Through games of Oct. 13:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 6-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (6) | 6-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | Brockport | 6-0 | 554 | 4 |
| 4 | Frostburg State | 5-0 | 530 | 5 |
| 5 | St. John's | 6-0 | 525 | 8 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 5-0 | 524 | 6 |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 5-1 | 444 | 3 |
| 8 | Wesley | 5-1 | 431 | 7 |
| 9 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-1 | 402 | 9 |
| 10 | John Carroll | 5-1 | 368 | 10 |
| 11 | Washington and Jefferson | 7-0 | 356 | 11 |
| 12 | UW-Oshkosh | 4-2 | 296 | 13 |
| 13 | Berry | 7-0 | 281 | 14 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 6-0 | 260 | 16 |
| 15 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-1 | 250 | 17 |
| 16 | Trine | 6-0 | 237 | 15 |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan | 5-1 | 235 | 18 |
| 18 | Whitworth | 5-0 | 216 | 19 |
| 19 | RPI | 5-0 | 160 | 20 |
| 20 | Muhlenberg | 6-0 | 145 | 23 |
| 21 | Delaware Valley | 5-1 | 124 | 22 |
| 22 | Case Western Reserve | 5-1 | 119 | 21 |
| 23 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 4-2 | 75 | 12 |
| 24 | Linfield | 3-2 | 59 | 24 |
| 25 | Johns Hopkins | 5-1 | 55 | 25 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Central 53; UW-La Crosse 49; Washington U. 41; Salisbury 35; Baldwin Wallace 27; Centre 17; Monmouth 13; Ithaca 6; Randolph-Macon 5; Bethel 4; Marietta 3, Thomas More 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.
|
| Berry's Bryson Lamboy, carrying a large ax, follows a crash cymbals player and leads a line of Berry Vikings in uniform before the team's season opener. Berry athletics photo |