Through games of Jan. 16, 2005:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Bowdoin (11) | 12-1 | 597 | 2 |
| 2 | Messiah (9) | 14-0 | 587 | 3 |
| 3 | Brandeis (3) | 12-0 | 548 | 7 |
| 4 | Hardin-Simmons | 12-1 | 533 | 5 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 15-1 | 493 | 1 |
| 6 | Scranton | 13-1 | 488 | 8 |
| 7 | Southern Maine (1) | 13-2 | 412 | 12 |
| 8 | Bates | 13-1 | 400 | 9 |
| 9 | Millikin (1) | 12-1 | 366 | 15 |
| 10 | New York University | 11-2 | 362 | 4 |
| 11 | Trinity (Texas) | 13-2 | 347 | 14 |
| 12 | Washington U. | 12-2 | 344 | 13 |
| 13 | Capital | 12-2 | 306 | 6 |
| 14 | Randolph-Macon | 13-1 | 291 | 16 |
| 15 | King's | 13-1 | 280 | 17 |
| 16 | Puget Sound | 11-2 | 210 | 10 |
| 17 | Emmanuel | 11-1 | 207 | 19 |
| 18 | St. Benedict | 10-1 | 196 | 20 |
| 19 | Albion | 15-1 | 189 | 21 |
| 20 | DePauw | 13-3 | 181 | 11 |
| 21 | Whitworth | 12-1 | 175 | 18 |
| 22 | Buena Vista | 12-1 | 108 | 24 |
| 23 | Carleton | 9-3 | 93 | 23 |
| 24 | St. John Fisher | 12-0 | 62 | — |
| 25 | Johns Hopkins | 12-2 | 50 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Wesleyan
Others receiving votes: Wesleyan 45, UW-Stout 42, McDaniel 38, Williams 37, UW-Stevens Point 20, Mount St. Mary 17, Staten Island 16, Hope 16, Dickinson 16, Oswego State 14, Sewanee 14, DeSales 11, Baldwin-Wallace 6, Howard Payne 4, Washington and Jefferson 2, Luther 1, Wheaton (Ill.) 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.