Through games of Saturday, Sept. 19:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (19) | 2-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (4) | 2-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield (2) | 2-0 | 566 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 3-0 | 548 | 4 |
| 5 | Wesley | 2-0 | 522 | 5 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 3-0 | 492 | 6 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 469 | 7 |
| 8 | St. John's | 3-0 | 434 | 8 |
| 9 | Wabash | 2-0 | 414 | 9 |
| 10 | John Carroll | 2-0 | 370 | 10 |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 3-0 | 361 | 11 |
| 12 | St. Thomas | 2-0 | 351 | 12 |
| 13 | Thomas More | 3-0 | 311 | 15 |
| 14 | Washington and Jefferson | 3-0 | 302 | 14 |
| 15 | Wittenberg | 2-0 | 251 | 17 |
| 16 | Rowan | 2-0 | 236 | 18 |
| 17 | UW-Platteville | 3-0 | 210 | 22 |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-1 | 170 | 20 |
| 19 | Hardin-Simmons | 3-0 | 163 | 21 |
| 20 | Ithaca | 2-0 | 159 | 24 |
| 21 | Centre | 3-0 | 134 | 19 |
| 22 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-1 | 121 | 13 |
| 23 | Bethel | 2-1 | 86 | 23 |
| 24 | Guilford | 3-0 | 59 | 25 |
| 25 | Cortland State | 3-0 | 54 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 16 Hobart
Others receiving votes: Hobart 45; Texas Lutheran 15; Chicago 12; Central 8; Maryville 8; Gustavus Adolphus 6; Chapman 6; Illinois Wesleyan 5; Amherst 4; Concordia-Moorhead 4; Whitworth 3; Franklin 3; Alfred 2; Albion 1; Framingham State 1; Franklin and Marshall 1; Widener 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.