Through end of the 2000-01 season:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 28-2 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Messiah | 27-5 | 579 | 13 |
| 3 | New York U. | 26-2 | 548 | 2 |
| 4 | Baldwin-Wallace | 27-3 | 527 | 3 |
| 5 | Emmanuel | 28-4 | 510 | 14 |
| 6 | Ohio Wesleyan | 26-7 | 503 | --- |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 25-4 | 463 | 10 |
| 8 | New Jersey | 25-4 | 411 | 9 |
| 9 | Hope | 25-3 | 392 | 5 |
| 10 | Cortland State | 27-3 | 361 | 12 |
| 11 | George Fox | 23-3 | 346 | 4 |
| 12 | UW-Eau Claire | 23-6 | 307 | 8 |
| 13 | Wartburg | 26-5 | 303 | 21 |
| 14 | Hardin-Simmons | 22-6 | 268 | 19 |
| 15 | Fontbonne | 21-7 | 242 | --- |
| 16 | Oneonta State | 26-2 | 216 | 7 |
| 17 | Millikin | 23-3 | 210 | 6 |
| 18 | Marymount | 23-7 | 191 | --- |
| 19 | Bowdoin | 21-8 | 180 | --- |
| 20 | Centre | 22-6 | 121 | --- |
| 21 | St. Lawrence | 23-5 | 101 | 17 |
| 22 | Capital | 19-7 | 109 | 18 |
| 23 | Elizabethtown | 20-6 | 99 | 24 |
| 24 | Salem State | 23-4 | 86 | 15 |
| 25 | Salisbury State | 24-4 | 74 | 16 |
Dropped out: No. 11 Carleton; No. 20 Lakeland; No. 22 St. Benedict; No. 23 Defiance; No. 25 King's
Others receiving votes: Carleton 58; Defiance 52; Springfield 51; Scranton 46; Lakeland 35; King's 30; St. Benedict 25; Lake Forest 21; Wellesley 9; Eastern Connecticut 8; Nebraska Wesleyan 7; UW-Oshkosh 4; Delaware Valley 2; UW-Stevens Point 2; Penn State-Behrend 1; Wheaton (Ill.) 1; DePauw 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.