Through games of Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Bowdoin (17) | 5-0 | 609 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope (2) | 5-0 | 580 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas (3) | 5-0 | 574 | 3 |
| 4 | Thomas More (1) | 7-0 | 549 | 4 |
| 5 | Chicago (2) | 6-0 | 524 | 5 |
| 6 | Tufts | 6-0 | 505 | 6 |
| 7 | Amherst | 5-1 | 477 | 7 |
| 8 | Scranton | 6-0 | 467 | 8 |
| 9 | George Fox | 5-1 | 405 | 10 |
| 10 | Messiah | 7-1 | 338 | 14 |
| 11 | Trine | 6-1 | 311 | 13 |
| 12 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 6-0 | 308 | 12 |
| 13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 5-2 | 264 | 16 |
| 14 | East Texas Baptist | 7-1 | 243 | 9 |
| 15 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 7-0 | 221 | 25 |
| 16 | Christopher Newport | 6-1 | 220 | 11 |
| 17 | Wartburg | 5-1 | 191 | 18 |
| 18 | Emory and Henry | 6-1 | 162 | 15 |
| 19 | Gettysburg | 6-1 | 148 | 20 |
| 20 | SUNY Geneseo | 8-0 | 141 | 23 |
| 21 | Texas-Dallas | 5-1 | 129 | 22 |
| 22 | UW-Whitewater | 4-2 | 128 | 17 |
| 23 | DePauw | 4-2 | 126 | 21 |
| 24 | Baldwin Wallace | 6-0 | 125 | 24 |
| 25 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-0 | 55 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 Austin
Others receiving votes: Rochester Tech 51; Austin 48; Marymount 24; Randolph-Macon 24; Mount Union 21; Oglethorpe 21; Washington U. 18; Wheaton (Ill.) 16; Montclair State 14; ithaca 12; Chapman 11; Millsaps 11; Trinity (Conn.) 11; Hardin-Simmons 9; Middlebury 8; Trinity (Texas) 8; Muhlenberg 6; Whitman 6; DeSales 2; Emory 1; Mass-Dartmouth 1; Misericordia 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. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.