Through games of Saturday, Oct. 4:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (25) | 4-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 4-0 | 592 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union | 4-0 | 579 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 5-0 | 547 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 3-0 | 506 | 5 |
| 6 | John Carroll | 4-0 | 484 | 6 |
| 7 | Wartburg | 4-0 | 479 | 8 |
| 8 | Hobart | 5-0 | 427 | 9 |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins | 5-0 | 408 | 10 |
| 10 | Wabash | 4-0 | 384 | 11 |
| 11 | Bethel | 3-1 | 338 | 12 |
| 12 | North Central (Ill.) | 3-1 | 315 | 13 |
| 13 | Ithaca | 4-0 | 305 | 15 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 3-1 | 240 | 16 |
| 15 | St. John Fisher | 3-1 | 222 | 7 |
| 16 | UW-Stevens Point | 4-0 | 218 | 17 |
| 17 | UW-Platteville | 3-1 | 203 | 18 |
| 18 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 4-0 | 201 | 19 |
| 19 | Widener | 5-0 | 170 | 21 |
| 20 | Lycoming | 5-0 | 141 | 25 |
| 21 | Pacific Lutheran | 2-1 | 118 | 14 |
| 22 | Washington and Jefferson | 4-0 | 110 | -- |
| 23 | Concordia-Moorhead | 4-1 | 97 | 22 |
| 24 | St. John's | 4-1 | 83 | 23 |
| 25 | St. Thomas | 3-1 | 60 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Thomas More.
Others receiving votes: Hampden-Sydney 51; Texas Lutheran 44; Chapman 40; Guilford 26; Willamette 25; Heidelberg 21; Rowan 14; Gustavus Adolphus 11; Thomas More 11; Delaware Valley 8; Salisbury 6; Chicago 6; Wesleyan 3; Rose-Hulman 3; Ohio Northern 2; East Texas Baptist 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.