Through end of the 2011 season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 14-1 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Wesley | 12-2 | 568 | 7 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 13-1 | 551 | 3 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 12-1 | 524 | 4 |
| 6 | Linfield | 10-1 | 482 | 5 |
| 7 | Wabash | 12-1 | 468 | 9 |
| 8 | North Central (Ill.) | 10-2 | 448 | 6 |
| 9 | Salisbury | 11-2 | 429 | 10 |
| 10 | Kean | 10-2 | 388 | 12 |
| 11 | St. John Fisher | 10-3 | 368 | -- |
| 12 | Cal Lutheran | 8-2 | 296 | 8 |
| 13 | Delaware Valley | 11-1 | 271 | 11 |
| 14 | McMurry | 9-3 | 252 | 19 |
| 15 | Franklin | 10-2 | 219 | 17 |
| 16 | Centre | 9-2 | 217 | 25 |
| 17 | Trinity (Texas) | 10-1 | 173 | 15 |
| 18 | Johns Hopkins | 10-1 | 172 | 13 |
| 19 | Monmouth | 10-2 | 163 | -- |
| 20 | Redlands | 8-2 | 149 | 14 |
| 21 | Illinois Wesleyan | 9-2 | 114 | 16 |
| 22 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 109 | 18 |
| 23 | Thomas More | 9-2 | 91 | 20 |
| 24 | Baldwin-Wallace | 8-2 | 82 | 23 |
| 25 | Bethel | 8-2 | 66 | 21 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Dubuque, No. 24 Montclair State.
Others receiving votes: Hobart 57, Dubuque 51, UW-Oshkosh 45, Cortland State 39, Montclair State 37, Birmingham-Southern 18, Amherst 11, St. Olaf 10, Hampden-Sydney 9, Wittenberg 7, Heidelberg 5, Widener 5, Illinois College 3, Case Western Reserve 2, Wartburg 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.