| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Linfield (25) | 13-0 | 625 | 2 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 13-2 | 600 | 8 |
| 3 | Mount Union | 12-1 | 571 | 1 |
| 4 | Hardin-Simmons | 10-1 | 501 | 3 |
| 5 | Carthage | 11-2 | 491 | 16 |
| 6 | Rowan | 10-3 | 488 | 9 |
| 7 | Occidental | 10-2 | 463 | 24 |
| 8 | Washington and Jefferson | 12-1 | 447 | 5 |
| 9 | Concordia-Moorhead | 11-1 | 429 | 4 |
| 10 | Wooster | 11-1 | 397 | 6 |
| 11 | Delaware Valley | 12-1 | 363 | 11 |
| 12 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-2 | 339 | 14 |
| 13 | UW-La Crosse | 7-4 | 320 | 13 |
| 14 | Trinity (Texas) | 9-2 | 281 | 7 |
| 15 | St. John Fisher | 10-2 | 262 | 12 |
| 16 | Christopher Newport | 9-3 | 248 | 19 |
| 17 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 8-3 | 200 | 17 |
| 18 | Salisbury | 10-1 | 195 | 10 |
| 19 | Ohio Northern | 8-2 | 165 | 15 |
| 20 | Ithaca | 9-2 | 124 | 18 |
| 21 | Hobart | 9-2 | 95 | 23 |
| 22 | St. Norbert | 9-2 | 80 | 22 |
| 23 | Willamette | 7-4 | 71 | -- |
| 24 | Wartburg | 8-3 | 53 | -- |
| 25 | UW-Whitewater | 7-3 | 48 | 20 |
Others receiving votes: Mount St. Joseph 39, Trinity (Conn.) 33, Alma 31, UW-Eau Claire 30, Whitworth 17, Texas Lutheran 17, Aurora 16, Augustana 16, Muhlenberg 14, Johns Hopkins 12, Springfield 9, Shenandoah 9, Hampden-Sydney 9, Moravian 8, Albright 3, Capital 2, Waynesburg 1, New Jersey 1, Curry 1, McDaniel 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.