Through games of Sept. 17, 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 2-0 | 614 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (2) | 2-0 | 587 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (3) | 3-0 | 578 | 5 |
| 4 | St. Thomas (1) | 3-0 | 566 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-0 | 517 | 6 |
| 6 | St. John's | 3-0 | 455 | 8 |
| 7 | North Central (Ill.) | 3-0 | 433 | 9 |
| 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 419 | 7 |
| 9 | Linfield | 1-1 | 409 | 3 |
| 10 | UW-Platteville | 2-0 | 404 | 10 |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 3-0 | 376 | 11 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 2-0 | 337 | 12 |
| 13 | Wabash | 2-0 | 335 | 13 |
| 14 | Delaware Valley | 3-0 | 300 | 14 |
| 15 | Salisbury | 2-0 | 271 | 16 |
| 16 | St. John Fisher | 3-0 | 197 | 21 |
| 17 | Huntingdon | 3-0 | 178 | 19 |
| 18 | Thomas More | 2-1 | 169 | 20 |
| 19 | East Texas Baptist | 3-0 | 168 | 18 |
| 20 | Franklin | 2-1 | 133 | 22 |
| 21 | Stevenson | 3-0 | 92 | 24 |
| 22 | Hobart | 3-0 | 87 | 25 |
| 23 | Cortland | 2-1 | 53 | 15 |
| 24 | Christopher Newport | 3-0 | 52 | -- |
| 25 | Central | 3-0 | 42 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 17 Wesley; No. 23 Washington and Jefferson.
Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence 40; DePauw 38; John Carroll 38; Wittenberg 37; Hendrix 34; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 27; Guilford 25; Alfred 22; Whitworth 17; Case Western Reserve 16; Dubuque 11; Monmouth 11; Westminster (Pa.) 9; Wartburg 7; Amherst 6; RPI 5; Wesley 4; Washington and Lee 3; Washington and Jefferson 2; Muhlenberg 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.