| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (22) | 9-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (3) | 9-0 | 603 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 9-0 | 573 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 9-0 | 538 | 4 |
| 5 | Capital | 8-1 | 486 | 5 |
| 6 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 7-2 | 467 | 6 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-1 | 448 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-La Crosse | 7-1 | 426 | 9 |
| 9 | Whitworth | 9-0 | 425 | 10 |
| 10 | Central | 9-0 | 409 | 11 |
| 11 | Occidental | 8-0 | 403 | 8 |
| 12 | Wilkes | 9-0 | 362 | 13 |
| 13 | Rowan | 6-2 | 271 | 17 |
| 14 | Springfield | 8-1 | 238 | 18 |
| 15 | Cortland State | 8-1 | 233 | 12 |
| 16 | Union | 7-1 | 223 | 20 |
| 17 | St. John Fisher | 8-1 | 206 | 19 |
| 18 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-1 | 158 | 24 |
| 19 | Wartburg | 8-1 | 148 | 22 |
| 20 | Mount St. Joseph | 9-0 | 144 | 21 |
| 21 | Trinity (Texas) | 8-1 | 130 | 23 |
| 22 | Hobart | 7-1 | 121 | 14 |
| 23 | Washington and Jefferson | 8-1 | 78 | 25 |
| 24 | Linfield | 5-3 | 73 | 15 |
| 25 | Ithaca | 7-2 | 55 | 16 |
Others receiving votes: Concordia (Wis.) 51, Carnegie Mellon 50, Baldwin-Wallace 44, St. Norbert 35, Christopher Newport 33, Bethel 20, Williams 12, Alfred 11, North Central (Ill.) 10, Dickinson 10, Delaware Valley 8, Curry 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.