Through games of Dec. 7, 2008:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Kean (10) | 6-0 | 589 | 3 |
| 2 | Rochester (5) | 6-0 | 582 | 4 |
| 3 | Illinois Wesleyan (4) | 5-0 | 572 | 5 |
| 4 | Hope (3) | 5-0 | 522 | 7 |
| 5 | Thomas More (1) | 6-0 | 506 | 6 |
| 6 | Messiah (1) | 5-0 | 455 | 8 |
| 7 | UW-Whitewater | 4-1 | 451 | 1 |
| 8 | UW-Eau Claire (1) | 7-0 | 414 | 15 |
| 9 | Brandeis | 8-0 | 402 | 12 |
| 10 | Simpson | 7-0 | 383 | 11 |
| 11 | Oglethorpe | 6-1 | 379 | 2 |
| 12 | Amherst | 8-0 | 363 | 13 |
| 13 | UW-Stevens Point | 6-1 | 303 | 24 |
| 14 | Marymount | 5-0 | 262 | 16 |
| 15 | Mary Washington | 7-0 | 223 | 19 |
| 16 | Muhlenberg | 6-0 | 192 | 21 |
| 17 | Chicago | 6-1 | 180 | 18 |
| 18 | DeSales | 5-1 | 178 | 17 |
| 19 | Howard Payne | 6-1 | 161 | 10 |
| 20 | Tufts | 5-1 | 160 | 20 |
| 21 | Southern Maine | 6-0 | 159 | 25 |
| 22 | New York University | 7-0 | 139 | — |
| 23 | Emory | 6-1 | 69 | — |
| 24 | Whitman | 6-0 | 64 | — |
| 25 | George Fox | 4-0 | 59 | — |
Dropped out: No. 9 Washington U., No. 14 Baldwin-Wallace, No. 22 Bowdoin, No. 23 DePauw
Others receiving votes: McMurry 55, Baldwin-Wallace 50, St. Norbert 39, Moravian 38, Bowdoin 33, Wilmington 26, Texas-Dallas 23, Washington U. 23, Trinity (Texas) 20, Capital 18, St. Benedict 15, York (Pa.) 8, DePauw 6, Scranton 2, Eastern Connecticut 1, UW-La Crosse 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.