Through games of Saturday, Nov. 8:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (22) | 9-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 9-0 | 587 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union (2) | 9-0 | 586 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 9-0 | 551 | 4 |
| 5 | Wartburg | 9-0 | 513 | 5 |
| 6 | John Carroll | 9-0 | 507 | 6 |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins | 9-0 | 451 | 8 |
| 8 | Hobart | 9-0 | 444 | 7 |
| 9 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 9-0 | 400 | 12 |
| 10 | Linfield | 7-1 | 381 | 11 |
| 11 | Wittenberg | 8-1 | 375 | 14 |
| 12 | Widener | 9-0 | 353 | 13 |
| 13 | St. John's | 8-1 | 296 | 18 |
| 14 | Washington and Jefferson | 9-0 | 294 | 16 |
| 15 | UW-Platteville | 7-2 | 245 | 17 |
| 16 | Delaware Valley | 9-0 | 237 | 19 |
| 17 | Wabash | 8-1 | 224 | 9 |
| 18 | Bethel | 7-2 | 200 | 10 |
| 19 | North Central (Ill.) | 7-2 | 178 | 20 |
| 20 | Chapman | 7-1 | 172 | 21 |
| 21 | Centre | 9-0 | 115 | 22 |
| 22 | St. Thomas | 7-2 | 69 | 24 |
| 23 | Ithaca | 7-2 | 59 | -- |
| 24 | St. John Fisher | 7-2 | 55 | 15 |
| 25 | Thomas More | 8-2 | 44 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 23 Montclair State; No. 25 Willamette.
Others receiving votes: Texas Lutheran 25; Heidelberg 21; Muhlenberg 20; Franklin 17; Concordia-Moorhead 17; UW-Stevens Point 10; Hampden-Sydney 10; Guilford 8; Hardin-Simmons 8; Chicago 6; MIT 6; St. Lawrence 6; Amherst 5; Pacific 3; Framingham State 2; Morrisville State 2; Lycoming 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.