Through games of Saturday, Sept. 22:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (23) | 3-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (2) | 3-0 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield | 3-0 | 561 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater | 2-1 | 538 | 4 |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 3-0 | 532 | 5 |
| 6 | Wesley | 3-1 | 503 | 6 |
| 7 | Salisbury | 2-1 | 451 | 8 |
| 8 | Cal Lutheran | 1-1 | 421 | 9 |
| 9 | St. John Fisher | 4-0 | 398 | 10 |
| 10 | Bethel | 3-0 | 387 | 11 |
| 11 | North Central (Ill.) | 2-1 | 334 | 12 |
| 12 | Hobart | 4-0 | 325 | 13 |
| 13 | UW-Platteville | 3-0 | 300 | 16 |
| 14 | Illinois Wesleyan | 3-0 | 254 | 15 |
| 15 | Baldwin Wallace | 3-0 | 242 | 14 |
| 16 | Birmingham-Southern | 4-0 | 241 | 18 |
| 17 | Wabash | 2-1 | 194 | 7 |
| 18 | Widener | 4-0 | 189 | 21 |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins | 4-0 | 155 | 24 |
| 20 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-1 | 141 | 20 |
| 21 | UW-Oshkosh | 3-0 | 122 | --- |
| 22 | Franklin | 2-2 | 93 | 25 |
| 23 | Louisiana College | 2-1 | 66 | --- |
| 24 | Huntingdon | 3-1 | 63 | --- |
| 25 | Rowan | 3-1 | 49 | --- |
Dropped out: No. 17 Brockport State, No. 19 Buffalo State, No. 22 Hampden-Sydney, No. 23 Thomas More.
Others receiving votes: Heidelberg 46; Waynesburg 37; Coe 33; Wittenberg 27; Willamette 26; Hampden-Sydney 22; RPI 20; Illinois College 15; Carnegie Mellon 14; Centre 13; Brockport State 12; Elmhurst 11; Buffalo State 11; Concordia-Moorhead 10; Salve Regina 9; Amherst 9; Ithaca 7; Trinity (Texas) 7; Albion 5; Alfred 4; Allegheny 2; Kean 1; Washington and Jefferson 1; Pacific Lutheran 1; Lycoming 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.