Oct 10, 2010
Through games of Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (22) | 5-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 3 | Mount Union (3) | 5-0 | 603 | 2 |
| 3 | Wesley | 6-0 | 565 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 6-0 | 549 | 4 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 5-0 | 508 | 5 |
| 6 | Coe | 5-0 | 482 | 6 |
| 7 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-0 | 451 | 7 |
| 8 | Wittenberg | 6-0 | 418 | 8 |
| 9 | Central | 5-1 | 379 | 9 |
| 10 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-1 | 370 | 11 |
| 11 | Thomas More | 5-0 | 352 | 10 |
| 12 | Delaware Valley | 4-1 | 352 | 12 |
| 13 | Ohio Northern | 4-1 | 332 | 13 |
| 14 | Linfield | 3-1 | 291 | 14 |
| 15 | Trine | 5-0 | 289 | 15 |
| 16 | Montclair State | 5-0 | 257 | 16 |
| 17 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-0 | 219 | 18 |
| 18 | St. John Fisher | 6-0 | 185 | 20 |
| 19 | Alfred | 5-0 | 132 | 21 |
| 20 | Randolph-Macon | 6-0 | 123 | 24 |
| 21 | Cal Lutheran | 3-1 | 103 | 22 |
| 22 | Hampden-Sydney | 6-0 | 75 | -- |
| 23 | Cortland State | 5-0 | 73 | 25 |
| 24 | Bethel | 5-0 | 72 | -- |
| 25 | Pacific Lutheran | 4-0 | 45 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 17 UW-Eau Claire, No. 19 Wabash, No. 23
St. John's
Others receiving votes: Wartburg 40, Wabash 38, Case Western Reserve 36, Baldwin-Wallace 35, Willamette 30, Ursinus 22, DePauw 16, Illinois Wesleyan 16, Franklin 12, Springfield 12, Amherst 5, Carthage 4, Elmhurst 3, UW-Eau Claire 3, UW-Stevens Point 3, Otterbein 2, St. John's 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.