Through end of the 2009 season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 2 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 14-1 | 600 | 1 |
| 3 | Linfield | 12-1 | 569 | 5 |
| 4 | Wesley | 13-1 | 526 | 3 |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 11-2 | 505 | 10 |
| 6 | Wittenberg | 12-1 | 479 | 12 |
| 7 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 10-2 | 465 | 7 |
| 8 | Central | 10-1 | 370 | 6 |
| 9 | Illinois Wesleyan | 10-2 | 368 | 14 |
| 10 | Coe | 10-2 | 355 | 25 |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 10-3 | 333 | -- |
| 12 | St. John's | 10-1 | 330 | 4 |
| 13 | Ohio Northern | 8-2 | 314 | 13 |
| 14 | Thomas More | 11-1 | 301 | 11 |
| 15 | Albright | 11-2 | 261 | -- |
| 16 | Delaware Valley | 10-2 | 208 | 16 |
| 17 | Trine | 10-2 | 185 | -- |
| 18 | Monmouth | 10-1 | 184 | 8 |
| 19 | Wabash | 9-2 | 177 | 15 |
| 20 | Mississippi College | 9-3 | 176 | 19 |
| 21 | North Central (Ill.) | 8-2 | 128 | 17 |
| 22 | Montclair State | 10-2 | 108 | 24 |
| 23 | Case Western Reserve | 10-1 | 92 | 9 |
| 24 | Willamette | 8-2 | 88 | 21 |
| 25 | Hampden-Sydney | 10-1 | 85 | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Cal Lutheran 66, Otterbein 61, Washington and Jefferson 30, UW-Stevens Point 29, Capital 28, DePauw 17, Alfred 14, UW-Stout 8, Occidental 8, Carthage 8, Wheaton (Ill.) 5, Amherst 5, Mount St. Joseph 4, Dickinson 3, St. Norbert 2, St. John Fisher 2, North Carolina Wesleyan 2, Huntingdon 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.