Through games of Oct. 20:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (20) | 7-0 | 620 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (5) | 7-0 | 605 | 2 |
| 3 | Brockport | 7-0 | 556 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 7-0 | 539 | 5 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 6-0 | 529 | 6 |
| 6 | Frostburg State | 6-0 | 519 | 4 |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 6-1 | 459 | 7 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 6-1 | 430 | 9 |
| 9 | John Carroll | 6-1 | 389 | 10 |
| 10 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-2 | 342 | 12 |
| 11 | Wittenberg | 7-0 | 313 | 14 |
| 12 | North Central (Ill.) | 6-1 | 290 | 15 |
| 13 | Berry | 8-0 | 279 | 13 |
| 14 | Whitworth | 6-0 | 278 | 18 |
| 15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-1 | 268 | 17 |
| 16 | Trine | 7-0 | 267 | 16 |
| 17 | RPI | 6-0 | 211 | 19 |
| 18 | Muhlenberg | 7-0 | 192 | 20 |
| 19 | Delaware Valley | 6-1 | 168 | 21 |
| 20 | Wesley | 5-2 | 162 | 8 |
| 21 | Washington and Jefferson | 7-1 | 116 | 11 |
| 22 | Case Western Reserve | 6-1 | 115 | 22 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins | 6-1 | 72 | 25 |
| 24 | Linfield | 4-2 | 65 | 24 |
| 25 | Salisbury | 7-0 | 62 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 23 Wheaton.
Others receiving votes: Wheaton 60; UW-La Crosse 35; Washington U. 35; Baldwin Wallace 28; Centre 26; Bethel 22; Monmouth (Ill.) 17; Rowan 14; Randolph-Macon 10; Ithaca 10; Marietta 9; Trinity (Conn.) 9; Cortland 2; Kalamazoo 1; Millikin 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.
Oshkosh center Tyler Powers, left, squares off with UW-Whitewater defensive lineman Merritt Stott in their Oct. 6 game. Oshkosh moved back into the Top 10, while Whitewater moved into the Top 5.
Photo by Daryl Tessmann, d3photography.com