Entering the 2006-07 season:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | 06 final |
| 1 | Scranton (15) | 31-2 | 612 | 3 |
| 2 | Bowdoin (1) | 27-3 | 533 | 4 |
| 3 | DePauw (2) | 29-2 | 530 | 5 |
| 4 | Hope (7) | 33-1 | 529 | 1 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 25-5 | 469 | 11 |
| 6 | Southern Maine | 32-2 | 465 | 2 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 24-7 | 405 | 7 |
| 8 | Mary Washington | 29-2 | 392 | 10 |
| 9 | Baldwin-Wallace | 27-5 | 377 | 9 |
| 10 | Messiah | 26-3 | 335 | 16 |
| 11 | UW-Stout | 22-8 | 283 | 14 |
| 12 | Washington U. | 25-3 | 279 | 6 |
| 13 | Calvin | 23-5 | 273 | — |
| 14 | Rochester | 20-8 | 268 | 19 |
| 15 | Brandeis | 20-5 | 245 | 15 |
| 16 | Pacific Lutheran | 24-4 | 221 | 12 |
| 17 | Williams | 23-6 | 219 | 17 |
| 18 | Howard Payne | 24-5 | 186 | 22 |
| 19 | St. Benedict | 21-6 | 158 | — |
| 20 | McMurry | 26-3 | 157 | 18 |
| 21 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 24-7 | 141 | 23 |
| 22 | Trinity (Texas) | 20-8 | 112 | — |
| 23 | UW-La Crosse | 19-8 | 109 | — |
| 24 | Medaille | 26-2 | 83 | 24 |
| 25 | Puget Sound | 23-6 | 82 | — |
Others receiving votes: Wittenberg 74, Bates 69, Salem State 68, Randolph-Macon 64, UW-Stevens Point 51, Carroll 39, Virginia Wesleyan 39, Maryville (Tenn.) 33, Capital 28, Simpson 22, Chicago 22, Marymount 19, New York University 18, Greensboro 16, Oswego State 16, Wilmington 12, Emmanuel 11, New Jersey 11, Moravian 10, Oglethorpe 10, Catholic 7, Muhlenberg 7, Maryville (Mo.) 6, Mount St. Mary 3, Emory 2, Baruch 1, Bridgewater State 1, DeSales 1, Eastern Connecticut 1, Springfield 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.