| # | School (1st votes) | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | St. John's | 594 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield | 551 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 531 | 4 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 511 | 5 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 501 | 6 |
| 7 | Baldwin-Wallace | 458 | 7 |
| 8 | Springfield | 436 | 8 |
| 9 | UW-La Crosse | 405 | 9 |
| 10 | Bethel | 403 | 10 |
| 11 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 338 | 11 |
| 12 | Christopher Newport | 278 | 14 |
| 13 | UW-Whitewater | 268 | 21 |
| 14 | Trinity (Texas) | 250 | 19 |
| 15 | Hardin-Simmons | 233 | 17 |
| 16 | New Jersey | 232 | 15 |
| 17 | Hampden-Sydney | 221 | 16 |
| 18 | Ithaca | 194 | 22 |
| 19 | Capital | 143 | 18 |
| 20 | Rowan | 114 | 12 |
| 21 | Brockport State | 109 | 24 |
| 22 | UW-Stevens Point | 102 | 23 |
| 23 | St. Norbert | 94 | 25 |
| 24 | Lycoming | 70 | -- |
| 25 | Waynesburg | 66 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Salisbury 56, Washington and Jefferson 50, RPI 37, Delaware Valley 37, Simpson 31, Johns Hopkins 30, Wittenberg 29, Montclair State 29, Wabash 19, Trinity (Conn.) 16, Pacific Lutheran 12, Concordia (Wis.) 11, East Texas Baptist 10, Menlo 8, Hanover 7, Augustana 7, John Carroll 3, Curry 3, Willamette 1, UW-Stout 1, Concordia-Moorhead 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.