Through games of Feb. 2, 2003:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (23) | 18-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Hardin-Simmons (1) | 17-0 | 562 | 2 |
| 3 | Hope | 19-0 | 559 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Eau Claire (1) | 19-1 | 556 | 4 |
| 5 | Carleton | 18-0 | 537 | 5 |
| 6 | Bowdoin | 17-1 | 518 | 6 |
| 7 | Scranton | 18-1 | 459 | 7 |
| 8 | King's | 16-2 | 440 | 8 |
| 9 | Rochester | 16-1 | 436 | 10 |
| 10 | Gustavus Adolphus | 17-1 | 381 | 11 |
| 11 | St. Benedict | 17-2 | 366 | 12 |
| 12 | Wilmington | 16-2 | 347 | 13 |
| 13 | DeSales | 17-2 | 328 | 9 |
| 14 | Baldwin-Wallace | 17-2 | 321 | 14 |
| 15 | Messiah | 17-2 | 276 | 15 |
| 16 | Eastern Connecticut | 17-2 | 220 | 17 |
| 17 | UW-Oshkosh | 16-3 | 185 | 20 |
| 18 | Southern Maine | 16-3 | 180 | 19 |
| 19 | DePauw | 16-3 | 173 | 18 |
| 20 | UW-Stevens Point | 15-4 | 134 | 16 |
| 21 | Wesleyan | 16-2 | 102 | 23 |
| 22 | Ithaca | 14-3 | 96 | — |
| 23 | St. Lawrence | 16-2 | 85 | 24 |
| 24 | St. John Fisher | 14-2 | 52 | 21 |
| 25 | Trinity (Texas) | 15-4 | 51 | — |
Dropped out: No. 22 UW-Stout; No. 25 Lake
Forest
Others receiving votes: Wheaton (Ill.) 25; Mt.
St. Mary 20; UW-Stout 18; Salisbury 17; Pacific Lutheran 9; Kean 9;
Wittenberg 7; Lebanon Valley 7; Colby 6; Lake Forest 6; Washington
& Jefferson 3; Salem State 3; Loras 2; St. Norbert 2; Otterbein
2; Simpson 1; Union 1.