Through games of Oct. 1, 2022:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (18) | 4-0 | 612 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (5) | 4-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater (1) | 3-1 | 571 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 4-1 | 557 | 4 |
| 5 | Trinity (Texas) | 4-0 | 483 | 5 |
| 6 | St. John's | 3-1 | 476 | 6 |
| 7 | Linfield | 3-0 | 461 | 7 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins | 5-0 | 435 | 8 |
| 9 | UW-La Crosse | 3-1 | 403 | 9 |
| 10 | Hardin-Simmons | 3-1 | 382 | 10 |
| 11 | Bethel | 3-1 | 365 | 12 |
| 12 | Ithaca | 4-0 | 349 | 13 |
| 13 | Cortland | 4-0 | 342 | 14 |
| 14 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-2 | 287 | 11 |
| 15 | Delaware Valley | 5-0 | 264 | 15 |
| 16 | UW-Oshkosh | 3-1 | 259 | 16 |
| 17 | UW-River Falls | 3-1 | 248 | 17 |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon | 5-0 | 191 | 18 |
| 19 | Randolph-Macon | 4-0 | 187 | 19 |
| 20 | Wartburg | 5-0 | 164 | 21 |
| 21 | Susquehanna | 5-0 | 161 | 20 |
| 22 | Albion | 5-0 | 104 | 22 |
| 23 | Huntingdon | 4-1 | 50 | 24 |
| 24 | Central | 3-1 | 44 | 23 |
| 25 | DePauw | 5-0 | 29 | 25 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Washington U. 22; Lake Forest 20; UW-Stout 13; Utica 11; John Carroll 10; Muhlenberg 6; Heidelberg 4; Washington & Jefferson 4; Endicott 4; Grove City 3; Salisbury 2; Birmingham-Southern 1; Mount St. Joseph 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.