Through games of Saturday, Oct. 17:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 6-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 5-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 6-0 | 572 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 6-0 | 543 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-1 | 493 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 5-1 | 485 | 6 |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 6-0 | 467 | 9 |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-0 | 460 | 7 |
| 9 | Wabash | 6-0 | 443 | 10 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins | 6-0 | 390 | 11 |
| 11 | Thomas More | 7-0 | 384 | 12 |
| 12 | UW-Platteville | 5-1 | 332 | 13 |
| 13 | St. John's | 5-1 | 322 | 14 |
| 14 | Hardin-Simmons | 6-0 | 307 | 15 |
| 15 | Washington and Jefferson | 5-1 | 239 | 16 |
| 16 | North Central (Ill.) | 4-2 | 228 | 17 |
| 17 | Concordia-Moorhead | 6-1 | 167 | 19 |
| 18 | John Carroll | 5-1 | 160 | 18 |
| 19 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-0 | 149 | 20 |
| 20 | Albright | 6-0 | 120 | 21 |
| 21 | Rowan | 5-1 | 102 | 22 |
| 22 | Wartburg | 5-1 | 95 | 8 |
| 23 | Salisbury | 4-1 | 91 | 23 |
| 24 | Texas Lutheran | 5-1 | 88 | 25 |
| 25 | Whitworth | 6-0 | 46 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 24 Ithaca.
Others receiving votes: DePauw 41; Cortland State 33; Washington and Lee 20; Rose-Hulman 19; Hampden-Sydney 14; Bethel 13; St. Lawrence 13; Franklin 12; Dubuque 10; Framingham State 8; Albion 7; Guilford 6; Delaware Valley 6; Western New England 5; Berry 4; Gustavus Adolphus 4; Amherst 3; Ohio Northern 3; Ithaca 2; Chicago 2.
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.