Through games of Jan. 30, 2005:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Bowdoin (21) | 16-1 | 596 | 1 |
| 2 | Scranton (1) | 17-1 | 561 | 3 |
| 3 | Southern Maine (1) | 16-2 | 518 | 4 |
| 4 | Bates | 18-1 | 510 | 5 |
| 5 | Messiah | 16-1 | 488 | 2 |
| 6 | Trinity (Texas) | 16-2 | 450 | 8 |
| 7 | New York University | 16-2 | 424 | 10 |
| 8 | Randolph-Macon (1) | 19-1 | 411 | 13 |
| 9 | Hardin-Simmons | 15-2 | 390 | 12 |
| 10 | Whitworth | 16-1 | 335 | 16 |
| 11 | Washington U. | 15-3 | 326 | 11 |
| 12 | King's | 15-2 | 310 | 15 |
| 13 | Millikin | 15-2 | 304 | 6 |
| 14 | Brandeis | 15-2 | 278 | 7 |
| 15 | Buena Vista | 17-1 | 255 | 18 |
| 16 | DePauw | 17-3 | 242 | 17 |
| 17 | Carleton | 13-3 | 233 | 19 |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 17-3 | 221 | 9 |
| 19 | Albion | 18-2 | 134 | 21 |
| 20 | Emmanuel | 16-2 | 118 | 24 |
| 21 | UW-Stout | 14-5 | 113 | 25 |
| 22 | Dickinson | 16-1 | 105 | — |
| 23 | Hope | 17-2 | 88 | — |
| 24 | St. Benedict | 13-3 | 77 | 14 |
| 25 | McDaniel | 17-2 | 71 | — |
Dropped out: No. 20 Capital; No. 22 UW-Stevens Point; No. 23 Wesleyan
Others receiving votes: Wheaton (Ill.) 45, Wilmington 39, Wesleyan 36, Mount St. Mary 32, St. John Fisher 16, Washington and Jefferson 15, UW-Stevens Point 14, Moravian 13, Puget Sound 9, DeSales 6, Williams 5, Staten Island 4, Capital 4, Johns Hopkins 3, McMurry 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 on Tuesdays.