Through games of Saturday, Oct. 10:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 5-0 | 619 | 2 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 4-0 | 595 | 3 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 5-0 | 571 | 4 |
| 4 | Wesley | 5-0 | 539 | 5 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 4-1 | 480 | 15 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 4-1 | 473 | 1 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-0 | 460 | 7 |
| 8 | Wartburg | 5-0 | 459 | 6 |
| 9 | St. Thomas | 5-0 | 440 | 9 |
| 10 | Wabash | 5-0 | 437 | 8 |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 5-0 | 372 | 10 |
| 12 | Thomas More | 6-0 | 368 | 11 |
| 13 | UW-Platteville | 4-1 | 307 | 12 |
| 14 | St. John's | 4-1 | 289 | 13 |
| 15 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-0 | 281 | 16 |
| 16 | Washington and Jefferson | 4-1 | 212 | 19 |
| 17 | North Central (Ill.) | 3-2 | 210 | 17 |
| 18 | John Carroll | 4-1 | 139 | 21 |
| 19 | Concordia-Moorhead | 5-1 | 132 | 23 |
| 20 | Illinois Wesleyan | 5-0 | 124 | 25 |
| 21 | Albright | 5-0 | 87 | -- |
| 22 | Rowan | 4-1 | 68 | 14 |
| 23 | Salisbury | 3-1 | 63 | -- |
| 24 | Ithaca | 4-1 | 51 | -- |
| 25 | Texas Lutheran | 5-1 | 50 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 18 Cortland State; No. 20 Wittenberg; No. 22 Hobart; No. 24 Chicago.
Others receiving votes: Gustavus Adolphus 48; DePauw 43; Washington and Lee 42; Whitworth 32; Cortland State 25; Franklin 21; Bethel 14; Albion 11; Rose-Hulman 10; Framingham State 7; St. Lawrence 6; Chicago 5; Western New England 5; Wittenberg 5; Delaware Valley 4; Hobart 4; Maryville 4; Utica 4; Amherst 3; Ohio Northern 2; Berry 1; Centre 1; Gettysburg 1; Hendrix 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.