Through games of Sept. 10, 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (16) | 1-0 | 610 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (4) | 2-0 | 589 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield (3) | 1-0 | 571 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas (2) | 2-0 | 553 | 4 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 2-0 | 535 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Oshkosh | 1-0 | 496 | 6 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-0 | 448 | 7 |
| 8 | St. John's | 2-0 | 412 | 8 |
| 9 | North Central (Ill.) | 2-0 | 390 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-Platteville | 2-0 | 382 | 10 |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 2-0 | 370 | 11 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 1-0 | 330 | 12 |
| 13 | Wabash | 1-0 | 319 | 13 |
| 14 | Delaware Valley | 2-0 | 290 | 14 |
| 15 | Cortland | 2-0 | 249 | 16 |
| 16 | Salisbury | 1-0 | 246 | 15 |
| 17 | Wesley | 1-1 | 211 | 17 |
| 18 | East Texas Baptist | 2-0 | 158 | 20 |
| 19 | Huntingdon | 2-0 | 127 | 21 |
| 20 | Thomas More | 1-1 | 104 | 22 |
| 21 | St. John Fisher | 2-0 | 99 | 24 |
| 22 | Franklin | 1-1 | 96 | 19 |
| 23 | Washington and Jefferson | 2-0 | 80 | 25 |
| 24 | Stevenson | 2-0 | 60 | -- |
| 25 | Hobart | 2-0 | 46 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 18 Ohio Northern; No. 23 John Carroll.
Others receiving votes: John Carroll 42; DePauw 32; Central 30; Hendrix 29; St. Lawrence 28; Wittenberg 25; Guilford 21; Whitworth 16; Case Western Reserve 16; Dubuque 16; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 15; Wartburg 13; Washington and Lee 13; Ohio Northern 11; Rowan 10; Westminster (Pa.) 9; Amherst 6; Utica 6; Alfred 6; Monmouth 4; UW-Stevens Point 3; Christopher Newport 2; RPI 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.