Through games of Saturday, Sept. 13:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (24) | 2-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 2-0 | 592 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union | 1-0 | 579 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 2-0 | 539 | 4 |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-0 | 516 | 6 |
| 6 | Linfield | 1-0 | 508 | 5 |
| 7 | UW-Platteville | 2-0 | 454 | 8 |
| 8 | St. John Fisher | 1-0 | 416 | 9 |
| 9 | Wartburg | 2-0 | 396 | 15 |
| 10 | John Carroll | 1-0 | 386 | 10 |
| 11 | St. Thomas | 2-0 | 359 | 11 |
| 12 | Hobart | 2-0 | 330 | 12 |
| 13 | Wabash | 1-0 | 310 | 14 |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins | 2-0 | 283 | 13 |
| 15 | Bethel | 0-1 | 244 | 7 |
| 16 | Heidelberg | 1-0 | 228 | 18 |
| 17 | Pacific Lutheran | 1-0 | 206 | 17 |
| 18 | Wittenberg | 0-1 | 170 | 16 |
| 19 | Ithaca | 1-0 | 162 | 19 |
| 20 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-0 | 140 | 20 |
| 21 | Illinois Wesleyan | 2-0 | 133 | 21 |
| 22 | Thomas More | 1-1 | 125 | 22 |
| 23 | Lycoming | 2-0 | 81 | 23 |
| 24 | Widener | 2-0 | 66 | -- |
| 25 | Hampden-Sydney | 1-1 | 55 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 25 UW-Oshkosh.
Others receiving votes: Washington and Jefferson 33; Chapman 25; Concordia-Moorhead 23; Texas Lutheran 21; Millsaps 17; St. John's 17; Willamette 17; Guilford 15; Rowan 14; Brockport State 13; Muhlenberg 10; Cal Lutheran 9; Franklin 4; Louisiana College 3; Wesleyan 1; Ohio Northern 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.