Through games of Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Montclair State (11) | 22-0 | 584 | 3 |
| 2 | Randolph-Macon (8) | 19-2 | 574 | 6 |
| 3 | St. Thomas (Texas) (3) | 20-1 | 550 | 4 |
| 4 | Trinity (Conn.) (2) | 19-2 | 549 | 5 |
| 5 | Emory (1) | 16-3 | 526 | 7 |
| 6 | Chicago | 17-3 | 523 | 1 |
| 7 | Gustavus Adolphus | 21-1 | 484 | 8 |
| 8 | Christopher Newport | 18-3 | 399 | 12 |
| 9 | Mount Union | 20-2 | 389 | 11 |
| 10 | Redlands | 18-3 | 375 | 10 |
| 11 | Mary Washington | 18-3 | 367 | 2 |
| 12 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 20-2 | 342 | 13 |
| 13 | Tufts | 18-4 | 335 | 9 |
| 14 | Endicott | 20-1 | 305 | 14 |
| 15 | Hood | 19-2 | 301 | 15 |
| 16 | Illinois Wesleyan | 18-4 | 296 | 16 |
| 17 | Wesleyan | 17-5 | 187 | 18 |
| 18 | UW-Stevens Point | 17-4 | 174 | 22 |
| 19 | UW-La Crosse | 16-5 | 170 | 23 |
| 20 | Otterbein | 18-3 | 142 | 21 |
| 21 | Roanoke | 16-5 | 111 | 17 |
| 22 | New York University | 15-5 | 76 | 25 |
| 23 | Maryville (Tenn.) | 18-4 | 59 | -- |
| 24 | Franklin and Marshall | 18-3 | 46 | 19 |
| 25 | Rhodes | 18-3 | 45 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 20 Washington U.; No. 24 Trinity (Texas).
Others receiving votes: Carthage 33; WPI 28; Whitworth 25; TCNJ 24; Trinity (Texas) 20; Cortland 18; Washington U. 15; Catholic 11; Grinnell 7; John Carroll 7; York (Pa.) 6; UW-Oshkosh 6; Amherst 5; Johns Hopkins 4; Bates 2; Western New England 2; Nebraska Wesleyan 2; Drew 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.