Following the end of the 2015 Division III football season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Thomas | 14-1 | 599 | 4 |
| 3 | Linfield | 12-1 | 562 | 2 |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater | 12-2 | 558 | 5 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 11-2 | 514 | 3 |
| 6 | Wesley | 11-2 | 467 | 11 |
| 7 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 11-2 | 462 | 13 |
| 8 | Wabash | 12-1 | 449 | 7 |
| 9 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 11-1 | 418 | 6 |
| 10 | St. John's | 10-2 | 399 | 10 |
| 11 | Thomas More | 11-1 | 391 | 9 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-2 | 360 | 12 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins | 11-1 | 321 | 8 |
| 14 | UW-Platteville | 8-2 | 275 | 14 |
| 15 | Cortland State | 9-3 | 222 | 25 |
| 16 | North Central (Ill.) | 7-3 | 206 | 15 |
| 17 | Albright | 10-2 | 160 | 20 |
| 18 | Texas Lutheran | 8-2 | 152 | 17 |
| 19 | Ohio Northern | 9-3 | 144 | -- |
| 20 | Whitworth | 9-2 | 138 | 22 |
| 21 | Washington and Lee | 10-1 | 121 | 16 |
| 22 | John Carroll | 8-2 | 103 | 23 |
| 23 | Dubuque | 8-3 | 99 | 18 |
| 24 | Wartburg | 9-1 | 96 | 19 |
| 25 | Huntingdon | 10-2 | 60 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 Salisbury, No. 24 Guilford.
Others receiving votes: Salisbury 45; Guilford 31; Franklin 28; Amherst 16; Washington and Jefferson 15; Framingham State 14; St. Lawrence 13; Albion 10; St. Norbert 10; East Texas Baptist 9; La Verne 8; Hendrix 6; Gustavus Adolphus 5; Case Western Reserve 4; RPI 3; DePauw 2; Delaware Valley 2; Carnegie Mellon 2; Western New England 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.