Through games of Feb. 1, 2009:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Illinois Wesleyan (24) | 18-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Stevens Point (1) | 18-1 | 581 | 3 |
| 3 | Rochester | 17-1 | 557 | 5 |
| 4 | Hope | 16-1 | 542 | 6 |
| 5 | UW-Eau Claire | 17-2 | 516 | 8 |
| 6 | George Fox | 19-0 | 515 | 7 |
| 7 | Oglethorpe | 18-2 | 462 | 9 |
| 8 | Messiah | 17-2 | 419 | 11 |
| 9 | Amherst | 19-1 | 391 | 4 |
| 10 | Thomas More | 17-2 | 356 | 12 |
| 11 | UW-Whitewater | 17-3 | 354 | 2 |
| 12 | York (Pa.) | 18-1 | 353 | 13 |
| 13 | Simpson | 18-2 | 311 | 15 |
| 14 | DeSales | 16-2 | 299 | 14 |
| 15 | Tufts | 15-2 | 286 | 16 |
| 16 | New York University | 16-2 | 256 | 10 |
| 17 | Washington U. | 14-4 | 212 | 24 |
| 18 | DePauw | 17-3 | 187 | 23 |
| 19 | Kean | 17-3 | 174 | 21 |
| 20 | Eastern Connecticut | 17-2 | 134 | 25 |
| 21 | Washington and Jefferson | 17-2 | 89 | — |
| 22 | Mississippi College | 17-2 | 77 | — |
| 23 | Moravian | 17-3 | 73 | 17 |
| 24 | Brandeis | 13-4 | 67 | 19 |
| 25 | Texas-Dallas | 16-3 | 63 | 18 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Chicago, No. 22 Muhlenberg.
Others receiving votes: Muhlenberg 56, Mary Washington 43, Greensboro 31, Marymount 26, Chicago 19, Western Connecticut 14, St. Norbert 11, UW-La Crosse 11, Bowdoin 8, Baldwin-Wallace 4, Scranton 3, Hardin-Simmons 2.
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.