| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (22) | 1-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (3) | 1-0 | 602 | 2 |
| 3 | Rowan | 1-0 | 528 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 1-0 | 501 | 4 |
| 5 | Capital | 1-0 | 476 | 5 |
| 6 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 0-0 | 472 | 6 |
| 7 | Linfield | 0-0 | 466 | 7 |
| 8 | Wesley | 1-0 | 428 | 8 |
| 9 | Occidental | 0-0 | 386 | 9 |
| 10 | Hardin-Simmons | 1-0 | 366 | 11 |
| 11 | Union | 0-0 | 302 | 10 |
| 12 | Delaware Valley | 0-0 | 297 | 12 |
| 13 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 1-0 | 278 | 13 |
| 14 | UW-La Crosse | 1-0 | 226 | -- |
| 15 | Augustana | 1-0 | 224 | 14 |
| 16 | Ohio Northern | 0-0 | 210 | 17 |
| 17 | Central | 1-0 | 175 | 18 |
| 18 | Hobart | 0-0 | 157 | 19 |
| 19 | Ithaca | 1-0 | 154 | 24 |
| 20 | Coe | 1-0 | 139 | 22 |
| 21 | North Central (Ill.) | 0-0 | 120 | 21 |
| 22 | Wabash | 0-0 | 117 | 20 |
| 23 | Wilkes | 1-0 | 101 | 23 |
| 24 | Trinity (Texas) | 1-0 | 87 | -- |
| 25 | Whitworth | 0-0 | 68 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Concordia-Moorhead 65, UW-Oshkosh 62, RPI 61, Thiel 58, Salisbury 56, Washington and Jefferson 42, Cortland State 36, Howard Payne 31, St. John Fisher 30, Wheaton (Ill.) 28, UW-Eau Claire 24, Trinity (Conn.) 22, UW-Stout 20, Mount St. Joseph 10, Alfred 10, Albion 9, Adrian 7, Wooster 5, Alma 5, Texas Lutheran 4, Washington and Lee 3, Huntingdon 3, Wartburg 2, DePauw 2, Baldwin-Wallace 2, Cal Lutheran 1, East Texas Baptist 1, St. Norbert 1, Thomas More 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.