D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll
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Week 9 - Through Games of March 1, 2009
| Rank | School (first place votes) | Record | Points | Previous Rank |
| 1 | St. Thomas (22) | 27-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Washington U. (1) | 23-2 | 588 | 2 |
| 3 | Wheaton (Ill.) (2) | 24-3 | 567 | 4 |
| 4 | UW-Stevens Point | 23-4 | 556 | 6 |
| 5 | UW-Platteville | 23-5 | 511 | 5 |
| 6 | Richard Stockton | 25-2 | 473 | 10 |
| 7 | Puget Sound | 24-3 | 457 | 3 |
| 8 | UW-Whitewater | 22-5 | 447 | 7 |
| 9 | Middlebury | 24-3 | 420 | 14 |
| 10 | John Carroll | 23-4 | 372 | 15 |
| 11 | Elms | 26-1 | 370 | 12 |
| 12 | Ithaca | 24-2 | 365 | 8 |
| 13 | Capital | 24-4 | 321 | 13 |
| 14 | Buena Vista | 23-3 | 287 | 9 |
| 15 | Centre | 23-4 | 284 | 16 |
| 16 | Mass-Dartmouth | 25-3 | 277 | 18 |
| 17 | Trinity (Texas) | 23-4 | 211 | 13 |
| 18 | Rhode Island College | 23-5 | 152 | 17 |
| 19 | Elmhurst | 20-7 | 147 | 20 |
| 20 | Lawrence | 19-6 | 122 | 25 |
| 21 | Whitworth | 23-5 | 101 | NR |
| 22 | Texas-Dallas | 24-4 | 98 | NR |
| 23 | Guilford | 21-5 | 97 | 19 |
| 24 | Transylvania | 21-4 | 82 | NR |
| 25 | Amherst | 21-6 | 48 | 21 |
Dropped Out: No. 22 Randolph-Macon, 23 Franklin and Marshall, No. 24 Worcester Polytech.
Others Receiving Votes:Carnegie Mellon 42, Chapman 18, Franklin and Marshall 12, Augustana 11, Widener 11, Worcester Polytech 11, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 8, Randolph-Macon 8, St. Mary's (Md.) 8, Averett 5, Brandeis 5, Gettysburg 5, Wooster 4, MIT 2, Hope.
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is determined by a panel of 25 voters. These voters consist of coaches, sports information directors, and media members.
