Through games of Sunday, Dec. 14:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 10-0 | 621 | 3 |
| 2 | Augustana (2) | 7-1 | 587 | 4 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 6-2 | 555 | 1 |
| 4 | Richard Stockton | 10-0 | 552 | 7 |
| 5 | Dickinson | 8-1 | 473 | 10 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 7-1 | 458 | 8 |
| 7 | Emory | 7-1 | 438 | 9 |
| 8 | Virginia Wesleyan | 7-1 | 413 | 11 |
| 9 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-2 | 397 | 5 |
| 10 | Ohio Wesleyan | 8-1 | 355 | 6 |
| 11 | WPI | 8-1 | 323 | 12 |
| 12 | Albertus Magnus | 7-1 | 313 | 13 |
| 13 | Centre | 6-0 | 294 | 14 |
| 14 | Wooster | 5-2 | 241 | 17 |
| 15 | Amherst | 5-2 | 235 | 2 |
| 16 | Scranton | 6-1 | 224 | 18 |
| 17 | Babson | 8-1 | 194 | 23 |
| 18 | St. Norbert | 7-0 | 191 | 20 |
| 19 | Eastern Connecticut | 8-1 | 188 | 19 |
| 20 | UW-Stevens Point | 7-2 | 152 | 21 |
| 21 | North Central (Ill.) | 7-1 | 149 | 16 |
| 22 | Randolph-Macon | 5-2 | 140 | 22 |
| 23 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 6-1 | 110 | 24 |
| 24 | Marietta | 8-0 | 83 | 25 |
| 25 | Franklin and Marshall | 9-0 | 54 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 15 MIT
Others receiving votes: Chapman 44; St. Olaf 37; Bates 35; Williams 34; MIT 34; Lynchburg 31; Chicago 21; Hardin-Simmons 19; Gustavus Adolphus 18; Christopher Newport 18; Cortland State 15; Marymount 14; Stevenson 11; Rhode Island College 10; Cabrini 9; Calvin 8; Western Connecticut 6; Middlebury 5; Dubuque 5; Bethel 4; Keene State 4; Widener 3; Wheaton (Ill.) 2.
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.