Through games of Jan. 18, 2009:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Rochester (19) | 14-0 | 616 | 1 |
| 2 | Illinois Wesleyan (6) | 14-0 | 604 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 15-1 | 559 | 3 |
| 4 | Amherst | 16-0 | 528 | 4 |
| 5 | Oglethorpe | 15-1 | 512 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Eau Claire | 14-1 | 502 | 6 |
| 7 | UW-Stevens Point | 15-1 | 466 | 8 |
| 8 | Hope | 12-1 | 461 | 9 |
| 9 | Simpson | 15-1 | 399 | 10 |
| 10 | George Fox | 15-0 | 384 | 11 |
| 11 | Tufts | 11-1 | 357 | 12 |
| 12 | New York University | 12-1 | 337 | 13 |
| 13 | Brandeis | 11-2 | 335 | 7 |
| 14 | Thomas More | 13-2 | 257 | 16 |
| 15 | Messiah | 13-2 | 250 | 17 |
| 16 | DeSales | 12-2 | 194 | 18 |
| 17 | York (Pa.) | 13-1 | 188 | 21 |
| 18 | Marymount | 12-2 | 172 | 20 |
| 19 | Mary Washington | 12-2 | 149 | 22 |
| 20 | Washington and Jefferson | 14-1 | 148 | 25 |
| 21 | Moravian | 14-2 | 142 | 14 |
| 22 | Texas-Dallas | 13-2 | 126 | 24 |
| 23 | Washington U. | 11-3 | 109 | — |
| 24 | Kean | 13-3 | 61 | — |
| 25 | Muhlenberg | 11-2 | 52 | — |
Dropped out: No. 15 Southern Maine, No. 19 Howard Payne, No. 23 Whitman.
Others receiving votes: DePauw 41, Southern Maine 37, Western Connecticut 24, Whitman 23, Chicago 21, Bowdoin 19, Eastern Connecticut 19, Howard Payne 19, St. Norbert 6, UW-La Crosse 6, Mississippi College 2, Stevens 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.