Through end of the 2010 season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 14-1 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | North Central (Ill.) | 12-1 | 562 | 5 |
| 4 | Wesley | 12-1 | 544 | 3 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 12-1 | 508 | 6 |
| 6 | Bethel | 12-2 | 493 | 14 |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 12-1 | 488 | 4 |
| 8 | Ohio Northern | 10-2 | 419 | 7 |
| 9 | Linfield | 9-2 | 406 | 8 |
| 10 | Trine | 11-1 | 395 | 12 |
| 11 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-2 | 348 | 15 |
| 12 | Wartburg | 10-1 | 320 | 11 |
| 13 | Alfred | 10-3 | 262 | -- |
| 14 | Coe | 9-2 | 248 | 13 |
| 15 | Thomas More | 11-1 | 245 | 10 |
| 16 | Delaware Valley | 9-3 | 237 | 18 |
| 17 | Wittenberg | 10-1 | 224 | 9 |
| 18 | Cortland State | 10-2 | 185 | 20 |
| 19 | Montclair State | 10-2 | 168 | 21 |
| 20 | Pacific Lutheran | 8-1 | 163 | 17 |
| 21 | Cal Lutheran | 8-2 | 144 | 16 |
| 22 | Franklin | 9-2 | 109 | 24 |
| 23 | Rowan | 9-1 | 108 | 23 |
| 24 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-2 | 102 | 19 |
| 25 | Hampden-Sydney | 9-2 | 57 | 23 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Wabash
Others receiving votes: Central 44, Wabash 28, Williams 23, DePauw 16, UW-Stevens Point 13, Lousiana College 9, Willamette 7, Salisbury 7, St. John Fisher 6, Washington and Jefferson 4, Springfield 2, Chicago 2, Case Western Reserve 2, Redlands 1, Washington and Lee 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.