Through games of Sept. 8, 2018:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (24) | 1-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 1-0 | 596 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 1-0 | 570 | 3 |
| 4 | Brockport | 2-0 | 515 | 5 |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-0 | 509 | 7 |
| 6 | Frostburg State | 2-0 | 475 | 8 |
| 7 | Wesley | 1-0 | 445 | 9 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 1-0 | 429 | 10 |
| 9 | St. John's | 1-0 | 416 | 11 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 2-0 | 397 | 12 |
| 11 | Linfield | 0-1 | 362 | 6 |
| 12 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-0 | 314 | 16 |
| 13 | Washington and Jefferson | 2-0 | 305 | 15 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 1-0 | 282 | 14 |
| 15 | UW-Oshkosh | 1-1 | 278 | 4 |
| 16 | UW-Platteville | 1-0 | 243 | 17 |
| 17 | Trine | 2-0 | 217 | 19 |
| 18 | Berry | 2-0 | 197 | 20 |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve | 1-0 | 118 | 22 |
| 20 | John Carroll | 1-0 | 109 | 25 |
| 21 | RPI | 2-0 | 100 | 24 |
| 22 | Delaware Valley | 1-1 | 97 | 23 |
| 23 | UW-La Crosse | 2-0 | 92 | -- |
| 24 | Franklin and Marshall | 2-0 | 62 | -- |
| 25 | Springfield | 2-0 | 56 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 13 Wartburg; No. 18 Johns Hopkins; No. 21 Illinois Wesleyan.
Others receiving votes: Susquehanna 50; Wartburg 44; Baldwin Wallace 31; Alfred 29; Ohio Northern 25; Cortland 18; Johns Hopkins 17; Ithaca 16; Millikin 13; Illinois Wesleyan 12; Salisbury 11; Redlands 10; Wabash 9; Monmouth 9; Centre 5; Huntingdon 4; Southwestern 4; Whitworth 4; Trinity (Texas) 2; Washington and Lee 2; Albion 1; Concordia-Moorhead 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.