Through games of Oct. 29, 2022:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (23) | 8-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (2) | 8-0 | 595 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 7-1 | 569 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 7-1 | 523 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 7-0 | 519 | 5 |
| 6 | Trinity (Texas) | 8-0 | 473 | 6 |
| 7 | UW-La Crosse | 7-1 | 461 | 8 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-1 | 438 | 9 |
| 9 | Bethel | 7-1 | 419 | 11 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 6-2 | 416 | 10 |
| 11 | Cortland | 8-0 | 367 | 13 |
| 12 | Ithaca | 8-0 | 352 | 12 |
| 13 | Susquehanna | 8-0 | 296 | 19 |
| 14 | Delaware Valley | 8-0 | 290 | 14 |
| 15 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-2 | 270 | 15 |
| 16 | Wartburg | 8-0 | 267 | 16 |
| 17 | Johns Hopkins | 7-1 | 235 | 7 |
| 18 | Randolph-Macon | 8-0 | 220 | 17 |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon | 9-0 | 189 | 18 |
| 20 | Albion | 8-0 | 152 | 20 |
| 21 | Huntingdon | 7-1 | 108 | 23 |
| 22 | John Carroll | 7-1 | 88 | 25 |
| 23 | UW-River Falls | 5-3 | 60 | 21 |
| 24 | Endicott | 8-0 | 43 | -- |
| 25 | Washington U. | 7-1 | 26 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 22 UW-Platteville; No. 24 UW-Oshkosh.
Others receiving votes: UW-Oshkosh 20; Ripon 20; Birmingham Southern 18; UW-Stout 13; Mount St. Joseph 11; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 7; UW-Platteville 7; Alma 6; Trinity (Conn.) 5; Washington & Jefferson 4; Ursinus 4; Lake Forest 3; Muhlenberg 3; DePauw 1; Howard Payne 1; Morrisville State 1; Salisbury 1; Utica 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.