| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (22) | 4-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (3) | 4-0 | 602 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 4-0 | 576 | 3 |
| 4 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 4-0 | 523 | 4 |
| 5 | Wesley | 5-0 | 512 | 5 |
| 6 | St. John's | 5-0 | 486 | 6 |
| 7 | Linfield | 4-0 | 407 | 8 |
| 8 | Washington and Jefferson | 5-0 | 401 | 7 |
| 9 | Central | 5-0 | 388 | 10 |
| 10 | Case Western Reserve | 4-0 | 375 | 9 |
| 11 | Wabash | 4-0 | 360 | 12 |
| 12 | Monmouth | 5-0 | 345 | 11 |
| 13 | Otterbein | 4-0 | 330 | 13 |
| 14 | North Central (Ill.) | 3-1 | 325 | 14 |
| 15 | St. Thomas | 4-0 | 243 | 15 |
| 16 | UW-La Crosse | 4-0 | 241 | 17 |
| 17 | Willamette | 4-1 | 151 | 18 |
| 18 | Ohio Northern | 2-2 | 140 | 16 |
| 19 | Cortland State | 3-1 | 123 | 19 |
| 20 | Ithaca | 4-1 | 122 | 20 |
| 21 | Capital | 4-0 | 99 | 22 |
| 22 | Redlands | 3-0 | 98 | 21 |
| 23 | Franklin | 3-1 | 85 | 23 |
| 24 | Occidental | 2-1 | 83 | 24 |
| 25 | Thomas More | 4-0 | 75 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Dickinson 63, Bethel 45, Hampden-Sydney 42, Centre 37, St. Norbert 34, Mississippi College 34, Delaware Valley 28, Trine 21, Illinois Wesleyan 18, Carthage 17, Wartburg 12, Kean 12, UW-Stevens Point 11, DePauw 10, Wittenberg 9, Alfred 8, Mount St. Joseph 4, Union 3, Trinity (Conn.) 2, Albright 2, Rowan 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.