Through games of Jan. 9, 2005:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | UW-Oshkosh (23) | 15-0 | 623 | 3 |
| 2 | Bowdoin (1) | 10-1 | 565 | 1 |
| 3 | Messiah | 12-0 | 534 | 9 |
| 4 | New York University | 10-1 | 520 | 6 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 10-1 | 492 | 7 |
| 6 | Capital | 10-1 | 465 | 2 |
| 7 | Brandeis (1) | 10-0 | 436 | 12 |
| 8 | Scranton | 11-1 | 423 | 10 |
| 9 | Bates | 11-0 | 411 | 13 |
| 10 | Puget Sound | 10-1 | 357 | 4 |
| 11 | DePauw | 12-2 | 343 | 11 |
| 12 | Southern Maine | 10-2 | 332 | 14 |
| 13 | Washington U. | 10-2 | 312 | 5 |
| 14 | Trinity (Texas) | 11-2 | 301 | 8 |
| 15 | Millikin | 10-1 | 292 | 16 |
| 16 | Randolph-Macon | 11-1 | 251 | 18 |
| 17 | King's | 11-1 | 219 | 15 |
| 18 | Whitworth | 11-0 | 217 | 19 |
| 19 | Emmanuel | 9-1 | 187 | — |
| 20 | St. Benedict | 9-1 | 145 | 20 |
| 21 | Albion | 14-1 | 133 | 24 |
| 22 | Wesleyan | 10-0 | 104 | — |
| 23 | Carleton | 7-3 | 70 | 25 |
| 24 | Buena Vista | 9-1 | 65 | — |
| 25 | Johns Hopkins | 9-2 | 60 | 23 |
Dropped out: No. 17 Rochester; No. 21 DeSales; No. 22 Wilmington
Others receiving votes: DeSales 45, McDaniel 34, St. John Fisher 28, Rochester 22, Williams 19, McMurry 18, Mount St. Mary 17, UW-Stevens Point 15, UW-Eau Claire 13, Staten Island 12, Hope 10, Dickinson 9, Howard Payne 6, Sewanee 6, UW-River Falls 5, Baldwin-Wallace 3, Tufts 2, Chapman 1, Oswego State 1, Washington and Jefferson 1, Wilmington 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.