| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 9-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (6) | 9-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | Wesley | 9-0 | 567 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 9-0 | 536 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 8-0 | 509 | 5 |
| 6 | Central | 10-0 | 500 | 6 |
| 7 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 8-1 | 467 | 7 |
| 8 | Monmouth | 10-0 | 427 | 8 |
| 9 | Case Western Reserve | 9-0 | 394 | 9 |
| 10 | St. Thomas | 8-1 | 371 | 10 |
| 11 | Thomas More | 9-0 | 337 | 11 |
| 12 | Wittenberg | 9-0 | 303 | 14 |
| 13 | Ohio Northern | 7-2 | 297 | 17 |
| 14 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-1 | 295 | 19 |
| 15 | Wabash | 8-1 | 255 | 16 |
| 16 | North Central (Ill.) | 7-2 | 213 | 18 |
| 17 | Delaware Valley | 8-1 | 212 | 20 |
| 18 | Hampden-Sydney | 9-0 | 175 | 21 |
| 19 | Mississippi College | 7-2 | 153 | 22 |
| 20 | Washington and Jefferson | 8-1 | 137 | 23 |
| 21 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-2 | 121 | 12 |
| 22 | Willamette | 7-2 | 113 | 24 |
| 23 | Otterbein | 7-2 | 88 | 15 |
| 24 | Kean | 8-1 | 86 | -- |
| 25 | Mount St. Joseph | 9-0 | 73 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Cal Lutheran 63, DePauw 44, Redlands 30, Trine 27, Capital 26, Alfred 20, Occidental 13, Dickinson 11, Coe 10, UW-Stevens Point 8, Montclair State 7, Albright 6, Huntingdon 5, Amherst 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.