| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (13) | 13-1 | 609 | 2 |
| 2 | St. John's (8) | 14-0 | 588 | 1 |
| 3 | Linfield (3) | 11-1 | 545 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-La Crosse (1) | 10-2 | 484 | 8 |
| 5 | Springfield | 10-1 | 416 | 13 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 11-1 | 384 | 4 |
| 7 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 12-2 | 382 | 7 |
| 8 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 9-1 | 324 | 15 |
| 9 | UW-Stevens Point | 8-2 | 285 | 18 |
| 10 | Montclair State | 9-2 | 256 | 17 |
| 11 | Trinity (Texas) | 8-3 | 253 | 24 |
| 12 | Capital | 8-2 | 250 | -- |
| 13 | Ithaca | 10-3 | 243 | 10 |
| 14 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 12-1 | 237 | 6 |
| 15 | Bethel | 9-2 | 230 | 12 |
| 16 | Christopher Newport | 8-3 | 225 | 19 |
| 17 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-2 | 211 | -- |
| 18 | RPI | 11-2 | 201 | 5 |
| 19 | East Texas Baptist | 9-3 | 196 | 14 |
| 20 | Hampden-Sydney | 9-1 | 187 | 21 |
| 21 | Lycoming | 9-2 | 184 | 11 |
| 22 | Brockport State | 9-2 | 181 | 20 |
| 23 | Baldwin-Wallace | 10-2 | 168 | 9 |
| 24 | Wittenberg | 8-2 | 130 | -- |
| 25 | Johns Hopkins | 10-1 | 128 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Wooster 97, Delaware Valley 71, St. Norbert 70, Rowan 68, Waynesburg 67, Pacific Lutheran 62, UW-Whitewater 58, Washington and Jefferson 38, John Carroll 35, Simpson 31, Millikin 22, Wabash 21, Allegheny 19, Augustana 19, Salisbury 18, Hope 15, Muhlenberg 14, Williams 13, Kings Point 11, Cortland State 9, Redlands 7, Trinity (Conn.) 7, Wilkes 6, Concordia (Wis.) 6, Adrian 6, New Jersey 5, Menlo 5, Willamette 4, Westminster (Pa.) 4, Shenandoah 4, Curry 4, Concordia-Moorhead 4, St. John Fisher 2, Gettysburg 2, Thomas More 1, Rhodes 1, Albright 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.