Through games of Oct. 26, 2024:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (18) | 7-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Cortland (7) | 7-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 7-0 | 566 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Union | 7-0 | 531 | 4 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-0 | 526 | 5 |
| 6 | Salisbury | 7-0 | 458 | 6 |
| 7 | Susquehanna | 7-1 | 452 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Platteville | 6-1 | 432 | 8 |
| 9 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-2 | 417 | 9 |
| 10 | DePauw | 7-0 | 386 | 12 |
| 11 | Endicott | 6-1 | 344 | 11 |
| 12 | Wartburg | 6-1 | 320 | 13 |
| 13 | Grove City | 6-1 | 267 | 15 |
| 14 | Whitworth | 7-0 | 257 | 14 |
| 15 | Aurora | 7-1 | 250 | 16 |
| 16 | Hope | 7-0 | 226 | 17 |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon | 6-1 | 202 | 18 |
| 18 | Linfield | 6-1 | 193 | 20 |
| 19 | Washington and Jefferson | 7-1 | 173 | 21 |
| 20 | UW-La Crosse | 4-3 | 170 | 22 |
| 21 | UW-River Falls | 5-2 | 160 | 10 |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins | 6-1 | 126 | 23 |
| 23 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-2 | 83 | 25 |
| 24 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 3-2 | 80 | 24 |
| 25 | Marietta | 7-0 | 67 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 14 UW-Whitewater.
Others receiving votes: UW-Whitewater 46; Bethel 45; UW-Stout 29; Springfield 22; Randolph-Macon 18; Alma 15; Brockport 14; Coe 9; Berry 6; Lake Forest 3; Westminster (Pa.) 3; Hobart 2; John Carroll 2; Ursinus 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.