Through games of Feb. 3, 2002:
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Carthage (15) | 18-1 | 614 | 1 |
| 2 | Catholic (9) | 19-1 | 605 | 2 |
| 3 | Washington U. (1) | 18-1 | 581 | 3 |
| 4 | Brockport State | 19-1 | 511 | 10 |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 18-3 | 496 | 11 |
| 6 | Elizabethtown | 19-2 | 490 | 4 |
| 7 | Randolph-Macon | 18-4 | 437 | 5 |
| 8 | Hampden-Sydney | 17-3 | 431 | 12 |
| 9 | Gustavus Adolphus | 18-3 | 405 | 6 |
| 10 | UW-Oshkosh | 16-4 | 399 | 13 |
| 11 | Otterbein | 18-3 | 376 | 8 |
| 12 | DePauw | 16-3 | 366 | 7 |
| 13 | Wittenberg | 18-3 | 314 | 16 |
| 14 | Capital | 18-3 | 274 | 17 |
| 15 | Christopher Newport | 17-3 | 255 | 9 |
| 16 | UW-Stevens Point | 16-5 | 231 | 14 |
| 17 | UW-Whitewater | 16-5 | 194 | 18 |
| 18 | Clark | 16-3 | 184 | 19 |
| 19 | Buena Vista | 16-4 | 160 | 15 |
| 20 | St. Norbert | 17-3 | 152 | 20 |
| 21 | Franklin & Marshall | 17-4 | 121 | 21 |
| 22 | Wooster | 17-4 | 88 | 23 |
| 23 | Gettysburg | 16-4 | 76 | 25 |
| 24 | Williams | 17-3 | 74 | 24 |
| 25 | Mississippi College | 16-2 | 71 | — |
Dropped out: No. 22 Rochester.
Others receiving votes: Rochester 49; Keene State 44; Willamette 31; UW-La Crosse 25; Calvin 17; Maryville (Tenn.) 17; Whitworth 11; Lewis & Clark 10; Hanover 6; Bowdoin 4; York (Pa.) 3; Linfield 2; Augustana 1; Widener 1.