Through games of Sunday, Jan. 14, 2025:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Hampden-Sydney (23) | 14-1 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Case Western Reserve | 13-1 | 550 | 5 |
| 3 | John Carroll | 14-1 | 549 | 8 |
| 4 | Calvin | 14-1 | 527 | 3 |
| 5 | Trinity (Conn.) (2) | 16-0 | 520 | 6 |
| 6 | Oswego State | 12-1 | 472 | 10 |
| 7 | Trine | 14-1 | 453 | 11 |
| 8 | Guilford | 14-2 | 440 | 2 |
| 9 | Keene State | 13-2 | 403 | 13 |
| 10 | Trinity (Texas) | 16-1 | 388 | 7 |
| 11 | Randolph-Macon | 12-3 | 385 | 17 |
| 12 | UW-Platteville | 13-2 | 373 | 16 |
| 13 | New York University | 11-3 | 295 | 4 |
| 14 | Washington U. | 12-2 | 289 | 19 |
| 15 | Mount Union | 13-2 | 288 | 12 |
| 16 | Cal Lutheran | 12-3 | 240 | 21 |
| 17 | Widener | 13-2 | 178 | 22 |
| 18 | UW-Whitewater | 12-3 | 156 | 9 |
| 19 | St. Thomas (Texas) | 15-2 | 128 | -- |
| 20 | Catholic | 13-2 | 121 | 25 |
| 21 | Hood | 12-2 | 91 | -- |
| 22 | Emory | 10-4 | 75 | 23 |
| 23 | Clark | 13-3 | 67 | -- |
| 24 | Tufts | 13-4 | 58 | 14 |
| 25 | Christopher Newport | 14-4 | 52 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 15 Elmhurst; No. 18 Dubuque; No. 20 Virginia Wesleyan; No. 24 Redlands.
Others receiving votes: Coe 48; Virginia Wesleyan 44; Nebraska Wesleyan 44; Elmhurst 42; Johns Hopkins 38; Carnegie Mellon 34; Redlands 25; Williams 25; Pomona-Pitzer 17; Dubuque 16; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 15; WPI 12; St. John's 10; Loras 10; Hope 8; DeSales 6; Illinois College 3; Rowan 2; St. Vincent 2; Connecticut College 1; Mary Washington 1; 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. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.