Through games of Saturday, Sept. 12:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (19) | 1-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (4) | 1-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield (2) | 1-0 | 565 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 2-0 | 545 | 4 |
| 5 | Wesley | 1-0 | 520 | 5 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 2-0 | 499 | 6 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-0 | 464 | 7 |
| 8 | St. John's | 2-0 | 433 | 8 |
| 9 | Wabash | 1-0 | 404 | 9 |
| 10 | John Carroll | 1-0 | 381 | 10 |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 2-0 | 355 | 11 |
| 12 | St. Thomas | 2-0 | 351 | 12 |
| 13 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-0 | 328 | 13 |
| 14 | Washington and Jefferson | 2-0 | 278 | 14 |
| 15 | Thomas More | 2-0 | 277 | 16 |
| 16 | Hobart | 2-0 | 274 | 15 |
| 17 | Wittenberg | 1-0 | 223 | 17 |
| 18 | Rowan | 1-0 | 198 | 20 |
| 19 | Centre | 2-0 | 152 | 21 |
| 20 | UW-Oshkosh | 1-1 | 126 | 24 |
| 21 | Hardin-Simmons | 2-0 | 114 | -- |
| 22 | UW-Platteville | 2-0 | 103 | 25 |
| 23 | Bethel | 1-1 | 65 | 19 |
| 24 | Ithaca | 1-0 | 48 | -- |
| 25 | Guilford | 2-0 | 40 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 18 Texas Lutheran, No. 22 Chapman, No. 23 Muhlenberg.
Others receiving votes: Cortland State 38; Widener 31; Concordia-Moorhead 17; Texas Lutheran 16; Chapman 12; Chicago 11; Gustavus Adolphus 7; Morrisville State 5; Amherst 4; Muhlenberg 4; Illinois Wesleyan 4; Maryville 4; Franklin 3; Ohio Northern 3; Pacific 2; Alfred 1; St. John Fisher 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.