Through games of Oct. 14, 2017:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (21) | 6-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (4) | 6-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-0 | 577 | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-0 | 552 | 4 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-1 | 499 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 5-1 | 491 | 6 |
| 7 | Linfield | 4-1 | 465 | 7 |
| 8 | St. John's | 6-1 | 438 | 8 |
| 9 | Delaware Valley | 7-0 | 414 | 10 |
| 10 | UW-Platteville | 5-1 | 388 | 9 |
| 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-1 | 374 | 11 |
| 12 | Brockport | 6-0 | 323 | 13 |
| 13 | Wittenberg | 6-0 | 315 | 12 |
| 14 | Wesley | 5-1 | 307 | 14 |
| 15 | Washington and Jefferson | 6-0 | 272 | 15 |
| 16 | Frostburg State | 5-1 | 247 | 18 |
| 17 | Case Western Reserve | 6-0 | 240 | 16 |
| 18 | Berry | 7-0 | 191 | 19 |
| 19 | George Fox | 5-1 | 144 | 21 |
| 20 | Wartburg | 6-0 | 138 | 22 |
| 21 | Concordia-Moorhead | 5-1 | 119 | 23 |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins | 5-1 | 88 | 24 |
| 23 | Springfield | 7-0 | 77 | 25 |
| 24 | Heidelberg | 5-1 | 38 | -- |
| 25 | DePauw | 6-0 | 31 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 17 Alfred; No. 20 Wabash.
Others receiving votes: Wheaton (Ill.) 28; Salisbury 27; Alfred 23; Millikin 19; UW-Whitewater 16; Trine 11; Albright 9; Cal Lutheran 7; Carthage 7; Wabash 7; Westminster (Pa.) 6; Whitworth 5; Trinity (Conn.) 5; UW-Stout 4; UW-La Crosse 3; 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.