Through games of Nov. 5:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (24) | 9-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (1) | 9-0 | 594 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 8-1 | 557 | 3 |
| 4 | Linfield | 8-0 | 523 | 5 |
| 5 | St. John's | 8-1 | 518 | 4 |
| 6 | Trinity (Texas) | 9-0 | 481 | 6 |
| 7 | UW-La Crosse | 8-1 | 459 | 7 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-1 | 441 | 8 |
| 9 | Bethel | 8-1 | 403 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 7-2 | 392 | 10 |
| 11 | Cortland | 9-0 | 380 | 11 |
| 12 | Ithaca | 9-0 | 349 | 12 |
| 13 | Susquehanna | 9-0 | 310 | 13 |
| 14 | Delaware Valley | 9-0 | 304 | 14 |
| 15 | Wartburg | 9-0 | 286 | 16 |
| 16 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-2 | 253 | 15 |
| 17 | Johns Hopkins | 8-1 | 233 | 17 |
| 18 | Randolph-Macon | 9-0 | 224 | 18 |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon | 9-0 | 193 | 19 |
| 20 | Albion | 9-0 | 145 | 20 |
| 21 | Huntingdon | 8-1 | 120 | 21 |
| 22 | John Carroll | 7-2 | 82 | 22 |
| 23 | Endicott | 9-0 | 63 | 24 |
| 24 | UW-River Falls | 5-4 | 24 | 23 |
| 25 | Birmingham-Southern | 7-2 | 22 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 25 Washington U.
Others receiving votes: UW-Oshkosh 19; Washington U. 18; Mount St. Joseph 17; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 11; Howard Payne 11; Alma 11; UW-Platteville 10; DePauw 9; Utica 8; Washington & Jefferson 7; Ursinus 6; Trinity (Conn.) 5; Lake Forest 3.
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.