Through games of Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024:
Top 25 archive | Previous polls by year
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | New York University (25) | 7-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Wartburg | 8-0 | 579 | 2 |
| 3 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-0 | 565 | 4 |
| 4 | Scranton | 8-0 | 564 | 3 |
| 5 | Bowdoin | 6-0 | 494 | 7 |
| 6 | UW-Oshkosh | 6-0 | 489 | 5 |
| 7 | Gustavus Adolphus | 7-0 | 465 | 10 |
| 8 | UW-Whitewater | 6-1 | 452 | 9 |
| 9 | Gettysburg | 9-0 | 406 | 12 |
| 10 | Whitman | 7-0 | 353 | 14 |
| 11 | Christopher Newport | 7-1 | 336 | 8 |
| 12 | Ohio Wesleyan | 7-0 | 330 | 16 |
| 13 | Washington and Lee | 5-1 | 316 | 6 |
| 14 | Smith | 6-1 | 292 | 15 |
| 15 | Washington U. | 5-2 | 195 | 11 |
| 16 | Hope | 7-2 | 189 | 17 |
| 17 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-1 | 187 | 18 |
| 18 | Chicago | 8-0 | 170 | 22 |
| 19 | Mass-Dartmouth | 6-1 | 164 | 13 |
| 20 | Baldwin Wallace | 6-1 | 148 | 19 |
| 21 | Carnegie Mellon | 8-0 | 146 | 23 |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins | 6-2 | 123 | 20 |
| 23 | Elizabethtown | 7-1 | 114 | 25 |
| 24 | Catholic | 6-1 | 74 | 24 |
| 25 | Messiah | 6-1 | 58 | 21 |
Dropped out: None
Others receiving votes: Colorado College 45; UW-Stout 45; Bridgewater 44; Trine 41; Western New England 30; Bridgewater State 28; Washington and Jefferson 16; Coe 15; Randolph-Macon 10; Carroll 8; SUNY Cobleskill 6; Amherst 2; Bethel 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.