Through games of Jan. 6, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | LW |
| 1 | Washington U. (22) | 12-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope (3) | 13-0 | 593 | 2 |
| 3 | New York U. | 11-0 | 553 | 4 |
| 4 | King's | 11-0 | 518 | 5 |
| 5 | Eastern Connecticut | 9-0 | 499 | 3 |
| 6 | Bowdoin | 8-0 | 448 | 8 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 10-0 | 432 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Stevens Point | 13-1 | 398 | 14 |
| 9 | Wilmington | 12-0 | 351 | 18 |
| 10 | Muhlenberg | 9-0 | 332 | 25 |
| 11 | Messiah | 11-1 | 325 | 12 |
| 12 | Emmanuel | 8-1 | 323 | 10 |
| 13 | St. Thomas | 9-1 | 292 | 13 |
| 14 | Pacific Lutheran | 10-1 | 266 | — |
| 15 | Case Western Reserve |
10-1 | 253 | 22 |
| 16 | George Fox | 11-1 | 249 | 6 |
| 17 | St. Lawrence | 8-1 | 209 | 19 |
| 18 | Southern Maine | 12-1 | 194 | 23 |
| 19 | Scranton | 9-2 | 186 | 9 |
| 20 | Capital | 10-2 | 161 | 15 |
| 21 | DePauw | 11-2 | 123 | — |
| 22 | UW-Oshkosh | 12-2 | 114 | — |
| 23 | UW-Eau Claire | 11-2 | 109 | 17 |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins | 10-1 | 95 | 21 |
| 25 | Simpson | 9-2 | 92 | 12 |
Dropped out: No. 16 St. Benedict; No. 20 UW-Stout; No. 24 Rochester
Others receiving votes: St. Benedict 84; Lake Forest 54; Springfield 36; Salisbury 32; Franklin 27; Ithaca 27; Wittenberg 21; Ramapo 20; UW-Stout 12; Albion 11; Rochester 11; Chapman 9; Carleton 8; DeSales 6; Middlebury 5; Central 3; Bethany 2; Bridgewater (Va.) 1; Lakeland 1; Mary Hardin-Baylor 1.