Through games of Saturday, Sept. 21:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (13) | 2-0 | 606 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (7) | 2-0 | 598 | 3 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (5) | 3-0 | 596 | 4 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 2-0 | 538 | 6 |
| 5 | Bethel | 2-0 | 456 | 7 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 2-1 | 422 | 2 |
| 7 | Hobart | 2-0 | 415 | 8 |
| 8 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-0 | 412 | 10 |
| 9 | UW-Platteville | 3-0 | 405 | 9 |
| 10 | Pacific Lutheran | 2-0 | 378 | 11 |
| 11 | Wesley | 2-1 | 371 | 5 |
| 12 | UW-Whitewater | 2-0 | 360 | 15 |
| 13 | Heidelberg | 2-0 | 359 | 12 |
| 14 | Franklin | 1-2 | 300 | 13 |
| 15 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 257 | 14 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins | 3-0 | 239 | 16 |
| 17 | Wittenberg | 1-1 | 195 | 17 |
| 18 | St. John Fisher | 2-0 | 191 | 18 |
| 19 | Wabash | 2-0 | 184 | 19 |
| 20 | Coe | 3-0 | 168 | 20 |
| 21 | St. John's | 3-0 | 122 | -- |
| 22 | Delaware Valley | 3-0 | 105 | 21 |
| 23 | Christopher Newport | 3-0 | 95 | 25 |
| 24 | Widener | 2-1 | 80 | 24 |
| 25 | Cal Lutheran | 0-2 | 34 | 22 |
Dropped out: No. 23 Baldwin Wallace.
Others receiving votes: John Carroll 33; Augsburg 30; Thomas More 28; Trinity (Conn.) 24; Willamette 19; Illinois Wesleyan 18; Birmingham-Southern 14; Huntingdon 14; Trine 11; Ohio Wesleyan 9; Concordia-Moorhead 7; Salisbury 6; Illinois College 6; Millsaps 6; Cortland State 5; Baldwin Wallace 4; Bridgewater (Va.) 3; Springfield 2.
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.