| # | School (1st votes) | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | St. John's | 593 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 533 | 5 |
| 5 | Wartburg | 520 | 6 |
| 6 | Baldwin-Wallace | 491 | 7 |
| 7 | Springfield | 473 | 8 |
| 8 | UW-La Crosse | 452 | 9 |
| 9 | Bethel | 395 | 10 |
| 10 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 388 | 11 |
| 11 | Christopher Newport | 353 | 12 |
| 12 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 283 | 4 |
| 13 | UW-Stevens Point | 268 | 14 |
| 14 | Ithaca | 255 | 13 |
| 15 | Hampden-Sydney | 243 | 15 |
| 16 | Brockport State | 213 | 16 |
| 17 | St. Norbert | 176 | 18 |
| 18 | Montclair State | 163 | 19 |
| 19 | Lycoming | 153 | 21 |
| 20 | Rowan | 128 | 17 |
| 21 | Waynesburg | 115 | 20 |
| 22 | Washington and Jefferson | 111 | 23 |
| 23 | East Texas Baptist | 107 | -- |
| 24 | Hardin-Simmons | 100 | 22 |
| 25 | RPI | 89 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: UW-Whitewater 55, Johns Hopkins 55, Simpson 46, Concordia (Wis.) 28, Trinity (Conn.) 25, Augustana 18, Trinity (Texas) 17, Capital 15, Adrian 11, John Carroll 10, Hope 10, Willamette 9, Curry 8, Allegheny 7, Concordia-Moorhead 7, Wilkes 7, Salisbury 4, Delaware Valley 1, Pacific Lutheran 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.