Sep 02, 2012
Through games of Saturday, Sept. 1:
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (18) | 1-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (7) | 1-0 | 607 | 2 |
| 3 | Wesley | 1-0 | 569 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 0-0 | 544 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 1-0 | 519 | 5 |
| 6 | Salisbury | 1-0 | 487 | 7 |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 1-0 | 473 | 8 |
| 8 | Wabash | 0-0 | 426 | 10 |
| 9 | St. John Fisher | 1-0 | 420 | 11 |
| 10 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-0 | 323 | 15 |
| 11 | Cal Lutheran | 0-0 | 313 | 12 |
| 12 | Trinity (Texas) | 1-0 | 284 | 16 |
| 13 | North Central (Ill.) | 0-1 | 226 | 6 |
| 14 | Redlands | 0-0 | 212 | 18 |
| 15 | Bethel | 0-0 | 200 | 17 |
| 16 | Franklin | 0-1 | 196 | 13 |
| 17 | Baldwin Wallace | 0-0 | 159 | 19 |
| 18 | Hobart | 1-0 | 150 | 22 |
| 19 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1-0 | 149 | 21 |
| 20 | Rowan | 1-0 | 126 | -- |
| 21 | UW-Platteville | 1-0 | 124 | 23 |
| 22 | Delaware Valley | 0-1 | 121 | 9 |
| 23 | Thomas More | 0-1 | 112 | 20 |
| 24 | Birmingham-Southern | 1-0 | 105 | 24 |
| 25 | Widener | 1-0 | 103 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 14 Kean.
Others receiving votes: Centre 83; UW-La Crosse 83; Johns Hopkins 79; Kean 67; Hampden-Sydney 51; Louisiana College 37; UW-Oshkosh 31; Heidelberg 25; St. Olaf 14; UW-Eau Claire 14; Monmouth 12; Wittenberg 12; Willamette 10; Dubuque 9; Albright 5; Illinois College 5; Albion 4; Lebanon Valley 4; Montclair State 4; Carthage 3; Amherst 2; Elmhurst 2; Coe 1; Trinity (Conn.) 1; 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.