| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (22) | 6-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (3) | 6-0 | 603 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 7-0 | 559 | 3 |
| 4 | Capital | 6-0 | 547 | 4 |
| 5 | Wesley | 6-0 | 523 | 5 |
| 6 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 5-1 | 454 | 7 |
| 7 | Rowan | 4-1 | 425 | 9 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-1 | 407 | 10 |
| 9 | Occidental | 5-0 | 390 | 11 |
| 10 | UW-La Crosse | 4-1 | 388 | 6 |
| 11 | Whitworth | 6-0 | 348 | 12 |
| 12 | Central | 6-0 | 334 | 13 |
| 13 | Cortland State | 6-0 | 312 | 16 |
| 14 | St. John Fisher | 7-0 | 296 | 14 |
| 15 | Wilkes | 6-0 | 293 | 15 |
| 16 | Linfield | 3-2 | 215 | 18 |
| 17 | Springfield | 6-0 | 211 | 22 |
| 18 | Hobart | 5-0 | 173 | 20 |
| 19 | Christopher Newport | 5-1 | 168 | 21 |
| 20 | Ohio Northern | 4-2 | 142 | 17 |
| 21 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 5-1 | 124 | 8 |
| 22 | Ithaca | 5-1 | 119 | 23 |
| 23 | Delaware Valley | 5-1 | 87 | 24 |
| 24 | Coe | 6-1 | 70 | 25 |
| 25 | Mount St. Joseph | 6-0 | 48 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Union 47, Trinity (Texas) 44, Wheaton (Ill.) 28, Washington and Jefferson 28, Concordia (Wis.) 27, Wartburg 22, St. Norbert 19, UW-Platteville 17, Carnegie Mellon 15, Augustana 7, Williams 6, St. Olaf 3, Dickinson 2, North Central (Ill.) 1, Baldwin-Wallace 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.