Entering the 2015 season:
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. | Pat Coleman and Keith McMillan will rank all 247 teams in Kickoff 2015! Find out how you can subscribe. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (18) | 15-0 | 614 | 1 | |
| 2 | Mount Union (6) | 14-1 | 603 | 2 | |
| 3 | Linfield (1) | 11-2 | 535 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 11-1 | 531 | 6 | |
| 5 | Wesley | 12-2 | 516 | 7 | |
| 6 | Wartburg | 12-1 | 504 | 4 | |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 11-1 | 430 | 8 | |
| 8 | John Carroll | 11-2 | 362 | 5 | |
| 9 | St. John's | 10-2 | 356 | 12 | |
| 10 | Wabash | 10-2 | 335 | 13 | |
| 11 | North Central (Ill.) | 8-2 | 324 | 15 | |
| 12 | Widener | 12-1 | 320 | 11 | |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins | 11-1 | 303 | 10 | |
| 14 | St. Thomas | 8-3 | 300 | 16 | |
| 15 | Washington and Jefferson | 10-2 | 270 | 14 | |
| 16 | Hobart | 12-1 | 257 | 9 | |
| 17 | Wittenberg | 9-2 | 231 | 17 | |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 6-4 | 178 | 20 | |
| 19 | St. John Fisher | 9-2 | 170 | 21 | |
| 20 | Bethel | 7-3 | 153 | -- | |
| 21 | Texas Lutheran | 9-2 | 104 | 19 | |
| 22 | Centre | 10-1 | 100 | 22 | |
| 23 | Thomas More | 8-2 | 84 | 18 | |
| 24 | Chapman | 8-2 | 70 | 23 | |
| 25 | Muhlenberg | 9-2 | 61 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Heidelberg 44; Franklin 42; Rowan 42; UW-Platteville 36; Delaware Valley 34; Hardin-Simmons 30; Christopher Newport 26; Montclair State 25; St. Lawrence 24; Guilford 24; Ithaca 21; MIT 16; Lycoming 11; Bridgewater (Va.) 9; Pacific Lutheran 8; Framingham State 7; Salisbury 5; Monmouth 3; Amherst 2; Louisiana College 2; Chicago 1; Hampden-Sydney 1; Redlands 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.