Through games of Saturday, Oct. 12:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (16) | 5-0 | 609 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 4-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (3) | 5-0 | 594 | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-0 | 537 | 4 |
| 5 | Bethel | 5-0 | 501 | 5 |
| 6 | Hobart | 5-0 | 460 | 7 |
| 7 | UW-Platteville | 5-0 | 429 | 8 |
| 8 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-0 | 423 | 9 |
| 9 | St. Thomas | 4-1 | 417 | 6 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 5-0 | 414 | 10 |
| 11 | Wesley | 5-1 | 368 | 11 |
| 12 | Heidelberg | 5-0 | 364 | 12 |
| 13 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-0 | 322 | 13 |
| 14 | Franklin | 3-2 | 285 | 14 |
| 15 | Johns Hopkins | 5-0 | 267 | 16 |
| 16 | Wabash | 5-0 | 246 | 17 |
| 17 | Pacific Lutheran | 4-1 | 230 | 15 |
| 18 | Wittenberg | 4-1 | 214 | 18 |
| 19 | St. John Fisher | 5-0 | 186 | 20 |
| 20 | John Carroll | 5-0 | 158 | 21 |
| 21 | Coe | 5-0 | 153 | 19 |
| 22 | Willamette | 4-0 | 69 | 25 |
| 23 | Illinois Wesleyan | 5-0 | 61 | -- |
| 24 | Concordia-Moorhead | 4-1 | 33 | 22 |
| 25 | St. John's | 5-1 | 30 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 23 Thomas More; No. 24 Lycoming
Others receiving votes: Huntingdon 29; Illinois College 21; Millsaps 18; Trinity (Conn.) 17; Salisbury 14; Pacific 12; Hampden-Sydney 11; Lebanon Valley 8; Lycoming 7; Adrian 6; Thomas More 4; Christopher Newport 4; Ursinus 2; Wartburg 1; Ithaca 1; Texas Lutheran 1; Delaware Valley 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