| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Linfield (25) | 3-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 3-0 | 588 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union | 4-0 | 579 | 3 |
| 4 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-0 | 543 | 4 |
| 5 | Rowan | 4-0 | 506 | 5 |
| 6 | Occidental | 4-0 | 476 | 8 |
| 7 | St. John's | 5-0 | 449 | 9 |
| 8 | UW-Whitewater | 4-0 | 430 | 10 |
| 9 | Delaware Valley | 5-0 | 386 | 11 |
| 10 | Trinity (Texas) | 4-0 | 380 | 12 |
| 11 | Ithaca | 4-0 | 372 | 13 |
| 12 | UW-La Crosse | 2-1 | 348 | 14 |
| 13 | Carthage | 4-0 | 304 | 16 |
| 14 | Concordia-Moorhead | 4-0 | 292 | 15 |
| 15 | St. John Fisher | 4-1 | 247 | 17 |
| 16 | Washington and Jefferson | 4-1 | 185 | 6 |
| 17 | Salisbury | 4-1 | 165 | 20 |
| 18 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 3-1 | 147 | 23 |
| 19 | McDaniel | 4-0 | 130 | 24 |
| 20 | North Central (Ill.) | 4-0 | 126 | -- |
| 21 | Ohio Northern | 3-1 | 121 | 7 |
| 22 | Thiel | 4-0 | 104 | -- |
| 23 | UW-Stout | 4-0 | 92 | -- |
| 24 | Wooster | 4-0 | 73 | -- |
| 25 | Coe | 4-0 | 54 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Wesley 51, Capital 50, Hobart 34, Augustana 30, Texas Lutheran 27, Albright 27, Wheaton (Ill.) 26, Whitworth 25, Alma 19, Johns Hopkins 16, Union 15, Trinity (Conn.) 13, Central 13, St. Olaf 11, UW-Eau Claire 10, Christopher Newport 10, Wabash 8, John Carroll 7, Hampden-Sydney 6, Ferrum 2, Adrian 2, Monmouth 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.