Through games of Sunday, Sept. 15:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (11) | 1-0 | 602 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Thomas (7) | 2-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield (6) | 1-0 | 576 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 2-0 | 570 | 4 |
| 5 | Wesley | 2-0 | 512 | 5 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-0 | 475 | 6 |
| 7 | Bethel | 1-0 | 435 | 8 |
| 8 | Hobart | 1-0 | 422 | 7 |
| 9 | UW-Platteville | 2-0 | 402 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-0 | 396 | 10 |
| 11 | Pacific Lutheran | 1-0 | 362 | 12 |
| 12 | Heidelberg | 1-0 | 342 | 11 |
| 13 | Franklin | 0-2 | 326 | 13 |
| 14 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-0 | 271 | 15 |
| 15 | UW-Whitewater | 1-0 | 259 | 14 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins | 2-0 | 208 | 17 |
| 17 | Wittenberg | 0-1 | 190 | 16 |
| 18 | St. John Fisher | 2-0 | 172 | 19 |
| 19 | Wabash | 1-0 | 169 | 20 |
| 20 | Coe | 2-0 | 135 | 22 |
| 21 | Delaware Valley | 2-0 | 126 | 25 |
| 22 | Cal Lutheran | 0-1 | 98 | 18 |
| 23 | Baldwin Wallace | 1-0 | 95 | 23 |
| 24 | Widener | 1-1 | 78 | 24 |
| 25 | Christopher Newport | 2-0 | 62 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 Elmhurst
Others receiving votes: Augsburg 37; Illinois Wesleyan 36; Thomas More 23; Louisiana College 20; Willamette 17; Trine 15; Illinois College 15; Elmhurst 12; Ohio Wesleyan 12; Buffalo State 12; Concordia-Moorhead 10; Trinity (Conn.) 9; Bridgewater (Va.) 8; Salisbury 5; Huntingdon 3; Millsaps 3; Cortland State 2; Washington and Lee 2; Birmingham-Southern 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.