Through games of Jan. 12, 2004:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Wk |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 12-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Benedict (1) | 12-0 | 582 | 2 |
| 3 | Scranton | 12-0 | 555 | 3 |
| 4 | Hardin-Simmons (1) | 11-0 | 539 | 4 |
| 5 | Hope | 12-0 | 511 | 5 |
| 6 | DeSales | 12-0 | 491 | 7 |
| 7 | Bowdoin | 9-1 | 472 | 6 |
| 8 | UW-Eau Claire | 14-1 | 466 | 8 |
| 9 | Carleton | 11-0 | 441 | 9 |
| 10 | Baldwin-Wallace | 12-1 | 402 | 10 |
| 11 | Rochester | 9-0 | 381 | 11 |
| 12 | King's | 10-2 | 302 | 13 |
| 13 | Eastern Connecticut | 11-1 | 289 | 14 |
| 14 | Gustavus Adolphus | 11-0 | 272 | 15 |
| 15 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-2 | 249 | 16 |
| 16 | UW-Oshkosh | 13-1 | 239 | 20 |
| 17 | Wilmington | 10-2 | 199 | 19 |
| 18 | Southern Maine | 10-2 | 176 | 18 |
| 19 | DePauw | 11-2 | 150 | 21 |
| 20 | UW-Stout | 11-3 | 142 | 12 |
| 21 | Messiah | 11-2 | 132 | 17 |
| 22 | UW-Stevens Point | 11-3 | 122 | 22 |
| 23 | St. John Fisher | 8-0 | 110 | 24 |
| 24 | Lake Forest | 10-0 | 89 | — |
| 25 | Mt. St. Mary | 10-1 | 46 | — |
Dropped out: No. 23 Lebanon Valley; No. 25
Carnegie Mellon
Others receiving votes: Case Western Reserve 33;
Wesleyan 21; Pacific Lutheran 18; Lebanon Valley 15; St. Lawrence
15; Simpson 13; Gettysburg 9; Colby 5; Kean 3; Otterbein 3; New
Jersey 2; Brandeis 2; Salem State 2; Bethany 2; Salisbury 1; Johns
Hopkins 1; Amherst 1.