Through games of Saturday, Nov. 1:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (22) | 8-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 8-0 | 587 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union (2) | 8-0 | 586 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 9-0 | 550 | 4 |
| 5 | Wartburg | 8-0 | 510 | 6 |
| 6 | John Carroll | 8-0 | 506 | 7 |
| 7 | Hobart | 8-0 | 443 | 8 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins | 8-0 | 439 | 9 |
| 9 | Wabash | 8-0 | 428 | 10 |
| 10 | Bethel | 7-1 | 395 | 11 |
| 11 | Linfield | 6-1 | 349 | 5 |
| 12 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-0 | 342 | 13 |
| 13 | Widener | 8-0 | 309 | 12 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 7-1 | 288 | 14 |
| 15 | St. John Fisher | 7-1 | 273 | 15 |
| 16 | Washington and Jefferson | 8-0 | 246 | 17 |
| 17 | UW-Platteville | 6-2 | 238 | 16 |
| 18 | St. John's | 7-1 | 197 | 19 |
| 19 | Delaware Valley | 8-0 | 186 | 21 |
| 20 | North Central (Ill.) | 6-2 | 137 | 23 |
| 21 | Chapman | 6-1 | 132 | 24 |
| 22 | Centre | 8-0 | 93 | 25 |
| 23 | Montclair State | 7-1 | 54 | -- |
| 24 | St. Thomas | 6-2 | 33 | -- |
| 25 | Willamette | 5-2 | 31 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 18 Concordia-Moorhead; No. 20 UW-Stevens Point; No. 22 Hampden-Sydney
Others receiving votes: Concordia-Moorhead 30; Thomas More 24; Guilford 16; Franklin 16; Texas Lutheran 13; UW-Stevens Point 10; Heidelberg 9; Muhlenberg 8; Hampden-Sydney 8; Chicago 5; Amherst 3; MIT 2; St. Lawrence 2; Hardin-Simmons 2; Ithaca 2; UW-Oshkosh 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.