Through games of Saturday, Nov. 2:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (16) | 8-0 | 609 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 7-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (3) | 8-0 | 590 | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 8-0 | 537 | 4 |
| 5 | Bethel | 8-0 | 516 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 8-0 | 509 | 6 |
| 7 | Hobart | 7-0 | 472 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Oshkosh | 7-1 | 389 | 10 |
| 9 | Franklin | 6-2 | 388 | 11 |
| 10 | Heidelberg | 7-1 | 376 | 9 |
| 11 | UW-Platteville | 7-1 | 367 | 8 |
| 12 | Johns Hopkins | 8-0 | 335 | 12 |
| 13 | Wabash | 8-0 | 315 | 14 |
| 14 | John Carroll | 8-0 | 312 | 15 |
| 15 | Pacific Lutheran | 7-1 | 295 | 16 |
| 16 | Wittenberg | 7-1 | 273 | 17 |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-1 | 196 | 13 |
| 18 | St. Thomas | 6-2 | 194 | 18 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-1 | 184 | 19 |
| 20 | Wesley | 6-2 | 131 | 20 |
| 21 | Concordia-Moorhead | 7-1 | 130 | 21 |
| 22 | Illinois College | 8-0 | 86 | 24 |
| 23 | Millsaps | 8-0 | 73 | -- |
| 24 | Ithaca | 7-1 | 58 | -- |
| 25 | Lebanon Valley | 7-1 | 39 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 22 St. John's; No. 23 Salisbury; No. 25 Willamette.
Others receiving votes: Texas Lutheran 29; Maryville (Tenn.) 22; Pacific 19; St. John's 18; Thomas More 17; Willamette 12; Baldwin Wallace 11; Redlands 7; Coe 7; Framingham State 5; Wesleyan (Conn.) 4; Christopher Newport 2; Rowan 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.