| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (23) | 15-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (2) | 13-2 | 602 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 12-2 | 560 | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 11-1 | 497 | 9 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-2 | 459 | 7 |
| 6 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 11-3 | 456 | 5 |
| 7 | UW-Stevens Point | 9-2 | 426 | 14 |
| 8 | Willamette | 11-1 | 406 | 4 |
| 9 | Wesley | 9-2 | 355 | 13 |
| 10 | Ithaca | 9-2 | 268 | 23 |
| 11 | Cortland State | 11-2 | 260 | 6 |
| 12 | Monmouth | 11-1 | 255 | 16 |
| 13 | St. John's | 8-3 | 245 | -- |
| 14 | Washington and Jefferson | 11-2 | 219 | 11 |
| 15 | Hobart | 9-2 | 199 | 17 |
| 16 | Case Western Reserve | 10-1 | 197 | 21 |
| 17 | Wartburg | 10-3 | 196 | 10 |
| 18 | Wabash | 10-2 | 194 | 18 |
| 19 | Franklin | 11-2 | 182 | 8 |
| 20 | Christopher Newport | 8-2 | 168 | -- |
| 21 | Montclair State | 8-3 | 158 | -- |
| 22 | St. Thomas | 7-3 | 124 | -- |
| 23 | Occidental | 9-1 | 122 | 15 |
| 24 | Otterbein | 9-2 | 121 | 19 |
| 25 | DePauw | 8-2 | 98 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Millsaps 89, Trine 86, Salisbury 76, Trinity (Texas) 60, Curry 60, Capital 56, St. John Fisher 48, Delaware Valley 43, Central 42, Redlands 35, Linfield 29, UW-Eau Claire 28, Muhlenberg 22, Rowan 19, John Carroll 7, Thomas More 6, UW-La Crosse 5, Wittenberg 4, Dickinson 4, LaGrange 3, Lycoming 3, Whitworth 2, Elmhurst 2, Buena Vista 2, Hampden-Sydney 1, Emory and Henry 1, Aurora 1, Augsburg 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.