Through the end of the regular season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (16) | 10-0 | 614 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (4) | 10-0 | 595 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union (5) | 10-0 | 588 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 9-1 | 540 | 4 |
| 5 | Wartburg | 10-0 | 524 | 5 |
| 6 | John Carroll | 9-1 | 478 | 6 |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins | 10-0 | 464 | 7 |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-0 | 431 | 9 |
| 9 | Hobart | 10-0 | 425 | 8 |
| 10 | Linfield | 8-1 | 390 | 10 |
| 11 | Widener | 10-0 | 386 | 12 |
| 12 | Wittenberg | 9-1 | 376 | 11 |
| 13 | St. John's | 9-1 | 340 | 13 |
| 14 | Wabash | 9-1 | 272 | 17 |
| 15 | North Central (Ill.) | 8-2 | 255 | 19 |
| 16 | Delaware Valley | 9-1 | 240 | 16 |
| 17 | Chapman | 8-1 | 185 | 20 |
| 18 | Centre | 10-0 | 176 | 21 |
| 19 | Washington and Jefferson | 9-1 | 164 | 14 |
| 20 | St. Thomas | 8-2 | 127 | 22 |
| 21 | St. John Fisher | 8-2 | 86 | 24 |
| 22 | Thomas More | 8-2 | 77 | 25 |
| 23 | UW-Oshkosh | 6-4 | 63 | -- |
| 24 | Texas Lutheran | 9-1 | 51 | -- |
| 25 | Muhlenberg | 9-1 | 43 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 15 UW-Platteville, No. 18 Bethel, No. 23 Ithaca.
Others receiving votes: UW-Platteville 40; Concordia-Moorhead 34; Heidelberg 33; Franklin 28; Bethel 25; Chicago 11; Morrisville State 12; Ithaca 10; Guilford 9; Amherst 8; MIT 6; St. Lawrence 6; Hampden-Sydney 5; Framingham State 5; Pacific Lutheran 2; Rowan 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.