Through games of Saturday, Sept. 7:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (10) | 1-0 | 602 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Thomas (8) | 1-0 | 601 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield (6) | 0-0 | 572 | 4 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 1-0 | 569 | 3 |
| 5 | Wesley | 1-0 | 529 | 5 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 0-0 | 458 | 6 |
| 7 | Hobart | 1-0 | 426 | 7 |
| 8 | Bethel | 0-0 | 404 | 8 |
| 9 | UW-Platteville | 1-0 | 379 | 11 |
| 10 | UW-Oshkosh | 1-0 | 341 | 12 |
| 11 | Heidelberg | 1-0 | 337 | 14 |
| 12 | Pacific Lutheran | 0-0 | 334 | 13 |
| 13 | Franklin | 0-1 | 325 | 19 |
| 14 | UW-Whitewater | 1-0 | 292 | 9 |
| 15 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-0 | 255 | 15 |
| 16 | Wittenberg | 0-1 | 244 | 10 |
| 17 | Johns Hopkins | 1-0 | 235 | 17 |
| 18 | Cal Lutheran | 0-0 | 213 | 18 |
| 19 | St. John Fisher | 1-0 | 124 | 24 |
| 20 | Wabash | 0-0 | 114 | 25 |
| 21 | Elmhurst | 1-0 | 110 | 22 |
| 22 | Coe | 1-0 | 93 | 21 |
| 23 | Baldwin Wallace | 0-0 | 86 | 23 |
| 24 | Widener | 0-1 | 79 | 20 |
| 25 | Delaware Valley | 1-0 | 75 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 16 Salisbury.
Others receiving votes: Augsburg 53; Willamette 46; Illinois Wesleyan 43; Christopher Newport 32; Thomas More 22; Salisbury 19; Concordia-Moorhead 17; Louisiana College 15; Buffalo State 14; Washington and Jefferson 13; Bridgewater (Va.) 12; Trinity (Conn.) 10; Ohio Wesleyan 8; Hampden-Sydney 4; Millsaps 4; Rowan 4; Framingham State 3; Trinity (Texas) 3; Illinois College 2; Trine 2; Cortland State 1; 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.