Through games of Dec. 1, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | LW |
| 1 | Washington U. (17) | 5-0 | 616 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Stevens Point (5) | 5-0 | 563 | 5 |
| 3 | Bowdoin (1) | 3-0 | 554 | 2 |
| 4 | King's (1) | 4-0 | 532 | 4 |
| 5 | Scranton | 4-0 | 469 | 8 |
| 6 | St. Benedict | 3-0 | 456 | 7 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons (1) | 4-0 | 450 | 6 |
| 8 | DePauw | 4-0 | 436 | 9 |
| 9 | Baldwin-Wallace | 2-0 | 410 | 11 |
| 10 | Hope | 4-0 | 364 | 12 |
| 11 | UW-Stout | 3-0 | 342 | 10 |
| 12 | St. Lawrence | 2-0 | 309 | 13 |
| 13 | Carleton | 3-0 | 307 | 14 |
| 14 | Wilmington | 3-1 | 284 | 3 |
| 15 | DeSales | 3-0 | 270 | 18 |
| 16 | New Jersey | 4-0 | 219 | — |
| 17 | Case Western | 3-1 | 202 | — |
| 18 | Lebanon Valley | 4-0 | 178 | 22 |
| 19 | Southern Maine | 3-0 | 161 | — |
| 20 | UW-Eau Claire | 5-0 | 139 | — |
| 21 | Rochester | 3-0 | 132 | — |
| 22 | Christopher Newport | 4-0 | 119 | 19 |
| 23 | Eastern Connecticut | 3-1 | 112 | 15 |
| 24 | Salisbury | 3-1 | 93 | 16 |
| 25 | Emmanuel | 3-0 | 65 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 17 Marymount, No. 20 Muhlenberg, No. 21 Wartburg, No. 23 Ithaca, No. 24 Bethany
Others receiving votes: Whitworth 61; UW-Oshkosh 43; Gustavus Adolphus 40; Bethany 32; Muhlenberg 30; NYU 21; Messiah 14; Marymount 13; St. John Fisher 12; Rutgers-Camden 11; Simpson 9; Wartburg 8; Otterbein 7; St. Thomas 6; Ithaca 6; Centre 6; Springfield 4; Trinity (Texas) 4; Johns Hopkins 3; Wesleyan 3; Heidelberg 3; Hendrix 2; Nazareth 2; Colby 1; Catholic 1; McDaniel 1.