Through games of Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025:
Top 25 archive | Previous polls by year
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | New York University (24) | 16-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Illinois Wesleyan (1) | 18-0 | 589 | 2 |
| 3 | Scranton | 17-0 | 586 | 3 |
| 4 | Bowdoin | 17-0 | 537 | 5 |
| 5 | Whitman | 16-1 | 487 | 6 |
| 6 | UW-Oshkosh | 17-1 | 486 | 4 |
| 7 | Smith | 15-1 | 472 | 7 |
| 8 | Gustavus Adolphus | 16-1 | 433 | 8 |
| 9 | Gettysburg | 17-1 | 411 | 9 |
| 10 | Christopher Newport | 19-1 | 395 | 10 |
| 11 | Baldwin Wallace | 16-1 | 375 | 11 |
| 12 | Wartburg | 16-2 | 333 | 12 |
| 13 | Trine | 16-2 | 313 | 13 |
| 14 | Ohio Wesleyan | 16-2 | 257 | 14 |
| 15 | UW-Stout | 15-3 | 251 | 15 |
| 16 | Hope | 15-3 | 220 | 16 |
| 17 | Washington and Lee | 16-2 | 211 | 17 |
| 18 | Hardin-Simmons | 16-2 | 186 | 18 |
| 19 | Catholic | 15-2 | 158 | 20 |
| 20 | UW-Whitewater | 14-4 | 155 | 19 |
| 21 | Elizabethtown | 15-2 | 137 | 22 |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins | 14-3 | 103 | 23 |
| 23 | Mass-Dartmouth | 15-2 | 58 | -- |
| 24 | Colorado College | 15-2 | 56 | 25 |
| 25 | Carnegie Mellon | 13-3 | 54 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 21 Chicago
Others receiving votes: Bethel 53; Randolph-Macon 47; Washington U. 37; East Texas Baptist 32; Western New England 17; Chicago 14; UW-Stevens Point 14; Messiah 13; Bridgewater 9; Merchant Marine 1; Texas Lutheran 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.