Through games of Feb. 9, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 20-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Hampden-Sydney | 21-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Randolph-Macon | 21-1 | 565 | 3 |
| 4 | Catholic | 19-2 | 540 | 4 |
| 5 | Wooster | 20-1 | 516 | 6 |
| 6 | Williams | 20-1 | 493 | 7 |
| 7 | UW-Stevens Point | 19-2 | 467 | 8 |
| 8 | Hope | 17-3 | 431 | 9 |
| 9 | Hanover | 20-1 | 423 | 10 |
| 10 | Rochester | 17-3 | 376 | 11 |
| 11 | Amherst | 17-3 | 358 | 12 |
| 12 | Christopher Newport | 18-2 | 343 | 13 |
| 13 | Whitworth | 19-2 | 323 | 14 |
| 14 | UW-Whitewater | 17-4 | 295 | 15 |
| 15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 15-4 | 268 | 5 |
| 16 | Ramapo | 19-2 | 235 | 18 |
| 17 | Capital | 17-4 | 162 | 21 |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 16-5 | 152 | 16 |
| 19 | Franklin & Marshall | 18-3 | 150 | 23 |
| 20 | St. Thomas | 17-4 | 148 | 22 |
| 21 | Rockford | 22-2 | 141 | 24 |
| 22 | Augustana | 16-4 | 106 | — |
| 23 | Babson | 19-2 | 98 | 25 |
| 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 15-4 | 90 | 19 |
| 25 | Mary Washington | 16-3 | 58 | 17 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Carthage.
Others receiving votes: Buena Vista 48; Carthage
22; Montclair State 18; Albion 15; Savannah Art and Design 13;
UW-Stout 11; Johns Hopkins 9; Kalamazoo 6; Scranton 5; Ursinus 4;
Wittenberg 4; Wheaton (Mass.) 2; Hamilton 1; Maryville (Tenn.) 1;
Occidental 1; Wartburg 1; Western Connecticut 1.