Through games of Saturday, Oct. 3:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (21) | 4-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (2) | 4-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield (2) | 3-0 | 568 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 4-0 | 548 | 4 |
| 5 | Wesley | 3-0 | 524 | 5 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 4-0 | 486 | 6 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 4-0 | 467 | 7 |
| 8 | Wabash | 4-0 | 441 | 8 |
| 9 | St. Thomas | 4-0 | 434 | 9 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins | 5-0 | 388 | 10 |
| 11 | Thomas More | 5-0 | 364 | 12 |
| 12 | UW-Platteville | 3-1 | 312 | 14 |
| 13 | St. John's | 4-1 | 298 | 16 |
| 14 | Rowan | 4-0 | 269 | 15 |
| 15 | UW-Oshkosh | 3-1 | 265 | 17 |
| 16 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-0 | 251 | 18 |
| 17 | North Central (Ill.) | 2-2 | 173 | 21 |
| 18 | Cortland State | 5-0 | 167 | 22 |
| 19 | Washington and Jefferson | 3-1 | 156 | 13 |
| 20 | Wittenberg | 3-1 | 111 | 24 |
| 21 | John Carroll | 3-1 | 110 | 11 |
| 22 | Hobart | 4-1 | 103 | 25 |
| 23 | Concordia-Moorhead | 4-1 | 82 | -- |
| 24 | Chicago | 4-0 | 55 | -- |
| 25 | Illinois Wesleyan | 4-0 | 49 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 Ithaca; No. 20 Bethel; No. 23 Guilford
Others receiving votes: Gustavus Adolphus 33; Ithaca 33; Albright 30; Maryville (Tenn.) 29; Texas Lutheran 27; Ohio Northern 24; Washington and Lee 23; Whitworth 22; Franklin 10; Hampden-Sydney 10; Rose-Hulman 9; Albion 8; Salisbury 8; Framingham State 5; Bethel 4; Gettysburg 3; Utica 3; Trinity (Conn.) 2; Western New England 2.
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.