Through games of Sept. 14, 2024:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (17) | 1-0 | 617 | 1 |
| 2 | Cortland (8) | 2-0 | 607 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 2-0 | 565 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Union | 1-0 | 531 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-La Crosse | 2-0 | 499 | 6 |
| 6 | St. John's | 2-0 | 467 | 12 |
| 7 | UW-River Falls | 1-0 | 449 | 8 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins | 2-0 | 436 | 7 |
| 9 | Grove City | 1-0 | 384 | 10 |
| 10 | Randolph-Macon | 2-0 | 366 | 9 |
| 11 | Susquehanna | 2-0 | 362 | 11 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 2-0 | 340 | 13 |
| 13 | Wartburg | 1-1 | 310 | 5 |
| 14 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-0 | 307 | 17 |
| 15 | Endicott | 2-0 | 274 | 16 |
| 16 | Alma | 1-1 | 232 | 15 |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon | 2-0 | 210 | 20 |
| 18 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 0-1 | 179 | 19 |
| 19 | Aurora | 1-1 | 177 | 14 |
| 20 | Whitworth | 2-0 | 151 | 23 |
| 21 | DePauw | 2-0 | 120 | -- |
| 22 | Salisbury | 2-0 | 89 | -- |
| 23 | Linfield | 1-1 | 77 | 21 |
| 24 | Bethel | 1-0 | 76 | -- |
| 25 | John Carroll | 0-1 | 65 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 18 Muhlenberg; No. 22 Berry; No. 24 Ithaca.
Others receiving votes: UW-Platteville 53; Delaware Valley 36; Trinity (Texas) 23; Central 19; Mary Hardin-Baylor 17; Muhlenberg 16; Ithaca 15; Hope 15; Case Western Reserve 11; Washington & Jefferson 10; Augustana 5; Chapman 5; Coe 4; Berry 2; Lake Forest 2; Rowan 2.
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.