Through games of Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Bowdoin (14) | 8-0 | 608 | 1 |
| 2 | Thomas More (9) | 13-0 | 603 | 4 |
| 3 | St. Thomas (2) | 9-0 | 582 | 3 |
| 4 | Tufts | 9-0 | 531 | 5 |
| 5 | Hope | 7-1 | 494 | 2 |
| 6 | Scranton | 9-0 | 493 | 6 |
| 7 | Amherst | 6-1 | 486 | 7 |
| 8 | Chicago | 7-1 | 477 | 8 |
| 9 | George Fox | 7-1 | 430 | 9 |
| 10 | Messiah | 11-1 | 366 | 10 |
| 11 | Trine | 8-1 | 347 | 11 |
| 12 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 9-0 | 331 | 13 |
| 13 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 10-0 | 323 | 12 |
| 14 | Illinois Wesleyan | 9-2 | 296 | 14 |
| 15 | East Texas Baptist | 10-1 | 249 | 15 |
| 16 | Christopher Newport | 8-1 | 244 | 16 |
| 17 | SUNY Geneseo | 10-0 | 201 | 17 |
| 18 | Gettysburg | 7-1 | 182 | 18 |
| 19 | UW-Oshkosh | 7-0 | 170 | 21 |
| 20 | Baldwin Wallace | 9-1 | 146 | 19 |
| 21 | DePauw | 6-2 | 144 | 20 |
| 22 | Randolph-Macon | 9-1 | 111 | 23 |
| 23 | Texas-Dallas | 6-2 | 74 | 22 |
| 24 | Wartburg | 6-2 | 49 | 24 |
| 25 | Austin | 7-1 | 36 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 25 Emory and Henry
Others receiving votes: Oglethorpe 30; Emory and Henry 20; Trinity (Conn.) 16; Mass-Dartmouth 14; Ithaca 13; Rochester Tech 12; UW-La Crosse 10; Muhlenberg 8; Millsaps 7; UW-Whitewater 7; DeSales 4; Middlebury 4; Wheaton (Ill.) 3; Whitman 2; Misericordia 1; Trinity (Texas) 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.