Through games of Dec. 14, 2008:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Rochester (11) | 8-0 | 599 | 2 |
| 2 | Illinois Wesleyan (8) | 6-0 | 595 | 3 |
| 3 | Hope (3) | 6-0 | 551 | 4 |
| 4 | Thomas More (1) | 7-0 | 539 | 5 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 7-1 | 477 | 7 |
| 6 | UW-Eau Claire (2) | 9-0 | 454 | 8 |
| 7 | Brandeis | 8-0 | 445 | 9 |
| 8 | Kean | 7-1 | 420 | 1 |
| 9 | Simpson | 8-0 | 405 | 10 |
| 10 | Oglethorpe | 6-1 | 383 | 11 |
| 11 | Amherst | 9-0 | 380 | 12 |
| 12 | Mary Washington | 8-0 | 360 | 15 |
| 13 | UW-Stevens Point | 8-1 | 341 | 13 |
| 14 | Muhlenberg | 6-0 | 252 | 16 |
| 15 | DeSales | 7-1 | 223 | 18 |
| 16 | Southern Maine | 8-0 | 196 | 21 |
| 17 | Messiah | 5-2 | 181 | 6 |
| 18 | Tufts | 5-1 | 181 | 20 |
| 19 | Howard Payne | 7-1 | 161 | 19 |
| 20 | New York University | 8-0 | 159 | 22 |
| 21 | Marymount | 5-1 | 124 | 14 |
| 22 | Chicago | 6-2 | 120 | 17 |
| 23 | George Fox | 6-0 | 91 | 25 |
| 24 | Whitman | 8-1 | 87 | 24 |
| 25 | Emory | 6-1 | 79 | 23 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Moravian 67, McMurry 54, Texas-Dallas 36, Bowdoin 33, St. Norbert 33, Capital 24, Washington U. 21, Trinity (Texas) 19, St. Benedict 14, York (Pa.) 8, DePauw 7, Baldwin-Wallace 3, Eastern Connecticut 1, Washington and Jefferson 1, Wilmington 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.