| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (23) | 2-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (2) | 2-0 | 601 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 2-0 | 576 | 3 |
| 4 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-0 | 532 | 4 |
| 5 | Wesley | 3-0 | 518 | 5 |
| 6 | St. John's | 3-0 | 471 | 6 |
| 7 | Cortland State | 2-0 | 373 | 9 |
| 8 | Washington and Jefferson | 3-0 | 367 | 8 |
| 9 | Ohio Northern | 1-1 | 355 | 7 |
| 10 | Case Western Reserve | 3-0 | 354 | 10 |
| 11 | Monmouth | 3-0 | 341 | 11 |
| 12 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-1 | 328 | 12 |
| 13 | Linfield | 2-0 | 327 | 14 |
| 14 | Wabash | 2-0 | 313 | 13 |
| 15 | Central | 3-0 | 307 | 16 |
| 16 | UW-Stevens Point | 1-1 | 229 | 17 |
| 17 | St. Thomas | 2-0 | 194 | 18 |
| 18 | Otterbein | 2-0 | 177 | 19 |
| 19 | UW-La Crosse | 2-0 | 159 | 24 |
| 20 | Ithaca | 2-1 | 98 | 25 |
| 21 | Willamette | 2-1 | 84 | -- |
| 22 | Trine | 2-0 | 71 | -- |
| 23 | Redlands | 2-0 | 65 | -- |
| 24 | Occidental | 1-1 | 63 | 21 |
| 25 | Capital | 2-0 | 62 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Franklin 54, Trinity (Texas) 53, Thomas More 46, Dickinson 41, Concordia-Moorhead 39, Delaware Valley 38, Wilkes 30, Hampden-Sydney 27, Centre 25, Louisiana College 21, Bethel 19, St. Norbert 18, Hobart 18, Rowan 17, Union 15, Wartburg 14, St. John Fisher 11, Hardin-Simmons 11, UW-Eau Claire 10, Mount St. Joseph 4, Mississippi College 4, Millsaps 4, Millikin 4, Alfred 4, Christopher Newport 3, Muhlenberg 3, Montclair State 2, Illinois Wesleyan 2.
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.