Through games of Saturday, Oct. 24:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 7-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 6-0 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 7-0 | 572 | 3 |
| 4 | Wesley | 7-0 | 537 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 6-1 | 513 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 7-0 | 473 | 7 |
| 7 | UW-Whitewater | 6-1 | 469 | 6 |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-0 | 467 | 8 |
| 9 | Wabash | 7-0 | 440 | 9 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins | 7-0 | 393 | 10 |
| 11 | Thomas More | 8-0 | 389 | 11 |
| 12 | St. John's | 6-1 | 346 | 13 |
| 13 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-0 | 320 | 14 |
| 14 | Concordia-Moorhead | 7-1 | 231 | 17 |
| 15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-0 | 229 | 19 |
| 16 | UW-Platteville | 5-2 | 217 | 12 |
| 17 | John Carroll | 6-1 | 180 | 18 |
| 18 | Salisbury | 5-1 | 168 | 23 |
| 19 | North Central (Ill.) | 4-3 | 141 | 16 |
| 20 | Cortland State | 7-1 | 120 | -- |
| 21 | Wartburg | 6-1 | 97 | 22 |
| 22 | Washington and Lee | 7-0 | 82 | -- |
| 23 | Case Western Reserve | 6-1 | 57 | -- |
| 24 | Delaware Valley | 6-1 | 56 | -- |
| 25 | Texas Lutheran | 5-2 | 55 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 15 Washington and Jefferson; No. 20 Albright; No. 21 Rowan; No. 25 Whitworth.
Others receiving votes: Rowan 51; Whitworth 51; Franklin 33; Washington and Jefferson 32; St. Lawrence 31; Dubuque 25; Albright 25; Berry 22; Hampden-Sydney 16; Framingham State 10; Western New England 10; Gustavus Adolphus 8; Guilford 6; Ohio Northern 6; Amherst 5; DePauw 5; Olivet 5; Huntingdon 2; Monmouth 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.