| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 10-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (6) | 10-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | Wesley | 10-0 | 567 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 10-0 | 536 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 9-0 | 509 | 5 |
| 6 | Central | 10-0 | 499 | 6 |
| 7 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 9-1 | 472 | 7 |
| 8 | Monmouth | 10-0 | 430 | 8 |
| 9 | Case Western Reserve | 10-0 | 382 | 9 |
| 10 | St. Thomas | 9-1 | 369 | 10 |
| 11 | Thomas More | 10-0 | 344 | 11 |
| 12 | Wittenberg | 10-0 | 319 | 12 |
| 13 | Ohio Northern | 8-2 | 316 | 13 |
| 14 | Illinois Wesleyan | 9-1 | 310 | 14 |
| 15 | Wabash | 9-1 | 267 | 15 |
| 16 | Delaware Valley | 9-1 | 247 | 17 |
| 17 | North Central (Ill.) | 8-2 | 226 | 16 |
| 18 | Hampden-Sydney | 10-0 | 200 | 18 |
| 19 | Mississippi College | 8-2 | 166 | 19 |
| 20 | Washington and Jefferson | 9-1 | 154 | 20 |
| 21 | Willamette | 8-2 | 140 | 22 |
| 22 | Cal Lutheran | 8-1 | 111 | -- |
| 23 | Otterbein | 8-2 | 78 | 23 |
| 24 | Montclair State | 9-1 | 60 | -- |
| 25 | Coe | 9-1 | 50 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Trine 34, Alfred 19, Albright 17, UW-Stevens Point 15, Capital 15, Carthage 10, Occidental 8, Wheaton (Ill.) 7, UW-Stout 4, Amherst 4, Mount St. Joseph 3, Kean 3, DePauw 3, Susquehanna 2, Huntingdon 2, Redlands 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.