Through games of Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Wesleyan (13) | 19-0 | 608 | 4 |
| 2 | Trine (11) | 16-1 | 603 | 3 |
| 3 | Illinois Wesleyan | 16-2 | 552 | 5 |
| 4 | UW-Platteville (1) | 16-2 | 535 | 1 |
| 5 | New York University | 15-1 | 495 | 6 |
| 6 | Washington U. | 14-2 | 468 | 11 |
| 7 | Wisconsin Lutheran | 16-1 | 440 | 7 |
| 8 | Hampden-Sydney | 15-3 | 434 | 8 |
| 9 | Tufts | 17-2 | 425 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-La Crosse | 15-3 | 399 | 10 |
| 11 | Emory | 13-3 | 391 | 2 |
| 12 | St. John's | 15-2 | 375 | 12 |
| 13 | Randolph-Macon | 15-3 | 347 | 13 |
| 14 | Christopher Newport | 16-4 | 286 | 15 |
| 15 | Denison | 16-1 | 261 | 16 |
| 16 | Trinity (Conn.) | 15-3 | 237 | 14 |
| 17 | Whitworth | 15-2 | 190 | 18 |
| 18 | WPI | 16-2 | 165 | 19 |
| 19 | St. Thomas (Texas) | 16-1 | 156 | 20 |
| 20 | Redlands | 15-3 | 136 | 21 |
| 21 | Cal Lutheran | 14-3 | 123 | 22 |
| 22 | Chicago | 13-3 | 98 | -- |
| 23 | John Carroll | 13-4 | 92 | 24 |
| 24 | Keene State | 15-3 | 87 | 23 |
| 25 | Virginia Wesleyan | 15-3 | 53 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 17 UW-Stevens Point; No. 25 Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Others receiving votes: Anderson 31; Trinity (Texas) 26; UW-Stevens Point 18; Roanoke 15; Catholic 11; Carthage 10; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 10; Calvin 8; Gustavus Adolphus 7; Belhaven 6; Brandeis 6; Guilford 6; Stevens 4; RPI 3; TCNJ 3; Hamilton 2; Drew 1; Gettysburg 1; Pitt-Bradford 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. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.