Through end of 2011-12 season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Illinois Wesleyan (25) | 28-5 | 625 | 16 |
| 2 | George
Fox |
32-1 | 600 | 3 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 31-2 | 577 | 12 |
| 4 | Amherst | 31-2 | 550 | 1 |
| 5 | Calvin | 28-2 | 538 | 5 |
| 6 | Chicago | 27-1 | 454 | 2 |
| 7 | Mary Washington | 30-1 | 441 | 7 |
| 8 | Mount Union | 28-2 | 436 | 6 |
| 9 | Carthage | 23-8 | 372 | -- |
| 10 | Lewis and Clark | 25-4 | 368 | 10 |
| 11 | DePauw | 27-2 | 328 | 4 |
| 12 | UW-Stevens Point | 24-5 | 313 | 11 |
| 13 | Centre | 26-4 | 282 | 22 |
| 14 | Lebanon Valley | 26-4 | 238 | 17 |
| 15 | William Paterson | 26-3 | 227 | 8 |
| 16 | Babson | 26-3 | 216 | 13 |
| 17 | Washington U. | 21-6 | 211 | 9 |
| 18 | UW-Eau Claire | 21-7 | 189 | 18 |
| 19 | Emmanuel | 25-7 | 151 | -- |
| 20 | York (Pa.) | 24-6 | 139 | -- |
| 21 | Juniata | 26-3 | 133 | 15 |
| 22 | Franklin | 25-3 | 122 | 14 |
| 23 | Tufts | 23-7 | 107 | -- |
| 24 | Thomas More | 25-5 | 75 | 23 |
| 25 | UW-Whitewater | 22-7 | 68 | 19 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Hope; No. 21 UW-River Falls; No. 24 Kean; No. 25 Louisiana College.
Others receiving votes: Bowdoin 60; King’s 55; UW-River Falls 52; Hope 51; Messiah 26; Coe 21; Christopher Newport 20; Colby 15; Louisiana College 13; Muhlenberg 12; Johns Hopkins 9; Ithaca 7; Rhode Island College 7; Southern Maine 6; Mount St. Mary 4; Concordia (Texas) 3; Ohio Northern 3; Millsaps 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.