Through games of Feb. 17, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Washington U. (25) | 24-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Eastern Connecticut | 22-1 | 564 | 6 |
| 3 | Bowdoin | 22-1 | 552 | 4 |
| 4 | Wilmington | 23-1 | 541 | 5 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 23-1 | 478 | 7 |
| 6 | Hope | 23-2 | 459 | 2 |
| 7 | UW-Stevens Point | 23-2 | 456 | 9 |
| 8 | Southern Maine | 23-2 | 448 | 3 |
| 9 | King's | 23-2 | 442 | 10 |
| 10 | DePauw | 21-2 | 419 | 11 |
| 11 | UW-Stout | 20-4 | 361 | 12 |
| 12 | St. Benedict | 22-3 | 351 | 13 |
| 13 | Emmanuel | 23-2 | 305 | 15 |
| 14 | St. Thomas | 21-4 | 274 | 16 |
| 15 | Messiah | 21-3 | 257 | 8 |
| 16 | Scranton | 21-4 | 242 | 17 |
| 17 | Muhlenberg | 21-3 | 217 | 14 |
| 18 | St. Lawrence | 22-3 | 203 | 18 |
| 19 | Pacific Lutheran | 20-3 | 163 | 19 |
| 20 | Case Western | 18-5 | 154 | 22 |
| 21 | Webster | 21-2 | 138 | 20 |
| 22 | Lebanon Valley | 22-3 | 137 | — |
| 23 | Springfield | 21-3 | 107 | 24 |
| 24 | Salisbury | 20-4 | 62 | — |
| 25 | Carleton | 20-5 | 33 | 23 |
Dropped out: No. 21 UW-Eau Claire; No. 25 Marymount.
Others receiving votes: Marymount 18; UW-Oshkosh 16; Ithaca 13; Franklin 11; Franklin & Marshall 11; George Fox 8; Wheaton (Ill.) 8; UW-Eau Claire 8; Luther 7; New York U. 6; Baldwin-Wallace 5; Bridgewater (Va.) 5; Emory & Henry 5; Chapman 4; Gustavus Adolphus 4; Christopher Newport 3; Albion 2; Middlebury 2; New Jersey 1; U. of the Ozarks 1; Western Maryland 1.