Through games of Oct. 8:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (15) | 5-0 | 606 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (3) | 5-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (6) | 5-0 | 587 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas (1) | 6-0 | 553 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 4-1 | 501 | 5 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-0 | 465 | 6 |
| 7 | UW-Platteville | 4-1 | 445 | 7 |
| 8 | Linfield | 3-1 | 436 | 8 |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins | 5-0 | 410 | 9 |
| 10 | St. John's | 5-1 | 407 | 11 |
| 11 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-0 | 397 | 10 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-0 | 389 | 12 |
| 13 | St. John Fisher | 6-0 | 280 | 14 |
| 14 | Thomas More | 5-1 | 265 | 15 |
| 15 | Wittenberg | 5-0 | 260 | 16 |
| 16 | East Texas Baptist | 5-0 | 237 | 17 |
| 17 | Franklin | 5-1 | 213 | 18 |
| 18 | Stevenson | 5-0 | 175 | 19 |
| 19 | Wabash | 4-1 | 136 | 20 |
| 20 | St. Lawrence | 6-0 | 129 | 21 |
| 21 | Dubuque | 6-0 | 109 | 23 |
| 22 | Hendrix | 5-0 | 79 | 24 |
| 23 | Alfred | 5-0 | 77 | 25 |
| 24 | Rowan | 4-1 | 76 | -- |
| 25 | Salisbury | 4-1 | 56 | 13 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Hobart.
Others receiving votes: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 40; John Carroll 40; Delaware Valley 33; Case Western Reserve 26; Whitworth 24; Monmouth 19; Coe 17; Hobart 11; Wesley 10; Christopher Newport 5; UW-Stevens Point 4; Huntingdon 3; RPI 3; Washington and Jefferson 3; Concordia-Moorhead 2; Randolph-Macon 2; Western New England 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.