Through games of Dec. 9, 2001:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. (21) | 9-0 | 620 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope (1) | 7-0 | 585 | 2 |
| 3 | Emmanuel (3) | 8-0 | 565 | 3 |
| 4 | New York U. | 6-0 | 522 | 6 |
| 5 | Eastern Connecticut | 7-0 | 494 | 8 |
| 6 | George Fox | 8-0 | 463 | 9 |
| 7 | King's | 9-0 | 458 | 10 |
| 8 | UW-Eau Claire | 8-0 | 406 | 14 |
| 9 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-0 | 399 | 11 |
| 10 | Bowdoin | 6-0 | 380 | 12 |
| 11 | Scranton | 5-1 | 330 | 13 |
| 12 | Messiah | 7-1 | 322 | 15 |
| 13 | St. Thomas | 5-1 | 287 | 20 |
| 14 | UW-Stevens Point | 8-1 | 275 | 4 |
| 15 | Simpson | 6-0 | 270 | 17 |
| 16 | Capital | 7-1 | 253 | 16 |
| 17 | St. Benedict | 5-1 | 238 | 7 |
| 18 | St. Lawrence | 6-1 | 206 | 5 |
| 19 | UW-Oshkosh | 7-1 | 189 | 18 |
| 20 | Wilmington | 7-0 | 177 | 19 |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins | 9-1 | 97 | T23 |
| 22 | Rochester | 6-1 | 90 | T23 |
| 23 | Case Western | 7-1 | 73 | 21 |
| 24 | Southern Maine | 7-1 | 70 | 25 |
| 25 | Muhlenberg | 8-0 | 63 | --- |
Dropped out: No. 22 DeSales.
Others receiving votes: Middlebury 52; Springfield 31; UW-Stout 29; Lake Forest 25; DeSales 22; Ramapo 19; Pacific Lutheran 18; Ithaca 17; DePauw 13; Savannah Art & Design 13; Wheaton (Ill.) 13; Wittenberg 11; Plymouth State 9; Bethany 7; Salisbury 4; Bridgewater (Va.) 3; Franklin 2; Austin 1; Central 1; Chapman 1; Heidelberg 1; Richard Stockton 1.