Though games of Saturday, Nov. 7:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 9-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 8-0 | 605 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 8-1 | 560 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 9-0 | 527 | 5 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 9-0 | 512 | 7 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 8-1 | 510 | 6 |
| 7 | Wabash | 9-0 | 469 | 9 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins | 9-0 | 430 | 11 |
| 9 | Thomas More | 10-0 | 412 | 12 |
| 10 | St. John's | 8-1 | 388 | 13 |
| 11 | Wesley | 8-1 | 370 | 4 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-1 | 363 | 8 |
| 13 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 8-1 | 344 | 10 |
| 14 | UW-Platteville | 7-2 | 289 | 14 |
| 15 | John Carroll | 8-1 | 252 | 15 |
| 16 | North Central (Ill.) | 6-3 | 223 | 16 |
| 17 | Washington and Lee | 9-0 | 206 | 17 |
| 18 | Texas Lutheran | 7-2 | 169 | 20 |
| 19 | Wartburg | 8-1 | 137 | 21 |
| 20 | Dubuque | 7-2 | 99 | 24 |
| 21 | Salisbury | 6-2 | 73 | -- |
| 22 | Case Western Reserve | 7-2 | 68 | 18 |
| 23 | East Texas Baptist | 7-2 | 67 | -- |
| 24 | Albright | 8-1 | 66 | -- |
| 25 | Whitworth | 8-1 | 53 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 Delaware Valley; No. 22 Illinois Wesleyan; No. 23 Concordia-Moorhead; No. 25 St. Lawrence.
Others receiving votes: Franklin 48; Guilford 33; Illinois Wesleyan 27; Washington and Jefferson 25; DePauw 24; St. Norbert 20; La Verne 16; Western New England 16; Cortland State 16; Concordia-Moorhead 15; Framingham State 15; Gustavus Adolphus 12; Amherst 11; St. Lawrence 9; Monmouth 8; Ohio Northern 7; Huntingdon 6; Albion 5; Delaware Valley 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.