Through games of Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Bowdoin (18) | 8-0 | 612 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope (3) | 6-0 | 579 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas (2) | 7-0 | 575 | 3 |
| 4 | Thomas More (2) | 11-0 | 566 | 4 |
| 5 | Tufts | 8-0 | 518 | 6 |
| 6 | Scranton | 6-0 | 476 | 8 |
| 7 | Amherst | 6-1 | 475 | 7 |
| 8 | Chicago | 6-1 | 470 | 5 |
| 9 | George Fox | 6-1 | 414 | 9 |
| 10 | Messiah | 9-1 | 360 | 10 |
| 11 | Trine | 8-16 | 331 | 11 |
| 12 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 9-0 | 325 | 12 |
| 13 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 8-0 | 310 | 15 |
| 14 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-2 | 293 | 13 |
| 15 | East Texas Baptist | 8-1 | 255 | 14 |
| 16 | Christopher Newport | 7-1 | 235 | 16 |
| 17 | SUNY Geneseo | 10-0 | 194 | 20 |
| 18 | Gettysburg | 7-1 | 185 | 19 |
| 19 | Baldwin Wallace | 7-0 | 178 | 24 |
| 20 | DePauw | 6-2 | 148 | 23 |
| 21 | UW-Oshkosh | 7-0 | 134 | 25 |
| 22 | Texas-Dallas | 6-2 | 88 | 21 |
| 23 | Randolph-Macon | 9-1 | 80 | -- |
| 24 | Wartburg | 6-2 | 72 | 17 |
| 25 | Emory and Henry | 7-2 | 56 | 18 |
Dropped out: No. 22 UW-Whitewater
Others receiving votes: Austin 33; Oglethorpe 27; UW-Whitewater 23; Trinity (Conn.) 19; Millsaps 16; Ithaca 15; Middlebury 13; Muhlenberg 11; Rochester Tech 8; Mass-Dartmouth 7; Trinity (Texas) 6; DeSales 5; UW-La Crosse 4; Washington U. 4; Misericordia 2; Wheaton (Ill.) 2; Emory 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.