Through games of Sept. 28, 2024:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (16) | 3-0 | 616 | 1 |
| 2 | Cortland (9) | 3-0 | 608 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-La Crosse | 2-1 | 562 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Union | 3-0 | 535 | 4 |
| 5 | St. John's | 3-0 | 531 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-River Falls | 3-0 | 486 | 6 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 3-0 | 430 | 7 |
| 8 | Grove City | 3-0 | 411 | 8 |
| 9 | Salisbury | 3-0 | 384 | 11 |
| 10 | Susquehanna | 3-1 | 373 | 9 |
| 11 | UW-Whitewater | 2-1 | 355 | 10 |
| 12 | Endicott | 4-0 | 332 | 12 |
| 13 | Wartburg | 3-1 | 315 | 13 |
| 14 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1-1 | 285 | 14 |
| 15 | Carnegie Mellon | 4-0 | 277 | 15 |
| 16 | DePauw | 4-0 | 253 | 18 |
| 17 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-1 | 238 | 17 |
| 18 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-1 | 176 | 19 |
| 19 | Whitworth | 3-0 | 162 | 21 |
| 20 | Aurora | 3-1 | 143 | 22 |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins | 2-1 | 120 | 20 |
| 22 | Linfield | 2-1 | 96 | 25 |
| 23 | Hope | 4-0 | 93 | -- |
| 24 | UW-Platteville | 3-0 | 86 | -- |
| 25 | Randolph-Macon | 2-1 | 60 | 23 |
Dropped out: No. 16 Alma; No. 24 Bethel.
Others receiving votes: John Carroll 51; Berry 43; Alma 30; Trinity (Texas) 24; Bethel 12; Case Western Reserve 9; Washington U. 7; Washington & Jefferson 7; Ursinus 7; Lake Forest 2; Springfield 2; Coe 1; FDU-Florham 1; Ithaca 1; Marietta 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.