| # | School (1st votes) | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | St. John's | 591 | 2 |
| 3 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 532 | 4 |
| 4 | UW-La Crosse | 518 | 9 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 512 | 6 |
| 6 | Linfield | 507 | 7 |
| 7 | Rowan | 503 | 5 |
| 8 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 407 | 11 |
| 9 | Wartburg | 387 | 14 |
| 10 | UW-Stevens Point | 384 | 12 |
| 11 | Baldwin-Wallace | 382 | 3 |
| 12 | Ithaca | 316 | 13 |
| 13 | UW-Stout | 291 | 10 |
| 14 | Hampden-Sydney | 280 | 16 |
| 15 | Lycoming | 275 | 17 |
| 16 | Wittenberg | 228 | 19 |
| 17 | Washington and Jefferson | 176 | 18 |
| 18 | John Carroll | 161 | 22 |
| 19 | Brockport State | 151 | 23 |
| 20 | Wooster | 146 | 24 |
| 21 | Hardin-Simmons | 133 | 20 |
| 22 | Trinity (Texas) | 118 | 8 |
| 23 | Bethel | 99 | -- |
| 24 | Springfield | 95 | -- |
| 25 | Capital | 52 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Pomona-Pitzer 30, Hanover 28, Johns Hopkins 28, Salisbury 21, Howard Payne 16, Olivet 14, DePauw 13, Wabash 12, St. Norbert 11, Whitworth 11, Pacific Lutheran 10, Central 7, UW-Eau Claire 7, Willamette 7, Case Western 5, Millikin 5, Concordia-Moorhead 4, East Texas Baptist 4, Hope 4, Kings Point 4, Williams 4, Mass-Dartmouth 3, Alma 2, Buena Vista 2, UW-Platteville 2, Augustana 1, Muskingum 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.