Through games of Oct. 5:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (18) | 4-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Cortland (7) | 4-0 | 605 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 4-0 | 551 | 5 |
| 4 | UW-River Falls | 4-0 | 528 | 6 |
| 5 | Mount Union | 4-0 | 527 | 4 |
| 6 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-0 | 479 | 7 |
| 7 | Grove City | 4-0 | 432 | 8 |
| 8 | Susquehanna | 4-1 | 402 | 10 |
| 9 | Salisbury | 4-0 | 389 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 3-1 | 373 | 11 |
| 11 | UW-Platteville | 4-0 | 361 | 24 |
| 12 | UW-La Crosse | 2-2 | 360 | 3 |
| 13 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 2-1 | 352 | 14 |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon | 5-0 | 287 | 15 |
| 15 | Endicott | 4-1 | 267 | 12 |
| 16 | Wartburg | 3-1 | 258 | 13 |
| 17 | DePauw | 5-0 | 239 | 16 |
| 18 | Whitworth | 4-0 | 175 | 19 |
| 19 | Aurora | 4-1 | 158 | 20 |
| 20 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-2 | 139 | 17 |
| 21 | Hope | 5-0 | 122 | 23 |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins | 3-1 | 113 | 21 |
| 23 | Linfield | 3-1 | 109 | 22 |
| 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-2 | 55 | 18 |
| 25 | John Carroll | 2-2 | 50 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 25 Randolph-Macon.
Others receiving votes: Berry 37; Randolph-Macon 31; Bethel 23; Case Western Reserve 17; Marietta 14; Ursinus 11; Washington U. 9; Alma 9; Springfield 9; Washington & Jefferson 8; Coe 3; Lake Forest 2; Central 2; FDU-Florham 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.