | 17-2 | 275 | 16 |
| 16 | Illinois Wesleyan | 16-4 | 262 | 12 |
| 17 | Roanoke | 15-4 | 247 | 17 |
| 18 | Wesleyan | 16-5 | 179 | 19 |
| 19 | Franklin and Marshall | 17-2 | 137 | 25 |
| 20 | Washington U. | 13-5 | 101 | -- |
| 21 | Otterbein | 16-3 | 71 | 21 |
| 22 | UW-Stevens Point | 15-4 | 66 | -- |
| 23 | UW-La Crosse | 14-5 | 54 | -- |
| 24 | Trinity (Texas) | 16-4 | 49 | -- |
| 25 | New York University | 13-5 | 47 | 22 |
Dropped out: No. 18 Calvin; No. 20 UW-Oshkosh; No. 23 WPI; No. 24 Whitworth.
Others receiving votes: UW-Oshkosh 40; Maryville (Tenn.) 33; WPI 28; Virginia Wesleyan 25; Carthage 24; Rhodes 23; Johns Hopkins 23; Whitworth 20; Cortland 19; UW-Whitewater 18; York (Pa.) 16; Catholic 11; Calvin 10; Drew 10; Scranton 9; John Carroll 8; Bates 7; TCNJ 6; Grinnell 3; St. Joseph (Conn.) 3; UW-Platteville 3; Brandeis 1; Nebraska Wesleyan 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.