| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 9-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater | 8-1 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 9-0 | 569 | 3 |
| 4 | Central | 9-0 | 535 | 5 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 8-1 | 521 | 6 |
| 6 | St. John Fisher | 8-1 | 473 | 7 |
| 7 | Wesley | 8-1 | 466 | 8 |
| 8 | Washington and Jefferson | 9-0 | 451 | 9 |
| 9 | Wabash | 9-0 | 396 | 10 |
| 10 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-1 | 369 | 4 |
| 11 | Salisbury | 8-1 | 350 | 11 |
| 12 | Wartburg | 8-1 | 303 | 13 |
| 13 | Trinity (Texas) | 8-1 | 299 | 14 |
| 14 | New Jersey | 8-1 | 298 | 15 |
| 15 | Muhlenberg | 9-0 | 293 | 16 |
| 16 | Bethel | 8-1 | 267 | 18 |
| 17 | Capital | 7-2 | 241 | 17 |
| 18 | Franklin | 8-1 | 181 | 21 |
| 19 | UW-Eau Claire | 7-2 | 110 | 25 |
| 20 | Whitworth | 7-2 | 91 | -- |
| 21 | St. Olaf | 7-2 | 88 | 22 |
| 22 | St. Norbert | 10-0 | 84 | 23 |
| 23 | Occidental | 7-1 | 76 | 24 |
| 24 | Redlands | 7-1 | 51 | -- |
| 25 | North Central (Ill.) | 7-2 | 49 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Case Western Reserve 48, Ohio Northern 43, Linfield 36, RPI 35, Millsaps 19, Cortland State 19, Montclair State 17, Mount St. Joseph 16, Widener 13, Curry 13, Alfred 12, North Carolina Wesleyan 12, Hampden-Sydney 11, Randolph-Macon 11, Ithaca 8, Carthage 7, Hobart 6, Baldwin-Wallace 6, Hartwick 4, UW-Oshkosh 2, UW-Stevens Point 1, Dickinson 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.