Through games of Feb. 3, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 20-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Hardin-Simmons | 20-0 | 559 | 3 |
| 3 | Hope | 20-1 | 552 | 4 |
| 4 | King's | 19-1 | 526 | 6 |
| 5 | Southern Maine | 20-1 | 517 | 5 |
| 6 | Bowdoin | 16-1 | 478 | 2 |
| 7 | Wilmington | 19-1 | 471 | 8 |
| 8 | Eastern Connecticut | 19-1 | 468 | 7 |
| 9 | Messiah | 18-2 | 400 | 11 |
| 10 | UW-Stevens Point | 19-2 | 377 | 10 |
| 11 | DePauw | 18-2 | 372 | 12 |
| 12 | New York U. | 17-3 | 335 | 15 |
| 13 | UW-Stout | 17-4 | 271 | 20 |
| 14 | St. Benedict | 18-3 | 270 | 14 |
| 15 | Muhlenberg | 16-2 | 259 | 18 |
| 16 | Emmanuel | 17-2 | 253 | 9 |
| 17 | George Fox | 19-2 | 238 | 21 |
| 18 | Case Western Reserve |
15-4 | 189 | 17 |
| 19 | St. Thomas | 17-4 | 141 | 16 |
| 20 | UW-Eau Claire | 17-3 | 132 | 13 |
| 21 | Scranton | 17-4 | 127 | 19 |
| 22 | Webster | 17-2 | 99 | 24 |
| 23 | St. Lawrence | 17-3 | 75 | 25 |
| 24 | Carleton | 17-4 | 71 | 23 |
| 25 | Springfield | 17-3 | 68 | — |
Dropped out: No. 22 Pacific Lutheran.
Others receiving votes: Capital 61; Pacific Lutheran 54; Marymount 21; Lebanon Valley 20; Wheaton (Ill.) 20; Bates 10; Franklin & Marshall 10; Wartburg 10; Salisbury 9; Johns Hopkins 8; Anderson 6; Bridgewater (Va.) 6; Chapman 5; Lakeland 5; UW-Oshkosh 5; Christopher Newport 4; Franklin 3; Guilford 3; Gustavus Adolphus 2; DeSales 1; Salem State 1.