Through games of Saturday, Oct. 15:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (21) | 6-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (4) | 6-0 | 604 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 7-0 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 6-0 | 556 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 5-0 | 531 | 5 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-1 | 465 | 6 |
| 7 | Wesley | 5-1 | 445 | 7 |
| 8 | Thomas More | 6-0 | 424 | 8 |
| 9 | Montclair State | 6-0 | 401 | 11 |
| 10 | Bethel | 5-1 | 361 | 9 |
| 11 | Wabash | 6-0 | 337 | 12 |
| 12 | Cal Lutheran | 4-1 | 324 | 13 |
| 13 | Delaware Valley | 7-0 | 289 | 14 |
| 14 | Salisbury | 6-0 | 282 | 18 |
| 15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-0 | 247 | 16 |
| 16 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-1 | 240 | 17 |
| 17 | Redlands | 4-1 | 206 | 15 |
| 18 | Johns Hopkins | 6-0 | 199 | 20 |
| 19 | Kean | 5-1 | 121 | 10 |
| 20 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-1 | 119 | 25 |
| 21 | Louisiana College | 5-1 | 106 | 21 |
| 22 | Franklin | 6-1 | 102 | 22 |
| 23 | Trinity (Texas) | 6-0 | 70 | -- |
| 24 | St. Olaf | 5-1 | 63 | -- |
| 25 | Hobart | 4-0 | 53 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 Wartburg, No. 23 Alfred, No. 24 Birmingham-Southern.
Others receiving votes: Wittenberg 47; Monmouth 46; Centre 44; Adrian 42; Cortland State 41; McMurry 37; Hampden-Sydney 26; Trine 24; Pacific Lutheran 23; Lebanon Valley 11; Endicott 11; Baldwin-Wallace 11; Wartburg 10; Birmingham-Southern 8; Dubuque 5; St. John Fisher 3; Huntingdon 3; Trinity (Conn.) 2; Rowan 2; 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.