Through games of Oct. 18, 2014:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (24) | 6-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 6-0 | 588 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union (1) | 6-0 | 583 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 7-0 | 548 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 5-0 | 527 | 5 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 6-0 | 486 | 6 |
| 7 | John Carroll | 6-0 | 480 | 7 |
| 8 | Hobart | 6-0 | 428 | 8 |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins | 6-0 | 418 | 9 |
| 10 | Wabash | 6-0 | 397 | 10 |
| 11 | Bethel | 5-1 | 370 | 11 |
| 12 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-1 | 337 | 12 |
| 13 | UW-Platteville | 5-1 | 291 | 14 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 5-1 | 247 | 15 |
| 15 | St. John Fisher | 5-1 | 231 | 16 |
| 16 | Widener | 6-0 | 224 | 17 |
| 17 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-0 | 214 | 19 |
| 18 | Washington and Jefferson | 6-0 | 192 | 20 |
| 19 | UW-Stevens Point | 5-1 | 139 | 13 |
| 20 | Concordia-Moorhead | 6-1 | 134 | 21 |
| 21 | St. John's | 5-1 | 129 | 22 |
| 22 | St. Thomas | 5-1 | 128 | 23 |
| 23 | Delaware Valley | 6-0 | 109 | 24 |
| 24 | Hampden-Sydney | 5-1 | 105 | 25 |
| 25 | Chapman | 4-1 | 68 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 18 Pacific Lutheran.
Others receiving votes: Texas Lutheran 54; Buffalo State 22; Willamette 13; Salisbury 11; Thomas More 10; Guilford 7; Rowan 4; Centre 2; Franklin 2; Gustavus Adolphus 2; Muhlenberg 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.