| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 5-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 5-0 | 594 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 4-1 | 576 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 6-0 | 526 | 4 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-0 | 521 | 5 |
| 6 | Central | 6-0 | 504 | 7 |
| 7 | Capital | 5-0 | 496 | 8 |
| 8 | St. John Fisher | 5-1 | 416 | 10 |
| 9 | Washington and Jefferson | 4-0 | 365 | 13 |
| 10 | Wesley | 5-1 | 351 | 14 |
| 11 | Ohio Northern | 4-1 | 309 | 9 |
| 12 | Salisbury | 6-0 | 301 | 15 |
| 13 | St. Olaf | 5-1 | 278 | 18 |
| 14 | Wabash | 5-0 | 241 | 16 |
| 15 | Alfred | 5-0 | 224 | 20 |
| 16 | UW-Eau Claire | 5-1 | 216 | -- |
| 17 | Wartburg | 4-1 | 166 | 11 |
| 18 | UW-La Crosse | 2-2 | 160 | 6 |
| 19 | Montclair State | 4-1 | 157 | 22 |
| 20 | Linfield | 2-2 | 149 | 23 |
| 21 | Occidental | 4-0 | 127 | -- |
| 22 | UW-Stevens Point | 5-0 | 122 | -- |
| 23 | Trinity (Texas) | 4-1 | 89 | 12 |
| 24 | New Jersey | 4-1 | 72 | -- |
| 25 | Whitworth | 4-1 | 66 | -- |
Others receiving votes: RPI 57, Muhlenberg 48, Franklin 45, Hardin-Simmons 40, Mount St. Joseph 39, Rowan 31, Millsaps 30, Bethel 27, Washington U. 25, UW-Oshkosh 23, Bridgewater (Va.) 21, Mississippi College 20, St. Norbert 14, Redlands 14, Pacific Lutheran 11, Wittenberg 5, North Central (Ill.) 4, Cortland State 4, Christopher Newport 4, Baldwin-Wallace 4, John Carroll 3, Coe 2, Hartwick 2, 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.