Through games of Saturday, Nov. 17:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (18) | 10-0 | 616 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (5) | 9-0 | 592 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (2) | 10-0 | 588 | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 10-0 | 536 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 10-0 | 520 | 5 |
| 6 | Bethel | 10-0 | 515 | 6 |
| 7 | UW-Platteville | 9-1 | 471 | 10 |
| 8 | Hobart | 9-0 | 420 | 7 |
| 9 | John Carroll | 9-1 | 403 | 9 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins | 10-0 | 375 | 11 |
| 11 | UW-Oshkosh | 8-2 | 360 | 8 |
| 12 | Wittenberg | 9-1 | 330 | 12 |
| 13 | Pacific Lutheran | 8-1 | 312 | 13 |
| 14 | Illinois Wesleyan | 9-1 | 308 | 14 |
| 15 | Wesley | 8-2 | 288 | 15 |
| 16 | St. Thomas | 8-2 | 266 | 16 |
| 17 | Wabash | 9-1 | 223 | 17 |
| 18 | Heidelberg | 8-2 | 187 | 18 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 157 | 21 |
| 20 | Franklin | 7-3 | 110 | 23 |
| 21 | Thomas More | 9-1 | 105 | 25 |
| 22 | Concordia-Moorhead | 8-2 | 64 | -- |
| 23 | Millsaps | 9-1 | 61 | 19 |
| 24 | Ithaca | 8-2 | 51 | 20 |
| 25 | St. John Fisher | 8-2 | 43 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 22 Lebanon Valley; No. 24 Maryville.
Others receiving votes: Redlands 37; Willamette 37; Framingham State 34; Rowan 21; Lebanon Valley 14; Pacific 14; Wartburg 13; St. John's 9; Hampden-Sydney 7; Washington and Jefferson 6; Maryville (Tenn.) 6; Washington U. 4; Middlebury 4; Chapman 3; Texas Lutheran 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.