| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (23) | 14-1 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (2) | 14-1 | 601 | 2 |
| 3 | Rowan | 11-2 | 518 | 4 |
| 4 | St. John's | 11-1 | 492 | 7 |
| 5 | Capital | 10-3 | 456 | 5 |
| 6 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 9-2 | 452 | 11 |
| 7 | Linfield | 10-1 | 447 | 3 |
| 8 | Wesley | 12-2 | 432 | 10 |
| 9 | Occidental | 9-1 | 377 | 9 |
| 10 | Union | 11-1 | 290 | 14 |
| 11 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-2 | 283 | -- |
| 12 | Delaware Valley | 12-1 | 275 | 6 |
| 13 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 10-2 | 273 | 12 |
| 14 | Augustana | 10-2 | 243 | 13 |
| 15 | Washington and Jefferson | 9-2 | 221 | 21 |
| 16 | Concordia-Moorhead | 10-2 | 205 | 8 |
| 17 | Ohio Northern | 8-2 | 202 | 18 |
| 18 | Central | 9-2 | 169 | 20 |
| 19 | Hobart | 9-2 | 147 | 22 |
| 20 | Wabash | 11-1 | 141 | 15 |
| 21 | North Central (Ill.) | 9-2 | 140 | 16 |
| 22 | Coe | 9-2 | 131 | 23 |
| 23 | Wilkes | 8-3 | 120 | -- |
| 24 | Ithaca | 8-3 | 104 | 24 |
| 25 | Thiel | 11-1 | 94 | 17 |
Others receiving votes: Trinity (Texas) 90, Whitworth 86, UW-La Crosse 58, UW-Oshkosh 55, RPI 44, Wheaton (Ill.) 43, Cortland State 43, Howard Payne 37, UW-Stout 30, St. John Fisher 29, UW-Eau Claire 27, Mount St. Joseph 22, Trinity (Conn.) 20, Ferrum 17, Salisbury 14, Alfred 13, Monmouth 10, Christopher Newport 8, Alma 8, Adrian 7, Wartburg 4, Albion 4, Wooster 3, Hampden-Sydney 3, Cal Lutheran 3, Huntingdon 3, Baldwin-Wallace 2, Washington and Lee 2, Averett 1, East Texas Baptist 1, Thomas More 1, 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.