The University of Mary Washington men's basketball team rose to 15th in the nation in this week's D3Hoops.com's national poll, its highest ever ranking by the organization.
The Eagles, 13-2 on the season, were ranked 20th last week and defeated Penn State-Harrisburg and Christopher Newport last week. UMW has been ranked as high as 17th in the nation three times, including once this season and once in 2002-03 when the Eagles finished 24-5 overall and advanced to the NCAA Tournament after winning the CAC Tournament. That season, they were ranked as high as 12th by the NABC.
D3hoops.com men's Top 25, Week 7
Through games of Sunday, Jan. 19:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Stevens Point (23) | 16-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Wooster (1) | 14-1 | 594 | 2 |
| 3 | Cabrini (1) | 13-0 | 581 | 3 |
| 4 | Illinois Wesleyan | 14-2 | 513 | 4 |
| 5 | WPI | 14-1 | 501 | 5 |
| 6 | Amherst | 13-2 | 494 | 6 |
| 7 | UW-Whitewater | 14-2 | 460 | 8 |
| 8 | Washington U. | 12-2 | 447 | 7 |
| 9 | Williams | 13-2 | 424 | 10 |
| 10 | St. Thomas | 12-2 | 395 | 11 |
| 11 | St. Norbert | 13-1 | 373 | 12 |
| 12 | Wesley | 13-1 | 331 | 14 |
| 13 | Augustana | 14-2 | 329 | 13 |
| 14 | SUNY-Purchase | 12-0 | 219 | 17 |
| 15 | Mary Washington | 13-2 | 211 | 20 |
| 16 | Virginia Wesleyan | 12-3 | 182 | 18 |
| 17 | Messiah | 13-1 | 178 | 15 |
| 18 | Wittenberg | 12-3 | 170 | 9 |
| 19 | Ohio Wesleyan | 12-3 | 162 | 22 |
| 20 | Albertus Magnus | 12-1 | 159 | 23 |
| 21 | Oglethorpe | 14-1 | 149 | 24 |
| 22 | Bowdoin | 13-1 | 123 | 19 |
| 23 | Brockport State | 11-1 | 78 | -- |
| 24 | St. Mary's (Md.) | 11-4 | 74 | 16 |
| 25 | Dubuque | 15-0 | 40 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 25 Colorado College.
Others receiving votes: Dickinson 38; Mount Union 33; Whitworth 27; Texas-Dallas 24; William Paterson 21; Stevenson 20; Richard Stockton 20; Christopher Newport 18; Augsburg 16; DePauw 15; Colorado College 11; Rose-Hulman 11; St. Vincent 10; Springfield 9; Calvin 8; Babson 7; Emory 6; MIT 5; Randolph-Macon 3; Hampden-Sydney 3; Staten Island 3; Carthage 3; Eastern Connecticut 2; Geneseo State 1; Marietta 1; Scranton 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.