| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 8-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (6) | 8-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | Wesley | 8-0 | 565 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 8-0 | 525 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 8-0 | 520 | 5 |
| 6 | Central | 9-0 | 498 | 6 |
| 7 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 7-1 | 459 | 8 |
| 8 | Monmouth | 9-0 | 419 | 10 |
| 9 | Case Western Reserve | 8-0 | 384 | 12 |
| 10 | St. Thomas | 7-1 | 346 | 15 |
| 11 | Thomas More | 8-0 | 326 | 20 |
| 12 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-1 | 304 | 14 |
| 13 | Capital | 6-2 | 254 | 16 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 8-0 | 253 | 17 |
| 15 | Otterbein | 7-1 | 243 | 7 |
| 16 | Wabash | 7-1 | 226 | 18 |
| 17 | Ohio Northern | 6-2 | 197 | 19 |
| 18 | North Central (Ill.) | 6-2 | 175 | 9 |
| 19 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-1 | 171 | -- |
| 20 | Delaware Valley | 7-1 | 145 | 23 |
| 21 | Hampden-Sydney | 8-0 | 139 | 25 |
| 22 | Mississippi College | 6-2 | 114 | 13 |
| 23 | Washington and Jefferson | 7-1 | 109 | 11 |
| 24 | Willamette | 6-2 | 107 | 22 |
| 25 | Alfred | 7-0 | 103 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Kean 46, Mount St. Joseph 42, Cal Lutheran 41, Albright 39, Bethel 33, Redlands 30, Trine 26, DePauw 16, Occidental 10, Dickinson 8, Coe 8, Centre 7, Rowan 5, UW-Stevens Point 4, Springfield 2, Cortland State 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.