| # | School (1st votes) | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | St. John's | 586 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield | 554 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 535 | 4 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 507 | 5 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 504 | 6 |
| 7 | Baldwin-Wallace | 470 | 7 |
| 8 | Springfield | 437 | 8 |
| 9 | UW-La Crosse | 424 | 9 |
| 10 | Bethel | 393 | 10 |
| 11 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 360 | 11 |
| 12 | Christopher Newport | 328 | 12 |
| 13 | Ithaca | 261 | 18 |
| 14 | UW-Stevens Point | 254 | 22 |
| 15 | Hampden-Sydney | 246 | 17 |
| 16 | Brockport State | 183 | 21 |
| 17 | Rowan | 167 | 20 |
| 18 | St. Norbert | 152 | 23 |
| 19 | Montclair State | 123 | -- |
| 20 | Waynesburg | 111 | 25 |
| 21 | Lycoming | 108 | 24 |
| 22 | Hardin-Simmons | 94 | 15 |
| 23 | Washington and Jefferson | 92 | -- |
| 24 | New Jersey | 90 | 16 |
| 25 | RPI | 81 | -- |
Others receiving votes: UW-Whitewater 73, Salisbury 56, Delaware Valley 56, Simpson 56, Johns Hopkins 36, Capital 33, Concordia (Wis.) 23, Trinity (Texas) 14, Augustana 14, Allegheny 13, East Texas Baptist 10, Hope 9, Menlo 8, Willamette 7, Trinity (Conn.) 7, John Carroll 6, Curry 5, Concordia-Moorhead 5, Adrian 4, Westminster (Pa.) 3, Wilkes 2, Wittenberg 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.