Through games of Feb. 20, 2005:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Bates (16) | 23-1 | 615 | 1 |
| 2 | Scranton (6) | 24-1 | 593 | 2 |
| 3 | Bowdoin | 22-2 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | Southern Maine (2) | 23-2 | 561 | 4 |
| 5 | Randolph-Macon (1) | 23-1 | 527 | 6 |
| 6 | Millikin | 21-2 | 455 | 8 |
| 7 | Buena Vista | 24-1 | 448 | 9 |
| 8 | King's | 22-3 | 420 | 7 |
| 9 | Washington U. | 20-4 | 419 | 10 |
| 10 | Messiah | 22-3 | 361 | 11 |
| 11 | Trinity (Texas) | 20-4 | 340 | 5 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 21-3 | 303 | 13 |
| 13 | Brandeis | 20-3 | 297 | 15 |
| 14 | DePauw | 21-4 | 287 | 17 |
| 15 | Emmanuel | 23-2 | 264 | 16 |
| 16 | Albion | 22-3 | 227 | 14 |
| 17 | Hope | 22-3 | 214 | 12 |
| 18 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 21-3 | 202 | 18 |
| 19 | Dickinson | 22-2 | 148 | 22 |
| 20 | UW-Stout | 20-6 | 145 | 21 |
| 21 | UW-Stevens Point | 21-5 | 109 | 19 |
| 22 | New York University | 19-5 | 106 | 20 |
| 23 | Whitworth | 20-3 | 83 | 24 |
| 24 | McDaniel | 22-3 | 71 | — |
| 25 | Mount St. Mary | 24-1 | 68 | — |
Dropped out: No. 23 Moravian, No. 25 Howard Payne
Others receiving votes: Moravian 53, Wilmington 52, Johns Hopkins 50, George Fox 31, Carleton 16, Staten Island 16, Baldwin-Wallace 14, Concordia-Moorhead 13, Oswego State 11, St. Benedict 11, Wesleyan 11, Howard Payne 9, Capital 6, UW-Oshkosh 5, Washington and Jefferson 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 on Tuesdays.