Through end of 2016 season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Thomas More (25) | 33-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Tufts | 28-4 | 595 | 7 |
| 3 | Amherst | 30-2 | 572 | 4 |
| 4 | Scranton | 30-1 | 523 | 3 |
| 5 | George Fox | 29-1 | 508 | 2 |
| 6 | Texas-Tyler | 30-2 | 507 | 6 |
| 7 | Washington U. | 23-6 | 446 | 10 |
| 8 | Wartburg | 23-8 | 432 | -- |
| 9 | St. Thomas | 26-4 | 406 | 8 |
| 10 | Albright | 27-3 | 366 | 9 |
| 11 | Rochester | 23-6 | 340 | 16 |
| 12 | Hope | 26-2 | 323 | 5 |
| 13 | UW-Oshkosh | 23-6 | 292 | 11 |
| 14 | Ohio Northern | 23-5 | 247 | 14 |
| 15 | Carnegie Mellon | 21-7 | 242 | 25 |
| 16 | UW-River Falls | 23-6 | 235 | 13 |
| 17 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 26-4 | 222 | 18 |
| 18 | Christopher Newport | 24-5 | 194 | 23 |
| 19 | Muhlenberg | 25-3 | 172 | 12 |
| 20 | UW-Stevens Point | 21-8 | 162 | 20 |
| 21 | Bowdoin | 22-7 | 128 | -- |
| 22 | University of New England | 25-4 | 99 | 15 |
| 23 | Mary Washington | 24-5 | 79 | 19 |
| 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 22-6 | 72 | 17 |
| 25 | Montclair State | 22-7 | 67 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 21 Bluffton, No. 22 Calvin
Others receiving votes: Stevens 48; Birmingham-Southern 42; Marymount 35; Calvin 29; Bluffton 22; Stockton 21; UW-Whitewater 21; Denison 11; Rowan 10; St. Mary's (Minn.) 8; SUNY Geneseo 6; New York University 5; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 4; Trinity (Texas) 4; Moravian 3; St. Norbert 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.