Through games of Saturday, Oct. 5:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (16) | 4-0 | 609 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 4-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (3) | 5-0 | 594 | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 4-0 | 538 | 4 |
| 5 | Bethel | 4-0 | 498 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 3-1 | 448 | 6 |
| 7 | Hobart | 4-0 | 442 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Platteville | 4-0 | 411 | 9 |
| 9 | UW-Oshkosh | 4-0 | 410 | 8 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 4-0 | 404 | 12 |
| 11 | Wesley | 4-1 | 368 | 10 |
| 12 | Heidelberg | 4-0 | 367 | 13 |
| 13 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 4-0 | 315 | 15 |
| 14 | Franklin | 2-2 | 294 | 14 |
| 15 | Pacific Lutheran | 3-1 | 274 | 11 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins | 5-0 | 243 | 16 |
| 17 | Wabash | 4-0 | 230 | 17 |
| 18 | Wittenberg | 3-1 | 205 | 18 |
| 19 | Coe | 4-0 | 167 | 20 |
| 20 | St. John Fisher | 4-0 | 154 | 19 |
| 21 | John Carroll | 4-0 | 118 | 24 |
| 22 | Concordia-Moorhead | 4-0 | 117 | 23 |
| 23 | Thomas More | 4-0 | 94 | 25 |
| 24 | Lycoming | 4-1 | 32 | -- |
| 25 | Willamette | 3-0 | 30 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 Delaware Valley, No. 22 Christopher Newport.
Others receiving votes: Illinois Wesleyan 29; Cal Lutheran 29; Augsburg 22; Illinois College 14; Trinity (Conn.) 13; St. John's 12; Salisbury 10; Huntingdon 7; Delaware Valley 6; Millsaps 6; Hampden-Sydney 4; Framingham State 2; Hartwick 2; Pacific 2; Louisiana College 2; Texas Lutheran 2; Adrian 1; Christopher Newport 1; Ursinus 1, UW-Stevens Point 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.