Oct 01, 2017
Through games of Sept. 30:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (21) | 4-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (4) | 4-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 3-0 | 577 | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 4-0 | 549 | 4 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-0 | 507 | 6 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 4-1 | 469 | 7 |
| 7 | Linfield | 2-1 | 457 | 8 |
| 8 | St. John's | 4-1 | 404 | 9 |
| 9 | UW-Platteville | 4-0 | 394 | 12 |
| 10 | Delaware Valley | 5-0 | 391 | 10 |
| 11 | Frostburg State | 4-0 | 389 | 11 |
| 12 | Illinois Wesleyan | 4-1 | 346 | 19 |
| 13 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 4-1 | 287 | 5 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 4-0 | 272 | 15 |
| 15 | Brockport | 5-0 | 250 | 16 |
| 16 | Washington and Jefferson | 3-0 | 221 | 17 |
| 17 | Case Western Reserve | 4-0 | 216 | 18 |
| 18 | Alfred | 4-0 | 177 | 20 |
| 19 | Wesley | 3-1 | 168 | 23 |
| 20 | Concordia-Moorhead | 4-0 | 165 | 21 |
| 21 | Heidelberg | 4-0 | 120 | 24 |
| 22 | Whitworth | 3-1 | 91 | 14 |
| 23 | UW-Stout | 2-1 | 85 | 22 |
| 24 | Berry | 5-0 | 79 | -- |
| 25 | Wabash | 4-0 | 62 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 13 Johns Hopkins.
Others receiving votes: Albright 34; Wartburg 33; Johns Hopkins 30; Ursinus 25; Springfield 21; George Fox 20; John Carroll 16; Redlands 12; UW-La Crosse 8; Christopher Newport 7; DePauw 6; Sul Ross State 6; Framingham State 5; Carnegie Mellon 2; Carthage 2; Franklin & Marshall 1; Trine 1; Trinity (Conn.) 1; UW-Whitewater 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.