Through games of Saturday, Oct. 22:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (20) | 7-0 | 620 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (5) | 7-0 | 605 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 8-0 | 564 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 7-0 | 555 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 6-0 | 531 | 5 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 6-1 | 472 | 6 |
| 7 | Wesley | 6-1 | 459 | 7 |
| 8 | Thomas More | 7-0 | 425 | 8 |
| 9 | Wabash | 7-0 | 391 | 11 |
| 10 | Cal Lutheran | 5-1 | 359 | 12 |
| 11 | Salisbury | 7-0 | 344 | 14 |
| 12 | Delaware Valley | 8-0 | 332 | 13 |
| 13 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-1 | 263 | 16 |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins | 7-0 | 253 | 18 |
| 15 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-2 | 244 | 20 |
| 16 | Redlands | 5-1 | 179 | 17 |
| 17 | Montclair State | 6-1 | 165 | 9 |
| 18 | Kean | 6-1 | 154 | 19 |
| 19 | St. Olaf | 6-1 | 141 | 24 |
| 20 | Bethel | 5-2 | 120 | 10 |
| 21 | Louisiana College | 6-1 | 118 | 21 |
| 22 | Franklin | 6-1 | 106 | 22 |
| 23 | Trinity (Texas) | 7-0 | 105 | 23 |
| 24 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-1 | 98 | 15 |
| 25 | Hobart | 5-0 | 84 | 25 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Centre 69; Adrian 58; Wittenberg 55; McMurry 46; Cortland State 45; Baldwin-Wallace 32; Monmouth 30; Hampden-Sydney 22; Trinity (Conn.) 15; Dubuque 14; Endicott 13; Widener 12; Birmingham-Southern 11; Wartburg 8; St. John Fisher 7; Huntingdon 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.