Through games of Saturday, Sept. 17:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (19) | 3-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (6) | 2-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 3-0 | 551 | 4 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 2-0 | 541 | 3 |
| 5 | Bethel | 3-0 | 526 | 5 |
| 6 | Linfield | 1-0 | 486 | 6 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-0 | 448 | 7 |
| 8 | Thomas More | 2-0 | 386 | 9 |
| 9 | Ohio Northern | 2-0 | 345 | 12 |
| 10 | Wartburg | 3-0 | 336 | 13 |
| 11 | North Central (Ill.) | 2-1 | 331 | 14 |
| 12 | Kean | 2-0 | 330 | 18 |
| 13 | Wesley | 1-1 | 307 | 15 |
| 14 | Montclair State | 2-0 | 274 | 10 |
| 15 | Redlands | 2-0 | 260 | 17 |
| 16 | Alfred | 2-0 | 248 | 16 |
| 17 | Wabash | 2-0 | 201 | 20 |
| 18 | Trine | 3-0 | 187 | 22 |
| 19 | Wittenberg | 3-0 | 171 | 21 |
| 20 | Cal Lutheran | 1-1 | 153 | 19 |
| 21 | Hardin-Simmons | 2-1 | 134 | 8 |
| 22 | Hampden-Sydney | 3-0 | 125 | 23 |
| 23 | Mississippi College | 2-1 | 97 | -- |
| 24 | Cortland State | 1-1 | 85 | 11 |
| 25 | Delaware Valley | 3-0 | 84 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 24 Salisbury.
Others receiving votes: Salisbury 62; Baldwin-Wallace 53; Johns Hopkins 52; Louisiana College 32; Springfield 15; Franklin 12; Monmouth 10; UW-Platteville 9; St. John Fisher 8; Rowan 7; UW-Eau Claire 6; UW-Stout 6; Williams 6; Pacific Lutheran 3; Washington and Jefferson 3; Widener 3; Adrian 2; McMurry 2; St. John's 2; UW-Oshkosh 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.