Through end of 2008-09 season:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | George Fox (25) | 32-0 | 625 | 3 |
| 2 | Washington U. | 25-5 | 594 | 6 |
| 3 | Illinois Wesleyan | 30-1 | 550 | 1 |
| 4 | Hope | 27-2 | 547 | 2 |
| 5 | New Jersey | 28-5 | 523 | — |
| 6 | Amherst | 28-4 | 501 | 11 |
| 7 | UW-Stevens Point | 26-4 | 446 | 4 |
| 8 | Thomas More | 28-3 | 393 | 7 |
| 9 | Oglethorpe | 26-4 | 390 | 5 |
| 10 | Rochester | 24-4 | 382 | 8 |
| 11 | Scranton | 26-5 | 362 | 20 |
| 12 | York (Pa.) | 27-3 | 309 | 12 |
| 13 | Brandeis | 20-8 | 294 | 25 |
| 14 | Muhlenberg | 25-4 | 271 | 18 |
| 15 | UW-Eau Claire | 24-6 | 269 | 9 |
| 16 | New York University | 23-5 | 253 | 14 |
| 17 | UW-Whitewater | 23-4 | 225 | 10 |
| 18 | St. Benedict | 24-4 | 193 | — |
| 19 | Tufts | 22-5 | 170 | 16 |
| 20 | Messiah | 22-5 | 163 | 15 |
| 21 | Simpson | 24-4 | 152 | 13 |
| 22 | Bowdoin | 24-4 | 135 | 21 |
| 23 | Greensboro | 27-2 | 65 | 23 |
| 24 | DeSales | 23-5 | 54 | 19 |
| 25 | Eastern Connecticut | 25-4 | 49 | 17 |
Dropped out: No. 22 DePauw, No. 24 Washington and Jefferson.
Others receiving votes: DePauw 46, Washington and Jefferson 31, Kean 19, Puget Sound 19, Baldwin-Wallace 17, Transylvania 11, Pitt-Greensburg 10, Capital 9, Whitman 9, Randolph-Macon 8, St. Norbert 8, Cortland State 7, Baruch 5, Mississippi College 4, Howard Payne 2, Mount St. Mary 2, Stevens 2, Southern Maine 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.