Entering the 2013 season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. | Pat Coleman and Keith McMillan
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| 1 | Mount Union (13) | 15-0 | 606 | 1 | |
| 2 | St. Thomas (7) | 14-1 | 594 | 3 | |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 13-1 | 554 | 2 | |
| 4 | Linfield (5) | 11-1 | 553 | 5 | |
| 5 | Wesley | 10-2 | 529 | 6 | |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 9-3 | 430 | 7 | |
| 7 | Hobart | 12-1 | 381 | 9 | |
| 8 | Bethel | 9-3 | 370 | 12 | |
| 9 | UW-Whitewater | 7-3 | 364 | -- | |
| 10 | Wittenberg | 10-2 | 329 | 14 | |
| 11 | UW-Platteville | 8-2 | 303 | 13 | |
| 12 | UW-Oshkosh | 13-1 | 301 | 4 | |
| 13 | Pacific Lutheran | 7-3 | 269 | 17 | |
| 14 | Heidelberg | 9-2 | 258 | 19 | |
| 15 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 251 | 21 | |
| 16 | Salisbury | 9-3 | 245 | 11 | |
| 17 | Johns Hopkins | 10-2 | 239 | 22 | |
| 18 | Cal Lutheran | 8-2 | 234 | 16 | |
| 19 | Franklin | 9-3 | 224 | 20 | |
| 20 | Widener | 11-1 | 203 | 10 | |
| 21 | Coe | 10-1 | 156 | 15 | |
| 22 | Elmhurst | 10-2 | 146 | 8 | |
| 23 | Baldwin Wallace | 7-3 | 62 | -- | |
| 24 | St. John Fisher | 8-3 | 48 | -- | |
| 25 | Wabash | 8-2 | 46 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Cortland State 45; Concordia-Moorhead 43; Delaware Valley 37; Otterbein 33; Thomas More 33; Rowan 31; Washington and Jefferson 27; Louisiana College 26; Ohio Wesleyan 22; Washington and Lee 13; Lycoming 18; Trinity (Conn.) 17; Waynesburg 14; Willamette 14; Adrian 13; Hardin-Simmons 12; Trinity (Texas) 10; Redlands 9; Concordia-Chicago 3; Monmouth 3; Framingham State 2; Illinois Wesleyan 2; Augsburg 1; Buffalo State 1; Ithaca 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.