Sep 03, 2017
Through games of Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (19) | 0-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (4) | 1-0 | 592 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh (2) | 1-0 | 572 | 4 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 1-0 | 545 | 5 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-0 | 518 | 6 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-0 | 481 | 7 |
| 7 | Linfield | 0-0 | 466 | 9 |
| 8 | St. John's | 1-0 | 458 | 10 |
| 9 | John Carroll | 0-1 | 389 | 8 |
| 10 | Hardin-Simmons | 0-0 | 360 | 12 |
| 11 | Frostburg State | 1-0 | 304 | 17 |
| 12 | Delaware Valley | 1-0 | 281 | 20 |
| 13 | UW-Platteville | 1-0 | 279 | 15 |
| 14 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1-0 | 277 | -- |
| 15 | UW-Whitewater | 0-1 | 276 | 3 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins | 1-0 | 262 | 13 |
| 17 | Wittenberg | 1-0 | 229 | 16 |
| 18 | Thomas More | 1-0 | 204 | 19 |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve | 1-0 | 134 | 22 |
| 20 | Redlands | 1-0 | 129 | 25 |
| 21 | Alfred | 1-0 | 123 | 21 |
| 22 | Wesley | 0-1 | 102 | 11 |
| 23 | Washington and Jefferson | 1-0 | 101 | -- |
| 24 | Whitworth | 1-0 | 94 | -- |
| 25 | Brockport | 1-0 | 63 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 14 Hobart; No. 18 Stevenson; 23 St. John Fisher; No. 24 Western New England
Others receiving votes: Wabash 61; Coe 59; Albright 24; Muhlenberg 22; St. John Fisher 19; Monmouth 17; Berry 17; Stevenson 13; Ohio Northern 7; Carthage 5; Heidelberg 4; Hobart 4; Springfield 4; Dubuque 2; Rose-Hulman 2; Sul Ross State 2; Franklin 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.