Through games of Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (24) | 8-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 8-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield | 7-0 | 562 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 8-0 | 550 | 4 |
| 5 | Wesley | 7-1 | 518 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Oshkosh | 8-0 | 513 | 6 |
| 7 | North Central (Ill.) | 7-1 | 464 | 9 |
| 8 | Cal Lutheran | 6-1 | 449 | 8 |
| 9 | Hobart | 8-0 | 405 | 10 |
| 10 | Wabash | 7-1 | 355 | 11 |
| 11 | Widener | 8-0 | 339 | 12 |
| 12 | Bethel | 7-1 | 321 | 14 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins | 8-0 | 306 | 15 |
| 14 | Coe | 8-0 | 245 | 19 |
| 15 | UW-Platteville | 6-2 | 239 | 18 |
| 16 | Salisbury | 6-2 | 230 | 7 |
| 17 | Concordia-Moorhead | 7-1 | 186 | 22 |
| 18 | Heidelberg | 7-1 | 186 | 17 |
| 19 | Huntingdon | 5-2 | 180 | 16 |
| 20 | Cortland State | 7-1 | 115 | 23 |
| 21 | Franklin | 6-2 | 113 | 21 |
| 22 | Waynesburg | 9-0 | 105 | 25 |
| 23 | Baldwin Wallace | 7-1 | 75 | -- |
| 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-2 | 71 | -- |
| 25 | St. John Fisher | 6-2 | 63 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 13 UW-Whitewater, No. 20 Illinois Wesleyan
Others receiving votes: Wittenberg 48; Elmhurst 48; Rowan 42; Louisiana College 40; Pacific Lutheran 39; UW-Whitewater 20; Washington and Lee 14; Illinois Wesleyan 13; Salve Regina 12; Trinity (Conn.) 11; Delaware Valley 11; Concordia-Chicago 10; Lake Forest 4; Utica 2; Willamette 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.