Through the end of the 2016 season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Oshkosh | 13-2 | 599 | 4 |
| 3 | John Carroll | 12-2 | 564 | 6 |
| 4 | Mount Union | 12-2 | 549 | 7 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 12-1 | 519 | 2 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 12-1 | 509 | 3 |
| 7 | Linfield | 9-2 | 447 | 8 |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 11-2 | 436 | 13 |
| 9 | St. John's | 10-2 | 388 | 9 |
| 10 | North Central (Ill.) | 11-1 | 379 | 5 |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 11-1 | 375 | 10 |
| 12 | Alfred | 12-1 | 346 | 14 |
| 13 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-2 | 327 | 11 |
| 14 | UW-Platteville | 8-3 | 321 | 12 |
| 15 | Wesley | 9-3 | 282 | 18 |
| 16 | Wittenberg | 10-2 | 233 | 17 |
| 17 | Coe | 11-1 | 220 | 16 |
| 18 | Thomas More | 9-2 | 190 | 15 |
| 19 | Hobart | 9-2 | 187 | 19 |
| 20 | Stevenson | 9-2 | 131 | 20 |
| 21 | Monmouth | 10-1 | 99 | 21 |
| 22 | Western New England | 11-1 | 96 | -- |
| 23 | Frostburg State | 10-1 | 70 | 24 |
| 24 | St. Lawrence | 9-1 | 55 | 23 |
| 25 | St. John Fisher | 8-3 | 34 | 22 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Huntingdon.
Others receiving votes: Huntingdon 30; Redlands 24; Wabash 17; Whitworth 12; Muhlenberg 9; Trinity (Conn.) 9; Case Western Reserve 7; Bridgewater State 6; Randolph-Macon 6; DePauw 6; Berry 4; Delaware Valley 4; Husson 4; Salisbury 3; Illinois Wesleyan 2; Washington U. 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.