Through games of Saturday, Oct. 19:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (16) | 6-0 | 609 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 5-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (3) | 6-0 | 591 | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 6-0 | 537 | 4 |
| 5 | Bethel | 6-0 | 516 | 5 |
| 6 | Hobart | 5-0 | 472 | 6 |
| 7 | UW-Whitewater | 6-0 | 451 | 10 |
| 8 | UW-Platteville | 6-0 | 437 | 7 |
| 9 | UW-Oshkosh | 6-0 | 422 | 8 |
| 10 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-0 | 399 | 13 |
| 11 | Heidelberg | 6-0 | 355 | 12 |
| 12 | Franklin | 4-2 | 316 | 14 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins | 6-0 | 312 | 15 |
| 14 | Wabash | 6-0 | 280 | 16 |
| 15 | St. Thomas | 4-2 | 257 | 9 |
| 16 | John Carroll | 6-0 | 247 | 20 |
| 17 | Pacific Lutheran | 5-1 | 239 | 17 |
| 18 | Wittenberg | 5-1 | 213 | 18 |
| 19 | Wesley | 5-2 | 150 | 11 |
| 20 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-0 | 127 | 23 |
| 21 | Willamette | 5-0 | 124 | 22 |
| 22 | Concordia-Moorhead | 5-1 | 82 | 24 |
| 23 | St. John's | 6-1 | 68 | 25 |
| 24 | Salisbury | 4-2 | 51 | -- |
| 25 | St. John Fisher | 5-1 | 45 | 19 |
Dropped out: No. 21 Coe.
Others receiving votes: Illinois College 42; Millsaps 41; Trinity (Conn.) 23; Pacific 21; Hampden-Sydney 19; Dubuque 14; Coe 9; Rowan 8; Delaware Valley 8; Lebanon Valley 8; Thomas More 7; Adrian 6; Ithaca 5; Maryville 4; Augsburg 3; UW-Stevens Point 3; Redlands 2; Texas Lutheran 2; Wartburg 2; Louisiana College 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