Through games of Saturday, Oct. 31:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 8-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 7-0 | 604 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 7-1 | 548 | 5 |
| 4 | Wesley | 8-0 | 539 | 4 |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 8-0 | 490 | 6 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 7-1 | 483 | 7 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-0 | 479 | 8 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-0 | 450 | 13 |
| 9 | Wabash | 8-0 | 433 | 9 |
| 10 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 7-1 | 397 | 3 |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 8-0 | 389 | 10 |
| 12 | Thomas More | 9-0 | 384 | 11 |
| 13 | St. John's | 7-1 | 338 | 12 |
| 14 | UW-Platteville | 6-2 | 243 | 16 |
| 15 | John Carroll | 7-1 | 240 | 17 |
| 16 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-3 | 203 | 19 |
| 17 | Washington and Lee | 8-0 | 190 | 22 |
| 18 | Case Western Reserve | 7-1 | 182 | 23 |
| 19 | Delaware Valley | 7-1 | 116 | 24 |
| 20 | Texas Lutheran | 6-2 | 115 | 25 |
| 21 | Wartburg | 7-1 | 106 | 21 |
| 22 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-1 | 89 | 15 |
| 23 | Concordia-Moorhead | 7-2 | 67 | 14 |
| 24 | Dubuque | 6-2 | 58 | -- |
| 25 | St. Lawrence | 7-1 | 57 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 18 Salisbury; 20 Cortland State.
Others receiving votes: Whitworth 50; Rowan 50; Franklin 34; Berry 26; Washington and Jefferson 22; St. Norbert 14; Western New England 13; Guilford 12; Framingham State 11; DePauw 10; Albright 10; Cortland State 10; Amherst 9; Hampden-Sydney 6; Huntingdon 6; Salisbury 5; Stevenson 4; Ohio Northern 4; La Verne 4; Centre 3; Monmouth 3.
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.