Through games of Jan. 19, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 14-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Hardin-Simmons (1) | 13-0 | 562 | 4 |
| 3 | Hope | 14-0 | 547 | 5 |
| 4 | UW-Eau Claire (1) | 15-1 | 521 | 8 |
| 5 | DeSales | 14-0 | 517 | 6 |
| 6 | Carleton | 13-0 | 516 | 9 |
| 7 | Bowdoin | 12-1 | 504 | 7 |
| 8 | Baldwin-Wallace | 14-1 | 431 | 10 |
| 9 | Gustavus Adolphus | 13-0 | 405 | 14 |
| 10 | Rochester | 12-0 | 400 | 11 |
| 11 | King's | 12-2 | 360 | 12 |
| 12 | Scranton | 13-1 | 355 | 3 |
| 13 | St. Benedict | 12-2 | 351 | 2 |
| 14 | Wilmington | 12-2 | 282 | 17 |
| 15 | Southern Maine | 13-2 | 270 | 18 |
| 16 | UW-Oshkosh | 14-2 | 220 | 16 |
| 17 | Messiah | 13-2 | 205 | 21 |
| 18 | Eastern Connecticut | 13-2 | 190 | 13 |
| 19 | UW-Stout | 13-3 | 173 | 20 |
| 20 | UW-Stevens Point | 13-3 | 136 | 22 |
| 21 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 11-3 | 98 | 15 |
| 22 | DePauw | 12-3 | 90 | 19 |
| 23 | St. John Fisher | 10-1 | 69 | 23 |
| 24 | Wesleyan | 13-1 | 61 | — |
| 25 | Simpson | 12-2 | 50 | — |
Dropped out: No. 24 Lake Forest; No. 25 Mt. St.
Mary
Others receiving votes: Lebanon Valley 36; St.
Lawrence 27; Lake Forest 26; Trinity (Texas) 24; Case Western 20;
Ithaca 15; Mt. St. Mary 9; New York University 6; Salisbury 4;
Colby 4; Union 4; Johns Hopkins 4; Pacific Lutheran 3; Kean 2; New
Jersey 2; Salem State 2; Ripon 1; Curry 1.