Through games of Sept. 23, 2017:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (21) | 3-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (4) | 3-0 | 595 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-0 | 578 | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 3-0 | 535 | 5 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 4-0 | 525 | 4 |
| 6 | Hardin-Simmons | 3-0 | 467 | 7 |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 3-1 | 451 | 10 |
| 8 | Linfield | 1-1 | 402 | 8 |
| 9 | St. John's | 3-1 | 392 | 6 |
| 10 | Delaware Valley | 4-0 | 376 | 12 |
| 11 | Frostburg State | 4-0 | 373 | 11 |
| 12 | UW-Platteville | 3-0 | 357 | 13 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins | 4-0 | 285 | 14 |
| 14 | Whitworth | 3-0 | 256 | 15 |
| 15 | Wittenberg | 3-0 | 228 | 16 |
| 16 | Brockport | 4-0 | 197 | 19 |
| 17 | Washington and Jefferson | 3-0 | 196 | 17 |
| 18 | Case Western Reserve | 3-0 | 187 | 18 |
| 19 | Illinois Wesleyan | 3-1 | 160 | 20 |
| 20 | Alfred | 3-0 | 144 | 23 |
| 21 | Concordia-Moorhead | 3-0 | 140 | 21 |
| 22 | UW-Stout | 2-0 | 137 | 24 |
| 23 | Wesley | 2-1 | 135 | 22 |
| 24 | Heidelberg | 3-0 | 94 | -- |
| 25 | Wabash | 3-0 | 72 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 9 John Carroll.
Others receiving votes: Berry 52; Albright 37; Wartburg 22; Springfield 21; John Carroll 17; Redlands 15; UW-Whitewater 13; George Fox 10; Hobart 7; UW-La Crosse 6; Framingham State 5; Denison 3; Bridgewater (Va.) 5; Sul Ross State 4; DePauw 3; Buffalo State 1; Carnegie Mellon 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.