| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (22) | 10-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (3) | 10-0 | 603 | 2 |
| 3 | Wesley | 10-0 | 558 | 4 |
| 4 | Capital | 9-1 | 510 | 5 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 8-2 | 482 | 6 |
| 6 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-1 | 476 | 7 |
| 7 | UW-La Crosse | 8-1 | 467 | 8 |
| 8 | Whitworth | 10-0 | 444 | 9 |
| 9 | Central | 10-0 | 436 | 10 |
| 10 | Occidental | 9-0 | 396 | 11 |
| 11 | Wilkes | 10-0 | 372 | 12 |
| 12 | St. John's | 9-1 | 347 | 3 |
| 13 | Rowan | 7-2 | 302 | 13 |
| 14 | Cortland State | 9-1 | 279 | 15 |
| 15 | Springfield | 9-1 | 263 | 14 |
| 16 | St. John Fisher | 9-1 | 249 | 17 |
| 17 | Bethel | 9-1 | 205 | -- |
| 18 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 9-1 | 199 | 18 |
| 19 | Hobart | 8-1 | 135 | 22 |
| 20 | Washington and Jefferson | 9-1 | 131 | 23 |
| 21 | Linfield | 6-3 | 102 | 24 |
| 22 | Union | 7-2 | 88 | 16 |
| 23 | Concordia (Wis.) | 10-0 | 87 | -- |
| 24 | Carnegie Mellon | 10-0 | 68 | -- |
| 25 | St. Norbert | 10-0 | 66 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Christopher Newport 42, Mount St. Joseph 38, North Central (Ill.) 34, Wartburg 27, Williams 25, Baldwin-Wallace 15, Millsaps 14, Trinity (Texas) 10, Ithaca 9, Delaware Valley 9, Wabash 7, Curry 5, Hope 1, Ohio Northern 1, St. Olaf 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.