Through games of Sept. 2, 2018:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (24) | 1-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 0-0 | 592 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 1-0 | 567 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Oshkosh | 1-0 | 505 | 4 |
| 5 | Brockport | 1-0 | 500 | 6 |
| 6 | Linfield | 0-0 | 484 | 5 |
| 7 | North Central (Ill.) | 0-0 | 463 | 7 |
| 8 | Frostburg State | 1-0 | 436 | 8 |
| 9 | Wesley | 1-0 | 412 | 9 |
| 10 | Hardin-Simmons | 0-0 | 402 | 10 |
| 11 | St. John's | 1-0 | 374 | 11 |
| 12 | UW-Whitewater | 1-0 | 357 | 12 |
| 13 | Wartburg | 1-0 | 302 | 13 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 1-0 | 251 | 14 |
| 15 | Washington and Jefferson | 1-0 | 245 | 15 |
| 16 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-0 | 241 | 18 |
| 17 | UW-Platteville | 1-0 | 209 | 16 |
| 18 | Johns Hopkins | 1-0 | 204 | 19 |
| 19 | Trine | 1-0 | 172 | 20 |
| 20 | Berry | 1-0 | 138 | 22 |
| 21 | Illinois Wesleyan | 0-0 | 135 | 21 |
| 22 | Case Western Reserve | 1-0 | 84 | 23 |
| 23 | Delaware Valley | 0-1 | 71 | 17 |
| 24 | RPI | 1-0 | 56 | 25 |
| 25 | John Carroll | 1-0 | 50 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 24 Franklin & Marshall.
Others receiving votes: Franklin & Marshall 45; Concordia-Moorhead 34; Springfield 32; UW-La Crosse 27; Alfred 16; Franklin 13; Ohio Northern 13; Ithaca 10; Framingham State 10; Baldwin Wallace 10; Redlands 8; Salisbury 7; Millikin 6; George Fox 5; DePauw 3; Wabash 3; Washington & Lee 3; Huntingdon 3; Whitworth 3; Trinity (Texas) 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. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.