Through games of Oct. 18, 2025:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (23) | 6-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (2) | 6-0 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 6-0 | 577 | 3 |
| 4 | Salisbury | 6-0 | 513 | 5 |
| 5 | Bethel | 6-0 | 512 | 6 |
| 6 | Hardin-Simmons | 6-0 | 485 | 7 |
| 7 | Wartburg | 7-0 | 472 | 8 |
| 8 | UW-Platteville | 5-1 | 424 | 13 |
| 9 | UW-Whitewater | 5-1 | 421 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-River Falls | 5-1 | 396 | 12 |
| 11 | St. John's | 5-1 | 388 | 10 |
| 12 | UW-La Crosse | 4-1 | 381 | 4 |
| 13 | John Carroll | 6-1 | 336 | 14 |
| 14 | Central | 6-0 | 278 | 15 |
| 15 | Christopher Newport | 6-0 | 247 | 17 |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon | 4-2 | 220 | 16 |
| 17 | DePauw | 5-1 | 212 | 11 |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 4-2 | 162 | 18 |
| 19 | Hope | 5-1 | 160 | 19 |
| 20 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 4-2 | 144 | 21 |
| 21 | Berry | 5-1 | 142 | 22 |
| 22 | Cortland | 5-1 | 115 | 23 |
| 23 | Randolph-Macon | 6-1 | 70 | 25 |
| 24 | UW-Stout | 4-2 | 56 | 20 |
| 25 | Adrian | 6-0 | 38 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 24 Linfield.
Others receiving votes: Baldwin Wallace 30; Trinity (Texas) 29; Wabash 23; Susquehanna 19; Washington & Jefferson 8; Monmouth 7; Mary Hardin-Baylor 6; Whitworth 5; Ithaca 5; Alma 4; Franklin & Marshall 4; Coe 3; Hampden-Sydney 3; Chapman 2; Linfield 2; Eastern 1; Maryville 1; Muhlenberg 1; Washington U. 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.