D3hoops.com women's Top 25, Week 5
Through games of Sunday, Jan. 2:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Amherst (20) | 11-0 | 620 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope (5) | 11-0 | 602 | 2 |
| 3 | Thomas More | 10-0 | 528 | 5 |
| 4 | Williams | 11-0 | 517 | 6 |
| 5 | Washington U. | 9-2 | 510 | 4 |
| 6 | Christopher Newport | 9-1 | 486 | 7 |
| 7 | Babson | 10-0 | 454 | 8 |
| 8 | Rochester | 8-1 | 436 | 9 |
| 9 | Kean | 10-2 | 432 | 3 |
| 10 | UW-Stevens Point | 10-2 | 376 | 10 |
| 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-3 | 361 | 15 |
| 12 | DePauw | 10-2 | 351 | 11 |
| 13 | Mount Union | 10-1 | 314 | 12 |
| 14 | Muhlenberg | 8-0 | 308 | 13 |
| 15 | UW-Whitewater | 10-2 | 266 | 17 |
| 16 | Carthage | 9-2 | 211 | 16 |
| 17 | Lebanon Valley | 10-1 | 170 | 19 |
| 18 | Bowdoin | 8-1 | 168 | 21 |
| 19 | Louisiana College | 10-0 | 148 | 22 |
| 20 | Medaille | 9-1 | 148 | 20 |
| 21 | George Fox | 8-3 | 143 | 14 |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins | 8-1 | 86 | 25 |
| 23 | Mississippi College | 11-0 | 78 | -- |
| 24 | Puget Sound | 9-2 | 72 | 18 |
| 25 | St. Norbert | 8-1 | 69 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 23 UW-La Crosse; No. 24 Calvin
Others receiving votes: Western Connecticut 55, William Paterson 23, Denison 21, UW-La Crosse 21, Colby 19, Gallaudet 19, Greensboro 15, St. Vincent 15, UW-River Falls 13, Millikin 12, Wartburg 11, Wisconsin Lutheran 8, Baldwin-Wallace 7, Calvin 5, Chicago 5, Bridgewater (Va.) 4, Tufts 3, Coe 2, Concordia-Moorhead 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.
