Through games of Dec. 21, 2008:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Rochester (11) | 8-0 | 599 | 1 |
| 2 | Illinois Wesleyan (8) | 7-0 | 593 | 2 |
| 3 | Hope (2) | 8-0 | 552 | 3 |
| 4 | Thomas More (2) | 8-0 | 540 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 9-1 | 498 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Eau Claire (2) | 9-0 | 470 | 6 |
| 7 | Brandeis | 8-0 | 460 | 7 |
| 8 | Simpson | 10-0 | 443 | 9 |
| 9 | Kean | 7-1 | 414 | 8 |
| 10 | Amherst | 9-0 | 402 | 11 |
| 11 | Oglethorpe | 8-1 | 384 | 10 |
| 12 | UW-Stevens Point | 8-1 | 355 | 13 |
| 13 | Mary Washington | 8-0 | 349 | 12 |
| 14 | Southern Maine | 8-0 | 246 | 16 |
| 15 | DeSales | 7-1 | 232 | 15 |
| 16 | Tufts | 5-1 | 201 | 18 |
| 17 | New York University | 8-0 | 198 | 20 |
| 18 | Howard Payne | 9-1 | 184 | 19 |
| 19 | George Fox | 8-0 | 154 | 23 |
| 20 | Messiah | 6-2 | 138 | 17 |
| 21 | Moravian | 7-1 | 134 | — |
| 22 | Muhlenberg | 6-1 | 99 | 14 |
| 23 | Whitman | 8-1 | 93 | 24 |
| 24 | Chicago | 8-2 | 86 | 22 |
| 25 | Emory | 6-1 | 82 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 21 Marymount.
Others receiving votes: Texas-Dallas 47, Marymount 35, Trinity (Texas) 28, Washington U. 25, Bowdoin 22, St. Norbert 13, York (Pa.) 13, St. Benedict 11, McMurry 7, Capital 5, Washington and Jefferson 4, DePauw 3, Eastern Connecticut 2, Union 2, Wilmington 2.
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.