| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater | 14-1 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | Capital | 11-2 | 558 | 4 |
| 4 | St. John Fisher | 12-2 | 539 | 16 |
| 5 | St. John's | 11-2 | 511 | 12 |
| 6 | UW-La Crosse | 9-2 | 506 | 7 |
| 7 | Wesley | 13-1 | 464 | 3 |
| 8 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 10-3 | 455 | 5 |
| 9 | Whitworth | 11-1 | 382 | 8 |
| 10 | Springfield | 10-2 | 355 | 15 |
| 11 | Central | 10-1 | 351 | 9 |
| 12 | Rowan | 9-3 | 325 | 13 |
| 13 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-2 | 317 | 6 |
| 14 | Wilkes | 11-1 | 311 | 11 |
| 15 | Occidental | 9-1 | 261 | 10 |
| 16 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-2 | 238 | 18 |
| 17 | Bethel | 9-2 | 224 | 17 |
| 18 | Washington and Jefferson | 10-2 | 206 | 20 |
| 19 | North Central (Ill.) | 9-3 | 155 | -- |
| 20 | Hobart | 8-2 | 147 | 19 |
| 21 | Cortland State | 9-2 | 139 | 14 |
| 22 | Carnegie Mellon | 11-1 | 124 | 24 |
| 23 | Linfield | 6-3 | 75 | 21 |
| 24 | Christopher Newport | 8-3 | 56 | -- |
| 25 | Union | 7-3 | 55 | 22 |
Others receiving votes: Mount St. Joseph 31, Baldwin-Wallace 30, Williams 27, St. Norbert 17, Concordia (Wis.) 10, Wabash 7, St. Olaf 4, Ohio Northern 4, Millsaps 4, RPI 4, Curry 3, Ithaca 2, Trinity (Texas) 1, Wartburg 1, Marietta 1, Delaware Valley 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.