Through games of Jan. 2, 2005:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Bowdoin (21) | 9-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Capital (2) | 10-0 | 587 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh (2) | 13-0 | 574 | 3 |
| 4 | Puget Sound | 9-0 | 507 | 4 |
| 5 | Washington U. | 9-1 | 465 | 5 |
| 6 | New York University | 7-1 | 458 | 7 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-1 | 454 | 8 |
| 8 | Trinity (Texas) | 9-1 | 441 | 9 |
| 9 | Messiah | 9-0 | 386 | 10 |
| 10 | Scranton | 10-1 | 356 | 11 |
| 11 | DePauw | 9-2 | 334 | 6 |
| 12 | Brandeis | 7-0 | 326 | 12 |
| 13 | Bates | 8-0 | 323 | 13 |
| 14 | Southern Maine | 7-2 | 285 | 16 |
| 15 | King's | 9-0 | 283 | 15 |
| 16 | Millikin | 8-1 | 225 | 19 |
| 17 | Rochester | 5-2 | 206 | 17 |
| 18 | Randolph-Macon | 8-1 | 190 | 14 |
| 19 | Whitworth | 9-0 | 165 | 21 |
| 20 | St. Benedict | 6-1 | 148 | 20 |
| 21 | DeSales | 7-1 | 113 | 24 |
| 22 | Wilmington | 9-2 | 85 | 23 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins | 8-2 | 73 | 18 |
| 24 | Albion | 11-1 | 71 | — |
| 25 | Carleton | 5-3 | 55 | — |
Dropped out: No. 22 Union; No. 25 Ripon
Others receiving votes: Union 47, Williams 46, Buena Vista 42, Wesleyan 39, UW-Eau Claire 33, McDaniel 29, Howard Payne 18, Mount St. Mary 18, Emmanuel 17, Staten Island 16, UW-River Falls 16, UW-Stevens Point 15, Gustavus Adolphus 13, St. John Fisher 10, Baruch 9, Dickinson 6, Hope 6, McMurry 5, Muhlenberg 4, Oswego State 3, Washington and Jefferson 2, Ripon 1, UW-Stout 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.