| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (23) | 8-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (2) | 8-0 | 602 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 9-0 | 572 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 8-0 | 539 | 5 |
| 5 | Capital | 7-1 | 459 | 4 |
| 6 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 6-2 | 442 | 6 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 6-1 | 431 | 8 |
| 8 | Occidental | 7-0 | 420 | 9 |
| 9 | UW-La Crosse | 6-1 | 407 | 10 |
| 10 | Whitworth | 8-0 | 391 | 11 |
| 11 | Central | 8-0 | 388 | 12 |
| 12 | Cortland State | 8-0 | 384 | 13 |
| 13 | Wilkes | 8-0 | 329 | 15 |
| 14 | Hobart | 7-0 | 276 | 17 |
| 15 | Linfield | 5-2 | 242 | 16 |
| 16 | Ithaca | 7-1 | 238 | 20 |
| 17 | Rowan | 5-2 | 224 | 7 |
| 18 | Springfield | 7-1 | 166 | 14 |
| 19 | St. John Fisher | 8-1 | 162 | 19 |
| 20 | Union | 6-1 | 138 | 22 |
| 21 | Mount St. Joseph | 8-0 | 136 | 21 |
| 22 | Wartburg | 7-1 | 108 | 23 |
| 23 | Trinity (Texas) | 7-1 | 99 | 24 |
| 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-1 | 84 | 25 |
| 25 | Washington and Jefferson | 7-1 | 53 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Concordia (Wis.) 49, Carnegie Mellon 32, St. Norbert 28, Baldwin-Wallace 26, Christopher Newport 24, Bethel 11, Dickinson 11, Williams 11, North Central (Ill.) 9, Delaware Valley 6, Coe 2, 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.