Entering 2009-10 season:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Washington U. (7) | 26-5 | 588 | 2 |
| 2 | Amherst (5) | 29-4 | 579 | 6 |
| 3 | Hope (7) | 28-2 | 577 | 4 |
| 4 | George Fox (6) | 32-0 | 509 | 1 |
| 5 | Scranton | 26-5 | 492 | 11 |
| 6 | Illinois Wesleyan | 30-1 | 441 | 3 |
| 7 | Bowdoin | 24-5 | 394 | 22 |
| 8 | UW-Whitewater | 23-5 | 385 | 17 |
| 9 | Brandeis | 20-8 | 359 | 13 |
| 10 | Muhlenberg | 26-4 | 331 | 14 |
| 11 | Kean | 22-8 | 294 | — |
| 12 | DePauw | 22-8 | 261 | — |
| 13 | Southern Maine | 22-7 | 238 | — |
| 14 | Chicago | 17-8 | 222 | — |
| 15 | Moravian | 21-7 | 216 | — |
| 16 | Howard Payne | 23-6 | 205 | — |
| 17 | Texas-Dallas | 21-5 | 184 | — |
| 18 | Trinity (Texas) | 20-8 | 175 | — |
| 19 | New York University | 23-5 | 147 | 16 |
| 20 | Marymount | 20-7 | 144 | — |
| 21 | New Jersey | 28-5 | 141 | 5 |
| 22 | Capital | 22-6 | 119 | — |
| 23 | UW-Stevens Point | 26-4 | 110 | 7 |
| 24 | St. Benedict | 26-4 | 107 | 18 |
| 25 | UW-Stout | 16-11 | 104 | — |
Others receiving votes: Rochester 93,
Tufts 87, Randolph-Macon 76, Messiah 70, UW-Eau Claire 49, DeSales
41, St. Norbert 39, Centre 38, Mary Washington 33, Cortland State
30, Thomas More 30, Roanoke 26, Washington and Jefferson 23,
Transylvania 22, William Paterson 19, Baldwin-Wallace 17, Baruch
16, Stevens 16, Whitman 16, Simpson 15, Emmanuel 10, Eastern
Connecticut 8, Calvin 5, Keene State 5, Pitt-Greensburg 4,
Greensboro 3, Mount Union 3, Puget Sound 3, Hardin-Simmons 2,
Western Connecticut 2, Babson 1, Occidental 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.