Through games of Oct. 29, 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (14) | 8-0 | 605 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (2) | 8-0 | 596 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (8) | 8-0 | 591 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas (1) | 8-0 | 558 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 7-1 | 512 | 5 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 8-0 | 499 | 6 |
| 7 | Linfield | 6-1 | 456 | 7 |
| 8 | St. John's | 7-1 | 433 | 8 |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins | 8-0 | 428 | 9 |
| 10 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-1 | 381 | 10 |
| 11 | UW-Platteville | 6-2 | 348 | 11 |
| 12 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-1 | 343 | 12 |
| 13 | Thomas More | 8-1 | 317 | 13 |
| 14 | Stevenson | 8-0 | 296 | 14 |
| 15 | Alfred | 8-0 | 242 | 15 |
| 16 | St. Lawrence | 8-0 | 230 | 16 |
| 17 | Coe | 9-0 | 228 | 17 |
| 18 | Salisbury | 7-1 | 165 | 19 |
| 19 | Wabash | 7-1 | 162 | 20 |
| 20 | John Carroll | 7-1 | 156 | 21 |
| 21 | East Texas Baptist | 7-1 | 146 | 18 |
| 22 | Wittenberg | 7-1 | 89 | 23 |
| 23 | St. John Fisher | 7-1 | 79 | 24 |
| 24 | Case Western Reserve | 8-0 | 74 | 25 |
| 25 | Monmouth | 8-0 | 27 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 22 Denison.
Others receiving votes: Wesley 20; Frostburg State 15; Western New England 14; Denison 13; Franklin 11; Berry 10; Concordia-Moorhead 10; Hobart 10; Whitworth 9; Huntingdon 8; Maryville (Tenn.) 6; Trinity (Conn.) 6; Muhlenberg 4; Centre 3; Olivet 2; Illinois Wesleyan 1; Randolph-Macon 1; Redlands 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.