Through games of Jan. 26, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 16-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Hardin-Simmons (1) | 15-0 | 569 | 2 |
| 3 | Hope | 16-0 | 559 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Eau Claire (1) | 17-1 | 553 | 4 |
| 5 | Carleton | 16-0 | 541 | 6 |
| 6 | Bowdoin | 15-1 | 519 | 7 |
| 7 | Scranton | 15-1 | 433 | 12 |
| 8 | King's | 14-2 | 412 | 11 |
| 9 | DeSales | 15-1 | 410 | 5 |
| 10 | Rochester | 13-1 | 404 | 10 |
| 11 | Gustavus Adolphus | 15-1 | 367 | 9 |
| 12 | St. Benedict | 15-2 | 363 | 13 |
| 13 | Wilmington | 14-2 | 348 | 14 |
| 14 | Baldwin-Wallace | 15-2 | 337 | 8 |
| 15 | Messiah | 15-2 | 257 | 17 |
| 16 | UW-Stevens Point | 14-3 | 208 | 20 |
| 17 | Eastern Connecticut | 15-2 | 183 | 18 |
| 18 | DePauw | 14-3 | 147 | 22 |
| 19 | Southern Maine | 14-3 | 140 | 15 |
| 20 | UW-Oshkosh | 15-3 | 127 | 16 |
| 21 | St. John Fisher | 12-1 | 103 | 23 |
| 22 | UW-Stout | 14-4 | 95 | 19 |
| 23 | Wesleyan | 15-2 | 83 | 24 |
| 24 | St. Lawrence | 13-2 | 75 | — |
| 25 | Lake Forest | 14-1 | 63 | — |
Dropped out: No. 21 Wheaton (Ill.); No. 25
Simpson.
Others receiving votes: Trinity (Texas) 39;
Ithaca 27; Wheaton (Ill.) 27; New York University 26; Pacific
Lutheran 20; Union 11; Salisbury 10; Kean 10; Loras 8; Simpson 8;
Lebanon Valley 6; Mt. St. Mary 5; McDaniel 3; Case Western 2; Salem
State 2; Tufts 1; Colby 1.