| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater | 14-1 | 583 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 11-2 | 540 | 5 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 10-3 | 515 | 8 |
| 5 | St. John Fisher | 12-2 | 511 | 4 |
| 6 | Wesley | 13-1 | 481 | 7 |
| 7 | UW-La Crosse | 9-2 | 445 | 6 |
| 8 | Central | 10-1 | 383 | 11 |
| 9 | Springfield | 10-2 | 370 | 10 |
| 10 | Rowan | 9-3 | 327 | 12 |
| 11 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-2 | 288 | 13 |
| 12 | Capital | 11-2 | 286 | 3 |
| 13 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-2 | 285 | 16 |
| 14 | Linfield | 6-3 | 274 | 23 |
| 15 | Wilkes | 11-1 | 243 | 14 |
| 16 | Whitworth | 11-1 | 215 | 9 |
| 17 | Ohio Northern | 6-4 | 156 | -- |
| 18 | North Central (Ill.) | 9-3 | 136 | 19 |
| 19 | Washington and Jefferson | 10-2 | 129 | 18 |
| 20 | Augustana | 7-3 | 126 | -- |
| 21 | Trinity (Texas) | 8-2 | 118 | -- |
| 22 | Wabash | 8-2 | 103 | -- |
| 23 | Christopher Newport | 8-3 | 102 | 24 |
| 24 | Bethel | 9-2 | 100 | 17 |
| 25 | Wartburg | 8-2 | 99 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Baldwin-Wallace 97, Carnegie Mellon 81, Hobart 59, Union 58, Occidental 37, Bridgewater (Va.) 34, Franklin 33, Ithaca 30, UW-Oshkosh 28, St. Olaf 27, Cortland State 27, Alfred 24, Millsaps 22, Kean 18, Mount St. Joseph 16, Trinity (Conn.) 14, Wittenberg 14, Concordia (Wis.) 13, UW-Stevens Point 9, Mississippi College 9, Hope 6, Washington and Lee 5, RPI 5, Delaware Valley 5, Williams 4, St. Norbert 3, Curry 3, Cal Lutheran 2, Dickinson 1, Rochester 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.