Entering the 2014 season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. | Pat Coleman and Keith McMillan will rank all 244 teams in Kickoff 2014! Find out how you can subscribe. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 1 | |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 13-1 | 583 | 2 | |
| 3 | Mount Union | 14-1 | 580 | 3 | |
| 4 | Linfield | 11-1 | 510 | 4 | |
| 5 | Wesley | 10-3 | 505 | 7 | |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 13-1 | 500 | 5 | |
| 7 | Bethel | 12-1 | 491 | 6 | |
| 8 | UW-Platteville | 10-2 | 434 | 9 | |
| 9 | St. John Fisher | 10-3 | 376 | 8 | |
| 10 | John Carroll | 9-2 | 330 | 13 | |
| 11 | St. Thomas | 8-2 | 316 | 20 | |
| 12 | Hobart | 10-1 | 294 | 14 | |
| 13 | Wittenberg | 10-2 | 244 | 10 | |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins | 10-1 | 226 | 12 | |
| 15 | Rowan | 9-3 | 201 | 23 | |
| 16 | Wabash | 9-1 | 191 | 22 | |
| 17 | Wartburg | 9-3 | 175 | 15 | |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 8-2 | 171 | 11 | |
| 19 | Pacific Lutheran | 8-2 | 169 | 17 | |
| 20 | Heidelberg | 8-2 | 165 | 21 | |
| 21 | Hampden-Sydney | 9-3 | 164 | 18 | |
| 22 | Thomas More | 9-1 | 145 | 25 | |
| 23 | Ithaca | 9-3 | 140 | 16 | |
| 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 139 | -- | |
| 25 | Franklin | 8-4 | 75 | 19 |
Others receiving votes: Millsaps 47; Illinois Wesleyan 43; Maryville 35; Lycoming 34; Concordia-Moorhead 32; Redlands 29; Washington and Jefferson 23; St. John's 21; Salisbury 21; Chapman 20; Texas Lutheran 18; Willamette 16; Cortland State 15; Cal Lutheran 9; Guilford 5; Framingham State 2; Muhlenberg 2; Louisiana College 2; Washington U. 1; Wesleyan 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.