Entering the 2022-23 season:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. |
| 1 | Hope (14) | 32-1 | 586 |
| 2 | Transylvania (3) | 27-1 | 567 |
| 3 | New York University (6) | 25-2 | 548 |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater (2) | 28-5 | 531 |
| 5 | Trinity (Texas) | 28-3 | 507 |
| 6 | Christopher Newport | 26-1 | 470 |
| 7 | Smith | 25-3 | 462 |
| 8 | Trine | 28-4 | 456 |
| 9 | Amherst | 25-4 | 393 |
| 10 | Scranton | 27-3 | 336 |
| 11 | Tufts | 22-5 | 321 |
| 12 | Baldwin Wallace | 23-5 | 285 |
| 13 | UW-Eau Claire | 22-8 | 237 |
| 14 | Millikin | 23-7 | 222 |
| 15 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 24-5 | 204 |
| 16 | Springfield | 24-5 | 174 |
| 17 | St. John Fisher | 26-3 | 157 |
| 18 | Hardin-Simmons | 21-5 | 155 |
| 19 | Marietta | 22-6 | 153 |
| 20 | Ithaca | 25-4 | 140 |
| 21 | Messiah | 23-4 | 127 |
| 22 | UW-Oshkosh | 22-7 | 119 |
| 23 | Whitman | 27-2 | 113 |
| 24 | Puget Sound | 20-5 | 110 |
| 25 | Babson | 20-8 | 105 |
Others receiving votes: DeSales 96; Simpson 90; Wartburg 81; UC Santa Cruz 61; DePauw 55; Trinity (Conn.) 46; Catholic 41; Cortland 26; Bates 25; East Texas Baptist 21; Gettysburg 18; Johns Hopkins 18; Illinois Wesleyan 15; John Carroll 13; New Jersey City 13; Rhode Island College 13; Wisconsin Lutheran 8; Bowdoin 3; Redlands 3; Roger Williams 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.