Through games of Saturday, Sept. 26:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (21) | 3-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (2) | 3-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield (2) | 2-0 | 569 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 3-0 | 546 | 4 |
| 5 | Wesley | 3-0 | 522 | 5 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 3-0 | 489 | 6 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 470 | 7 |
| 8 | Wabash | 3-0 | 436 | 9 |
| 9 | St. Thomas | 3-0 | 422 | 12 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins | 4-0 | 373 | 11 |
| 11 | John Carroll | 3-0 | 354 | 10 |
| 12 | Thomas More | 4-0 | 341 | 13 |
| 13 | Washington and Jefferson | 3-0 | 306 | 14 |
| 14 | UW-Platteville | 3-0 | 273 | 17 |
| 15 | Rowan | 3-0 | 261 | 16 |
| 16 | St. John's | 3-1 | 235 | 8 |
| 17 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-1 | 198 | 18 |
| 18 | Hardin-Simmons | 3-0 | 189 | 19 |
| 19 | Ithaca | 3-0 | 181 | 20 |
| 20 | Bethel | 3-1 | 123 | 23 |
| 21 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-2 | 107 | 22 |
| 22 | Cortland State | 4-0 | 89 | 25 |
| 23 | Guilford | 3-0 | 83 | 24 |
| 24 | Wittenberg | 2-1 | 69 | 15 |
| 25 | Hobart | 3-1 | 62 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 Centre.
Others receiving votes: Chicago 53; Maryville 27; Texas Lutheran 23; Albright 15; Gustavus Adolphus 12; Illinois Wesleyan 12; Whitworth 11; Franklin 8; Kean 8; Hampden-Sydney 6; Centre 3; DePauw 3; Framingham State 3; Trinity (Conn.) 3; Franklin and Marshall 2; Stevenson 2; Western New England 2; Albion 1; Gettysburg 1; Salisbury 1; Trinity (Texas) 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.