Through games of Saturday, Nov. 12:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (20) | 10-0 | 620 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (5) | 10-0 | 604 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 10-0 | 562 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 10-0 | 558 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 9-0 | 522 | 5 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 9-1 | 497 | 6 |
| 7 | Wesley | 9-1 | 489 | 7 |
| 8 | Cal Lutheran | 8-1 | 426 | 8 |
| 9 | Wabash | 10-0 | 385 | 9 |
| 10 | Salisbury | 9-1 | 347 | 10 |
| 11 | Delaware Valley | 10-0 | 343 | 11 |
| 12 | Kean | 9-1 | 322 | 14 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins | 10-0 | 305 | 12 |
| 14 | Redlands | 8-1 | 285 | 13 |
| 15 | Trinity (Texas) | 10-0 | 238 | 16 |
| 16 | Illinois Wesleyan | 9-1 | 232 | 17 |
| 17 | Franklin | 9-1 | 188 | 18 |
| 18 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 169 | 19 |
| 19 | McMurry | 8-2 | 153 | 20 |
| 20 | Thomas More | 9-1 | 139 | 21 |
| 21 | Bethel | 8-2 | 115 | 22 |
| 22 | Dubuque | 9-1 | 93 | 23 |
| 23 | Baldwin-Wallace | 8-2 | 92 | 24 |
| 24 | Montclair State | 8-2 | 91 | 15 |
| 25 | Centre | 8-1 | 74 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 25 Hampden-Sydney
Others receiving votes: Cortland State 69; UW-Oshkosh 59; Monmouth 34; Amherst 22; Birmingham-Southern 18; Hobart 16; St. John Fisher 14; St. Olaf 14; Wittenberg 10; Adrian 7; Heidelberg 7; Christopher Newport 6; Hampden-Sydney 5; Illinois College 4; Case Western Reserve 3; Trinity (Conn.) 3; UW-Platteville 2; Wartburg 2; Widener 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.