Through the end of the 2018 Division III football season:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 2 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 14-1 | 597 | 1 |
| 3 | St. John's | 12-1 | 564 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater | 12-1 | 553 | 5 |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins | 12-2 | 534 | 14 |
| 6 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-2 | 463 | 7 |
| 7 | Bethel | 11-2 | 451 | 11 |
| 8 | North Central (Ill.) | 10-2 | 426 | 9 |
| 9 | Muhlenberg | 11-2 | 384 | 23 |
| 10 | Whitworth | 10-1 | 357 | 10 |
| 11 | RPI | 10-2 | 352 | -- |
| 12 | Frostburg State | 10-1 | 349 | 6 |
| 13 | Brockport | 11-1 | 343 | 4 |
| 14 | Centre | 10-2 | 261 | 24 |
| 15 | St. Thomas | 8-2 | 226 | 16 |
| 16 | Delaware Valley | 9-2 | 184 | 13 |
| 17 | Berry | 10-2 | 179 | 20 |
| 18 | Randolph-Macon | 9-3 | 175 | -- |
| 19 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-2 | 169 | 15 |
| 20 | John Carroll | 9-2 | 154 | 8 |
| 21 | St. Norbert | 10-2 | 151 | -- |
| 22 | Linfield | 7-2 | 130 | 21 |
| 23 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 97 | 22 |
| 24 | Trine | 10-1 | 92 | 12 |
| 25 | Wabash | 9-1 | 90 | 18 |
Dropped out: No. 17 Washington & Jefferson; No. 19 Wittenberg; No. 25 Washington U.
Others receiving votes: Wittenberg 77; Washington & Jefferson 61; Washington U. 38; UW-La Crosse 21; Case Western Reserve 7; Denison 4; Wartburg 4; Baldwin Wallace 3; Montclair State 2; Ithaca 1; Wesley 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.
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