Through games of Saturday, Sept. 27:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (25) | 3-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 4-0 | 592 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union | 3-0 | 577 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 4-0 | 548 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 2-0 | 525 | 6 |
| 6 | John Carroll | 3-0 | 472 | 8 |
| 7 | St. John Fisher | 3-0 | 467 | 7 |
| 8 | Wartburg | 3-0 | 439 | 9 |
| 9 | Hobart | 4-0 | 382 | 11 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins | 4-0 | 370 | 14 |
| 11 | Wabash | 3-0 | 365 | 12 |
| 12 | Bethel | 2-1 | 302 | 15 |
| 13 | North Central (Ill.) | 2-1 | 289 | 5 |
| 14 | Pacific Lutheran | 2-0 | 256 | 16 |
| 15 | Ithaca | 3-0 | 245 | 17 |
| 16 | Wittenberg | 2-1 | 192 | 18 |
| 17 | UW-Stevens Point | 3-0 | 188 | -- |
| 18 | UW-Platteville | 2-1 | 174 | 13 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 154 | 19 |
| 20 | Thomas More | 3-1 | 145 | 20 |
| 21 | Widener | 4-0 | 127 | 21 |
| 22 | Concordia-Moorhead | 4-0 | 125 | 25 |
| 23 | St. John's | 3-1 | 118 | -- |
| 24 | St. Thomas | 2-1 | 104 | 10 |
| 25 | Lycoming | 4-0 | 54 | 22 |
Dropped out: No. 23 Heidelberg, No. 24 Hampden-Sydney.
Others receiving votes: Hampden-Sydney 48; Heidelberg 45; Chapman 40; Washington and Jefferson 37; Texas Lutheran 33; Guilford 21; Simpson 21; Willamette 19; Rowan 11; Wesleyan 4; Rhodes 3; Delaware Valley 3; Ohio Northern 2; Franklin 2; East Texas Baptist 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.