Through games of Saturday, Oct. 26:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (16) | 7-0 | 609 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 6-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (3) | 7-0 | 591 | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 7-0 | 533 | 4 |
| 5 | Bethel | 7-0 | 519 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 7-0 | 495 | 7 |
| 7 | Hobart | 6-0 | 473 | 6 |
| 8 | UW-Platteville | 7-0 | 435 | 8 |
| 9 | Heidelberg | 7-0 | 416 | 11 |
| 10 | UW-Oshkosh | 6-1 | 356 | 9 |
| 11 | Franklin | 5-2 | 340 | 12 |
| 12 | Johns Hopkins | 7-0 | 337 | 13 |
| 13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-0 | 295 | 20 |
| 14 | Wabash | 7-0 | 287 | 14 |
| 15 | John Carroll | 7-0 | 274 | 16 |
| 16 | Pacific Lutheran | 6-1 | 260 | 17 |
| 17 | Wittenberg | 6-1 | 254 | 18 |
| 18 | St. Thomas | 5-2 | 210 | 15 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-1 | 146 | 10 |
| 20 | Wesley | 6-2 | 131 | 19 |
| 21 | Concordia-Moorhead | 6-1 | 128 | 22 |
| 22 | St. John's | 6-1 | 107 | 23 |
| 23 | Salisbury | 5-2 | 63 | 24 |
| 24 | Illinois College | 7-0 | 50 | -- |
| 25 | Willamette | 5-1 | 45 | 21 |
Dropped out: No. 25 St. John Fisher.
Others receiving votes: Millsaps 34; Ithaca 31; Wartburg 31; Maryville (Tenn.) 15; Lebanon Valley 15; Thomas More 13; Coe 9; Pacific 8; Trinity (Conn.) 5; Redlands 3; Framingham State 3; Texas Lutheran 3; Louisiana College 3; Wesleyan 1.
The D3football.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