| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | W-LÂ | Pts. | Prev. | Last Week's Results |
| ATLANTIC | | | | | |
| T-1 | California (Pa.) (1) | 10-1 | 19 | 2 | WH Shippensburg (62-47), WH Kutztown (74-66), WA Mansfield (83-43) |
| T-1 | Indiana (Pa.) (1) | 10-0 | 19 | 3 | WH Mansfield (89-56), WH Lock Haven (70-59), WA Bloomsburg (67-53) |
| 3 | West Chester (Pa.) | 9-1 | 16 | 1 | WA Mercyhurst (63-57), LA Gannon (69-61), WH Clarion (91-68) |
| 4 | Gannon (Pa.) | 7-3 | 14 | 6 | WH East Stroudsburg (72-49), WH West Chester (69-61), WA Cheyney (82-43) |
| 5 | Bloomsburg (Pa.) | 7-2 | 12 | T-4 | WA Clarion (65-48), WA Pitt-Johnstown (82-73), LH IUP (67-53) |
| 6 | Edinboro (Pa.) | 8-3 | 10 | 7 | WH Cheyney (82-49), WH Millersville (65-58), WA Shippensburg (69-62) |
| 7 | West Liberty (W.V.) | 6-3 | 7 | T-4 | LN Cedarville (87-78), WN Ursuline (102-78) |
| 8 | Virginia State | 8-2 | 5 | 8 | WH Apprentice (96-52) |
| 9 | Johnson C. Smith (N.C.) | 10-1 | 3 | | WH Johnson & Wales (82-51), WA Lynn (63-60), WN St. Leo (59-54) |
| T-10 | Livingstone (N.C.) | 9-0 | 2 | | WA Queens (73-54) |
| T-10 | Fairmont State (W.V.) | 8-2 | 2 | | WH Bluefield State (88-80) |
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| CENTRAL | | | | | |
| 1 | Emporia State | 10-0 | 20 | 1 | WA SW Baptist 74-63; WA Southern Arkansas (85-42); WA #7 Missouri Southern (75-53) |
| 2 | Northern State | 11-1 | 18 | 2 | WA MSU Moorhead (60-39) |
| 3 | Arkansas Tech | 9-1 | 16 | 3 | WH Southwestern Oklahoma (97-52 |
| 4 | Pittsburg State | 11-1 | 14 | T5 | WA BYU Hawaii (73-40); WN Wingate (66-46) |
| 5 | Winona State | 9-1 | 12 | 9 | Idle |
| 6 | Washburn | 9-2 | 9 | 4 | WA Lincoln (61-46); LA Lindenwood (70-64) |
| 7 | Wayne State College | 9-3 | 8 | T5 | LH Augustana College (68-60) |
| 8 | Fort Hays State | 10-1 | 6 | NR | WH Kansas Wesleyan (102-49); WA NW Missouri State (71-52) |
| 9 | Harding |  8-2 | 4 | 10 | WH Northwestern Oklahoma (73-57) |
| 10 | Missouri Southern | 8-2 | 3 | 7 | LH Truman (67-64); LH #1 Emporia State (75-53) |
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| EAST | | | | | |
| 1 | Adelphi (2) | 11-0 | 20 | 1 | WH Holy Family (80-70) |
| 2 | Stonehill | 7-1 | 18 | 2 | Idle |
| 3 | Assumption | 9-2 | 16 | 3 | WA Brigeport (77-43); WA Bloomfield (59-51) |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 8-1 | 13 | 4 | WA Goldey-Beacom (75-65) |
| 4 | Franklin Pierce | 7-2 | 13 | 4 | Idle |
| 6 | District of Columbia | 9-2 | 10 | 7 | WH Virginia Union (79-61); WH Roberts Wes. (82-70) |
| 7 | New Haven | 8-2 | 6 | 7 | WH Dominican (N.Y.) (55-47) |
| 7 | NYIT | 8-2 | 6 | 6 | WA Saint Rose (64-49); LA American Int'l (88-62) |
| 9 | Queens | 7-2 | 5 | 10 | WH St. Thomas Aq. (70-60); WH Mercy (73-63) |
| 10 | Merrimack | 8-3 | 3 | RV | WA Bloomfield (73-62); WA Nyack (78-46) |
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| MIDWEST | | | | | |
| 1 | Lewis (2) | 11-0 | 20 | 1 | WR Trevecaa Nazarene (96-71); WH Northern Michigan (68-58); WH Grand Valley (78-65) |
| 2 | Michigan Tech | 8-0 | 18 | 2t | WR Minot St. (77-69) |
| 3 | Wayne State | 7-1 | 16 | 4 | WR Northern Mich. (69-57); WH Salem Int'l (96-43); WH Bellarmine (72-61) |
| 4 | Drury | 7-2 | 14 | 2t | WR Central Missouri (73-70); WH Central Methodist (89-50) |
| 5 | Grand Valley State | 7-1 | 12 | 7 | WH Ohio Dominican (66-51); LR Lewis (78-65) |
| 6 | Southern Indiana | 8-2 | 10 | 5 | WN Northwest Nazarene (77-62); LN Western Washington (71-50) |
| 7 | Cedarville | 10-2 | 8 | 6 | WN West Liberty (87-78); LN Notre Dame College (Ohio) (80-59) |
| 8 | Wisconsin-Parkside | 7-3 | 6 | 9 | WN Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (60-41); WN Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (68-43); LR Puerto Rico Bayamon (63-59) |
| 9 | Northwood | 7-3 | 4 | 10 | WN Bellarmine (69-53); WN Salem International (89-56) |
| 10 | Truman | Â 7-2 | 2 | RV | WR Missouri Southern (67-64); WH Culver-Stockton (86-74) |
| Also receiving votes:Â Northern Michigan, Malone, Findlay, Bellarmine | |
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| SOUTH | | | | | |
| 1 | Florida Tech (2) | 10-0 | 20 | T1 | 3-0 WH-Flagler (82-53), WH-LeMoyne (95-87), WH-Shaw (95-75) |
| 2 | Nova Southeastern | 8-2 | 18 | T3 | 3-0 WH-Shaw (87-77), WH-Albany State (56-47), WH-Fayetteville State (65-39) |
| 3 | Rollins | 8-1 | 16 | T3 | 2-0 WH-Concord (62-45), WH-Indianapolis (63-42) |
| 4 | Union | 9-1 | 14 | 6 | 2-0 WH-West Alabama (83-56), WH-West Georgia (80-67) |
| 5 | West Florida | 8-2 | 12 | 7 | 1-1 LA-Mississippi (56-55), WA-Delta State (73-69)Â |
| 6 | Eckerd | 8-2 | 9 | NR | 2-0 WH-Albany State (75-47), WH-LIU Post (79-49) |
| 7 | Tampa | 7-3 | 8 | T1 | 1-2 LH-University of the Sciences (66-65), WN-Eastern New Mexico (84-59), LN-Molloy (59-58) |
| 8 | Claflin | 6-2 | 7 | 8 | 1-2 WA-Edward Waters (68-54), LA-Winston-Salem State (61-50), LA-Queens (66-64) |
| 9 | Benedict | 5-2 | 4 | 5 | 0-2 LN-Saint Leo (77-75), LA-Lynn (82-57) |
| T10 | Barry | 7-3 | 1 | RV | 2-1 WH-Daemen (74-64), WN-Fayetteville State (62-56), LN-Albany State (56-51) |
| T10 | North Alabama | 6-3 | 1 | RV | 1-1 LA-Lee (80-72), WA-Shorter (88-75) |
| Dropped out:Florida Southern (9), West Georgia (10) | | |
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| SOUTH CENTRAL | | | | |
| 1 | West Texas A&M (2) | 9-1 | 20 | 1 | WN Western Wash. 64-63 (OT); WN Northwest Nazarene 76-69 |
| 2 | Midwestern State | 8-1 | 18 | 2 | WA Southern Nazarene 75-60 |
| 3 | UC-Colorado Springs | 10-2 | 16 | 7 | WA N.M Highlands 84-81; WA Western N.M. 74-63 |
| 4 | Lubbock Christian | 8-3 | 14 | 8 | WH A&M-Int'l 87-68; WH St. Mary's 70-62 |
| 5 | St. Mary's | 7-3 | 12 | 3 | WA Okla Panhandle 74-65; LA Lubbock Christian 70-62 |
| 6 | UT-Permian Basin | 8-2 | 10 | 9 | WH Wayland Bapt. 82-69; WA Okla. Christian 66-53; WA Newman 49-44 |
| 7 | Tarleton State | 6-2 | 8 | 4 | LN Indianapolis 57-51; WN Concord (WV) 79-59 |
| 8 | CSU-Pueblo | 7-3 | 6 | 5 | WA Western N.M. 63-55; LA N.M. Highlands 64-54 |
| 9 | Colorado Mesa | 8-2 | 4 | NR | WA Fort Lewis 52-50; WA Adams State 75-58 |
| 10 | Metro State | 6-3 | 2 | 10 | WH Black Hills State 63-46; WH Chadron State 67-47 |
| Dropped Out:Regis | | | | |
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| SOUTHEAST | | | | |
| 1 | Columbus State (1) | 12-0 | 19 | 1 | WA UNC Pembroke (74-55); WA USC Aiken (71-65) |
| 2 | Limestone (1) | 9-1 | 18 | 3 | WH Mars Hill (82-64) |
| 3 | Carson-Newman | 11-0 | 17 | 2 | WH Lenoir-Rhyne (57-52); WN Trevecca Mazarene (82-72); WA Kentucky Wesleyan (76-45) |
| 4 | Anderson | 7-1 | 14 | 4 | WH Erskine (92-70) |
| 5 | Lander | 10-2 | 11 | 6 | WH Clayton State (90-81); WH Georgia Southwestern (79-67) |
| 6 | North Georgia | 9-2 | 10 | 5 | WA Flagler (75-68); LA Aarmstrong (85-78) |
| 7 | Belmont Abbey | 8-2 | 9 | 9 | WA Lenoir Rhyne (66-63); WA Mars Hill (75-62) |
| 8 | Georgia Southwestern | 7-2 | 6 | 8 | WA GRU Augusta (62-58); LA Lander (79-67) |
| 9 | Lincoln Memorial | 7-3 | 4 | 7 | WH Newberry (86-76); LH King (61-41) |
| 10 | Emmanuel (Ga.) | 7-1 | 1 | NR | NO GAMES PLAYED |
| 10 | Clayton State | 7-4 | 1 | 10 | LA Lander (90-81); WA Francis Marion (76-62) |
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| WEST | | | | | |
| 1 | Alaska Anchorage (2) | 12-0 | 1 | 20 | WH Texas-Kingsville (90-49), WH Pacific (85-39), WH Hawaii Pacific (109-83) |
| 2 | Seattle Pacific | 9-1 | 2 | 18 | WN Dixie State (91-63), WN Holy Names (82-46) |
| 3 | Humboldt State | 8-1 | 7 | 16 | WA Cal State San Bernardino (61-42) |
| 4 | Cal State San Bernardino | 6-2 | 3 | 14 | LH Cal State San Bernardino (61-42) |
| 5 | Cal Poly Pomona | 5-3 | 4 | 12 | LA UC San Diego (50-62) |
| 6 | Cal Baptist | 10-2 | 6 | 10 | LA Academy of Art (68-76), WA Dominican (88-53), WA Notre Dame de Namur (82-62) |
| 7 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | 9-3 | rv | 8 | WH Cal State LA (69-55), WA Simon Fraser (74-61), WA Simon Fraser (79-74) |
| 8 | Hawaii Pacific | 8-2 | 8 | 6 | WA Chaminade (92-47), LA Alaska-Anchorage (83-109) |
| 9 | Academy of Art | 8-3 | NR | 4 | WH Cal Baptist (76-68), WH Azusa Pacific (74-70) |
| 10 | Simon Fraser | 5-4 | 5 | 2 | LH CSUDH (61-74), LH CSUDHÂ (74-79) |
| Receiving Votes: MSU Billings, Azusa Pacific, Western Washington | | |
