Through games of Nov. 16, 2024:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (22) | 10-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Cortland (3) | 10-0 | 594 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 10-0 | 574 | 3 |
| 4 | Hardin-Simmons | 10-0 | 543 | 4 |
| 5 | Mount Union | 10-0 | 507 | 5 |
| 6 | Susquehanna | 9-1 | 460 | 6 |
| 7 | UW-Platteville | 9-1 | 459 | 8 |
| 8 | Salisbury | 10-0 | 457 | 7 |
| 9 | DePauw | 10-0 | 420 | 9 |
| 10 | Endicott | 9-1 | 364 | 10 |
| 11 | Wartburg | 9-1 | 357 | 11 |
| 12 | Grove City | 9-1 | 323 | 12 |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon | 9-1 | 284 | 13 |
| 14 | Linfield | 9-1 | 282 | 17 |
| 15 | Aurora | 9-1 | 279 | 14 |
| 16 | Hope | 10-0 | 276 | 15 |
| 17 | Washington and Jefferson | 9-1 | 244 | 18 |
| 18 | UW-La Crosse | 7-3 | 211 | 20 |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins | 9-1 | 167 | 21 |
| 20 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 128 | 23 |
| 21 | Bethel | 8-2 | 104 | 24 |
| 22 | Whitworth | 9-1 | 100 | 16 |
| 23 | Springfield | 10-0 | 71 | -- |
| 24 | John Carroll | 8-2 | 45 | -- |
| 25 | Coe | 9-1 | 41 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 UW-Oshkosh; No. 22 Marietta; No. 25 Brockport.
Others receiving votes: Randolph-Macon 36; UW-River Falls 30; Lake Forest 28; Marietta 20; Mary Hardin-Baylor 19; UW-Stout 15; Hobart 13; Ursinus 12; UW-Oshkosh 12; Brockport 8; Berry 7; Alma 6; UW-Whitewater 5; King's 1; Mass-Dartmouth 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.