Through games of Saturday, Oct. 25:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (23) | 7-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 7-0 | 591 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union (1) | 7-0 | 583 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 8-0 | 545 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 6-0 | 527 | 5 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 7-0 | 486 | 6 |
| 7 | John Carroll | 7-0 | 480 | 7 |
| 8 | Hobart | 7-0 | 423 | 8 |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins | 7-0 | 415 | 9 |
| 10 | Wabash | 7-0 | 404 | 10 |
| 11 | Bethel | 6-1 | 378 | 11 |
| 12 | Widener | 7-0 | 314 | 16 |
| 13 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-0 | 303 | 17 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 6-1 | 269 | 14 |
| 15 | St. John Fisher | 6-1 | 262 | 15 |
| 16 | UW-Platteville | 6-1 | 252 | 13 |
| 17 | Washington and Jefferson | 7-0 | 208 | 18 |
| 18 | Concordia-Moorhead | 7-1 | 172 | 20 |
| 19 | St. John's | 6-1 | 168 | 21 |
| 20 | UW-Stevens Point | 6-1 | 148 | 19 |
| 21 | Delaware Valley | 7-0 | 139 | 23 |
| 22 | Hampden-Sydney | 6-1 | 128 | 24 |
| 23 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-2 | 114 | 12 |
| 24 | Chapman | 5-1 | 90 | 25 |
| 25 | Centre | 7-0 | 27 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 22 St. Thomas.
Others receiving votes: Thomas More 16; Montclair State 12; St. Thomas 11; Salisbury 9; Guilford 8; Texas Lutheran 6; Gustavus Adolphus 4; Amherst 3; Franklin 3; Heidelberg 2; Ithaca 1; Muhlenberg 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.