Through games of Nov. 12, 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (18) | 10-0 | 618 | 2 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (5) | 10-0 | 597 | 3 |
| 3 | St. Thomas (2) | 10-0 | 580 | 4 |
| 4 | UW-Oshkosh | 9-1 | 538 | 5 |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 10-0 | 515 | 6 |
| 6 | John Carroll | 9-1 | 468 | 16 |
| 7 | Mount Union | 9-1 | 444 | 1 |
| 8 | Linfield | 8-1 | 436 | 7 |
| 9 | St. John's | 9-1 | 430 | 8 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins | 10-0 | 404 | 9 |
| 11 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-1 | 385 | 10 |
| 12 | UW-Platteville | 8-2 | 346 | 11 |
| 13 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 9-1 | 314 | 12 |
| 14 | Alfred | 10-0 | 297 | 14 |
| 15 | Thomas More | 9-1 | 286 | 13 |
| 16 | Coe | 10-0 | 268 | 15 |
| 17 | Wittenberg | 9-1 | 190 | 19 |
| 18 | Wesley | 8-2 | 172 | 20 |
| 19 | Hobart | 9-1 | 155 | 22 |
| 20 | Stevenson | 9-1 | 137 | 23 |
| 21 | Monmouth | 10-0 | 11 | 24 |
| 22 | St. John Fisher | 8-2 | 67 | 18 |
| 23 | St. Lawrence | 9-1 | 65 | 25 |
| 24 | Frostburg State | 9-1 | 57 | -- |
| 25 | Huntingdon | 9-1 | 42 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 17 Wabash; No. 21 Case Western Reserve.
Others receiving votes: Western New England 37; Muhlenberg 25; Berry 25; Trinity (Conn.) 18; Whitworth 17; DePauw 16; Wabash 13; Randolph-Macon 12; Redlands 11; Delaware Valley 7; Case Western Reserve 5; Washington (Mo.) 5; Hendrix 3; Olivet 3; Salisbury 3; Franklin 2; Illinois Wesleyan 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.