Through games of Saturday, Oct. 11:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (25) | 5-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 5-0 | 590 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union | 5-0 | 581 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 6-0 | 547 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 4-0 | 527 | 5 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 5-0 | 484 | 7 |
| 7 | John Carroll | 5-0 | 482 | 6 |
| 8 | Hobart | 6-0 | 432 | 8 |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins | 5-0 | 417 | 9 |
| 10 | Wabash | 5-0 | 394 | 10 |
| 11 | Bethel | 4-1 | 364 | 11 |
| 12 | North Central (Ill.) | 4-1 | 324 | 12 |
| 13 | UW-Stevens Point | 5-0 | 284 | 16 |
| 14 | UW-Platteville | 4-1 | 239 | 17 |
| 15 | Wittenberg | 4-1 | 234 | 14 |
| 16 | St. John Fisher | 4-1 | 217 | 15 |
| 17 | Widener | 5-0 | 216 | 19 |
| 18 | Pacific Lutheran | 3-1 | 187 | 21 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-0 | 165 | 18 |
| 20 | Washington and Jefferson | 5-0 | 119 | 22 |
| 21 | Concordia-Moorhead | 5-1 | 92 | 23 |
| 22 | St. John's | 4-1 | 89 | 24 |
| 23 | St. Thomas | 4-1 | 87 | 25 |
| 24 | Delaware Valley | 5-0 | 83 | -- |
| 25 | Hampden-Sydney | 4-1 | 73 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 13 Ithaca, No. 20 Lycoming.
Others receiving votes: Ithaca 64; Chapman 51; Texas Lutheran 45; Buffalo State 22; Heidelberg 21; Gustavus Adolphus 14; Willamette 13; Salisbury 12; Chicago 8; Emory and Henry 6; Guilford 6; Thomas More 6; Wesleyan 4; 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.