Through games of Dec. 2, 2001:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. (19) | 5-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope (1) | 4-0 | 570 | 2 |
| 3 | Emmanuel (3) | 5-0 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Stevens Point (1) | 7-0 | 530 | 4 |
| 5 | St. Lawrence | 5-0 | 488 | 5 |
| 6 | New York U. | 4-0 | 476 | 8 |
| 7 | St. Benedict | 4-0 | 430 | 7 |
| 8 | Eastern Connecticut | 5-0 | 411 | 9 |
| 9 | George Fox | 5-0 | 387 | 10 |
| 10 | King's | 6-0 | 379 | 12 |
| 11 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-0 | 337 | 11 |
| 12 | Bowdoin | 5-0 | 332 | 14 |
| 13 | Scranton | 3-1 | 316 | 13 |
| 14 | UW-Eau Claire | 6-0 | 314 | 15 |
| 15 | Messiah | 5-1 | 289 | 16 |
| 16 | Capital | 5-1 | 232 | 6 |
| 17 | Simpson | 4-0 | 228 | 17 |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-1 | 162 | 22 |
| 19 | Wilmington | 5-0 | 119 | — |
| 20 | St. Thomas | 3-1 | 112 | 24 |
| 21 | Case Western | 5-0 | 111 | 25 |
| 22 | DeSales | 4-1 | 77 | — |
| T23 | Johns Hopkins | 6-1 | 71 | 20 |
| T23 | Rochester | 4-1 | 71 | 18 |
| 25 | Southern Maine | 5-1 | 48 | 21 |
Dropped out: No. 19 Marymount (Va.); No. 23 Gwynedd-Mercy.
Others receiving votes: Wartburg 47; Middlebury 45; Ramapo 42; Franklin 40; Pacific Lutheran 32; Bridgewater (Va.) 30; Plymouth State 30; Richard Stockton 28; Muhlenberg 27; Gwynedd-Mercy 23; Wheaton (Ill.) 23; Baldwin-Wallace 17; Springfield 17; Lake Forest 13; Bethany 11; Wittenberg 9; DePauw 8; Trinity (Texas) 5; Hartwick 3; Mississippi College 2; Mary Hardin-Baylor 1; Salisbury 1.