Through games of Nov. 11, 2017:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (20) | 10-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (3) | 10-0 | 594 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh (2) | 9-0 | 587 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 9-1 | 527 | 4 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-1 | 509 | 5 |
| 6 | St. John's | 9-1 | 467 | 6 |
| 7 | Delaware Valley | 10-0 | 462 | 7 |
| 8 | Linfield | 8-1 | 449 | 8 |
| 9 | North Central (Ill.) | 9-1 | 397 | 9 |
| 10 | Brockport | 10-0 | 377 | 10 |
| 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 9-1 | 375 | 11 |
| 12 | Wittenberg | 10-0 | 367 | 12 |
| 13 | Wesley | 9-1 | 332 | 13 |
| 14 | Washington and Jefferson | 10-0 | 288 | 15 |
| 15 | Frostburg State | 9-1 | 265 | 16 |
| 16 | Case Western Reserve | 10-0 | 261 | 14 |
| 17 | Wartburg | 10-0 | 214 | 18 |
| 18 | Berry | 10-0 | 212 | 17 |
| 19 | Springfield | 10-0 | 153 | 20 |
| 20 | Concordia-Moorhead | 8-2 | 134 | 19 |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins | 9-1 | 132 | 21 |
| 22 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 104 | 22 |
| 23 | UW-Whitewater | 7-3 | 82 | 23 |
| 24 | UW-La Crosse | 8-2 | 72 | 24 |
| 25 | Trine | 10-0 | 68 | 25 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: UW-Platteville 20; Huntingdon 14; Monmouth 9; Salisbury 9; Franklin 6; Whitworth 6, Framingham State 5; Franklin & Marshall 3, Washington & Lee 3; Centre 1; Chapman 1; John Carroll 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. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.