Through games of Sunday, Sept. 7:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (25) | 1-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1-0 | 588 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union | 1-0 | 576 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 1-0 | 521 | 5 |
| 5 | Linfield | 0-0 | 514 | 4 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 0-0 | 505 | 6 |
| 7 | Bethel | 0-0 | 503 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Platteville | 1-0 | 451 | 8 |
| 9 | St. John Fisher | 1-0 | 384 | 9 |
| 10 | John Carroll | 1-0 | 368 | 10 |
| 11 | St. Thomas | 1-0 | 325 | 11 |
| 12 | Hobart | 1-0 | 319 | 12 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins | 1-0 | 300 | 14 |
| 14 | Wabash | 1-0 | 294 | 16 |
| 15 | Wartburg | 1-0 | 267 | 17 |
| 16 | Wittenberg | 0-1 | 225 | 13 |
| 17 | Pacific Lutheran | 0-0 | 194 | 19 |
| 18 | Heidelberg | 1-0 | 158 | 20 |
| 19 | Ithaca | 1-0 | 154 | 23 |
| 20 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-0 | 134 | 24 |
| 21 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1-0 | 120 | -- |
| 22 | Thomas More | 0-1 | 102 | 22 |
| 23 | Lycoming | 1-0 | 53 | -- |
| 24 | Hampden-Sydney | 0-1 | 51 | 21 |
| 25 | UW-Oshkosh | 0-1 | 45 | 18 |
Dropped out: No. 15 Rowan, No. 25 Franklin.
Others receiving votes: Widener 44; Maryville (Tenn.) 38; Salisbury 36; Washington and Jefferson 35; Chapman 29; St. John's 23; Concordia-Moorhead 21; Rowan 20; Redlands 19; Millsaps 16; Texas Lutheran 16; Willamette 12; Muhlenberg 11; Guilford 7; Louisiana College 6; Franklin 6; Framingham State 3; Wesleyan 2; Brockport State 2; Ohio Northern 1; Methodist 1; Mount St. Joseph 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.