| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (22) | 3-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (3) | 3-0 | 603 | 2 |
| 3 | Capital | 3-0 | 537 | 5 |
| 4 | St. John's | 4-0 | 528 | 4 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 2-0 | 495 | 6 |
| 6 | Wesley | 3-0 | 482 | 7 |
| 7 | Rowan | 1-1 | 432 | 3 |
| 8 | UW-La Crosse | 3-0 | 427 | 9 |
| 9 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 4-0 | 418 | 8 |
| 10 | Ohio Northern | 3-0 | 357 | 12 |
| 11 | Occidental | 2-0 | 334 | 10 |
| 12 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 2-1 | 301 | 13 |
| 13 | Central | 3-0 | 297 | 14 |
| 14 | Coe | 4-0 | 288 | 15 |
| 15 | Wilkes | 4-0 | 246 | 16 |
| 16 | St. John Fisher | 4-0 | 223 | 25 |
| 17 | Whitworth | 3-0 | 220 | 17 |
| 18 | Hobart | 3-0 | 219 | 19 |
| 19 | Cortland State | 3-0 | 186 | 22 |
| 20 | Linfield | 0-2 | 156 | 18 |
| 21 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 146 | 21 |
| 22 | Ithaca | 3-1 | 105 | 11 |
| 23 | Delaware Valley | 2-1 | 86 | 20 |
| 24 | Christopher Newport | 2-1 | 82 | -- |
| 25 | Springfield | 3-0 | 51 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Union 49, RPI 31, Mount St. Joseph 29, Howard Payne 29, UW-Oshkosh 20, Mississippi College 20, Trinity (Texas) 17, Trinity (Conn.) 17, Washington and Jefferson 15, Concordia (Wis.) 11, Wartburg 10, Albion 8, Carthage 5, Carnegie Mellon 5, Cal Lutheran 5, Wooster 4, Wabash 2, UW-Stout 2, Franklin 2, Huntingdon 2, St. Norbert 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.