Through games of Nov. 14:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 10-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 9-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 9-1 | 565 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 10-0 | 538 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 9-1 | 512 | 6 |
| 6 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-0 | 509 | 5 |
| 7 | Wabash | 10-0 | 475 | 7 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins | 10-0 | 422 | 8 |
| 9 | Thomas More | 10-0 | 409 | 9 |
| 10 | St. John's | 9-1 | 384 | 10 |
| 11 | Wesley | 9-1 | 382 | 11 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-1 | 373 | 12 |
| 13 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 9-1 | 362 | 13 |
| 14 | UW-Platteville | 8-2 | 291 | 14 |
| 15 | North Central (Ill.) | 7-3 | 242 | 16 |
| 16 | Washington and Lee | 10-0 | 232 | 17 |
| 17 | Texas Lutheran | 8-2 | 173 | 18 |
| 18 | Dubuque | 8-2 | 171 | 20 |
| 19 | Wartburg | 9-1 | 151 | 19 |
| 20 | Albright | 9-1 | 119 | 24 |
| 21 | Salisbury | 7-2 | 105 | 21 |
| 22 | Whitworth | 9-1 | 104 | 25 |
| 23 | John Carroll | 8-2 | 98 | 15 |
| 24 | Guilford | 9-1 | 49 | -- |
| 25 | Cortland State | 8-2 | 45 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 22 Case Western Reserve; No. 23 East Texas Baptist.
Others receiving votes: Ohio Northern 33; Franklin 28; Amherst 16; St. Norbert 15; East Texas Baptist 14; Framingham State 13; Washington and Jefferson 13; Case Western Reserve 11; Western New England 11; Albion 9; Huntingdon 8; St. Lawrence 8; La Verne 4; Delaware Valley 2; Olivet 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.