Through games of Feb. 10, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 22-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope | 22-1 | 567 | 3 |
| 3 | Southern Maine | 22-1 | 545 | 5 |
| 4 | Bowdoin | 18-1 | 509 | 6 |
| 5 | Wilmington | 21-1 | 507 | 7 |
| 6 | Eastern Connecticut | 22-1 | 493 | 8 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 21-1 | 445 | 2 |
| 8 | Messiah | 20-2 | 436 | 9 |
| 9 | UW-Stevens Point | 21-2 | 424 | 10 |
| 10 | King's | 20-2 | 422 | 4 |
| 11 | DePauw | 20-2 | 393 | 11 |
| 12 | UW-Stout | 19-4 | 339 | 13 |
| 13 | St. Benedict | 20-3 | 326 | 14 |
| 14 | Muhlenberg | 19-2 | 301 | 15 |
| 15 | Emmanuel | 21-2 | 284 | 16 |
| 16 | St. Thomas | 19-4 | 211 | 19 |
| 17 | Scranton | 19-4 | 195 | 21 |
| 18 | St. Lawrence | 20-3 | 170 | 23 |
| 19 | Pacific Lutheran | 18-3 | 131 | — |
| 20 | Webster | 19-2 | 122 | 22 |
| 21 | UW-Eau Claire | 18-4 | 97 | 20 |
| 22 | Case Western Reserve |
16-5 | 96 | 18 |
| 23 | Carleton | 19-4 | 94 | 24 |
| 24 | Springfield | 19-3 | 82 | 25 |
| 25 | Marymount | 19-4 | 67 | — |
Dropped out: No. 12 NYU; No. 17 George Fox.
Others receiving votes: Wheaton (Ill.) 53; New York U. 35; Lebanon Valley 34; George Fox 32; Wartburg 20; Chapman 12; Franklin & Marshall 9; Salisbury 8; Franklin 7; Guilford 7; UW-Oshkosh 6; Bridgewater (Va.) 5; Gustavus Adolphus 3; Lakeland 3; Swarthmore 3; Baldwin-Wallace 2; Christopher Newport 2; Howard Payne 1; Johns Hopkins 1; New Jersey 1.