Through games of Jan. 23, 2005:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Bowdoin (11) | 14-1 | 606 | 1 |
| 2 | Messiah (12) | 15-0 | 601 | 2 |
| 3 | Scranton | 14-1 | 548 | 6 |
| 4 | Southern Maine (1) | 14-2 | 482 | 7 |
| 5 | Bates | 15-1 | 469 | 8 |
| 6 | Millikin (1) | 13-1 | 445 | 9 |
| 7 | Brandeis | 14-1 | 437 | 3 |
| 8 | Trinity (Texas) | 15-2 | 400 | 11 |
| 9 | UW-Oshkosh | 16-2 | 394 | 5 |
| 10 | New York University | 14-2 | 393 | 10 |
| 11 | Washington U. | 14-2 | 391 | 12 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 13-2 | 381 | 4 |
| 13 | Randolph-Macon | 16-1 | 354 | 14 |
| 14 | St. Benedict | 12-1 | 274 | 18 |
| 15 | King's | 13-2 | 247 | 15 |
| 16 | Whitworth | 14-1 | 240 | 21 |
| 17 | DePauw | 15-3 | 205 | 20 |
| 18 | Buena Vista | 14-1 | 191 | 22 |
| 19 | Carleton | 11-3 | 152 | 23 |
| 20 | Capital | 13-3 | 120 | 13 |
| 21 | Albion | 16-2 | 109 | 19 |
| 22 | UW-Stevens Point | 14-3 | 101 | — |
| 23 | Wesleyan | 14-1 | 99 | — |
| 24 | Emmanuel | 13-2 | 98 | 17 |
| 25 | UW-Stout | 12-5 | 67 | — |
Dropped out: No. 16 Puget Sound; 24 St. John Fisher; No. 25 Johns Hopkins
Others receiving votes: McDaniel 60, Dickinson 47, Calvin 41, Hope 37, Puget Sound 23, St. John Fisher 19, Mount St. Mary 19, Wilmington 18, Howard Payne 12, Washington and Jefferson 10, Oswego State 8, Williams 7, Johns Hopkins 6, Wheaton (Ill.) 5, DeSales 5, Staten Island 3, Luther 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.