Through games of Oct. 21, 2017:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (21) | 7-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (4) | 7-0 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 6-0 | 580 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 6-1 | 521 | 6 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 6-1 | 505 | 5 |
| 6 | Linfield | 5-1 | 482 | 7 |
| 7 | St. John's | 7-1 | 463 | 8 |
| 8 | Delaware Valley | 7-0 | 439 | 9 |
| 9 | UW-Platteville | 6-1 | 404 | 10 |
| 10 | North Central (Ill.) | 6-1 | 370 | 4 |
| 11 | Brockport | 7-0 | 369 | 12 |
| 12 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-1 | 354 | 11 |
| 13 | Wittenberg | 7-0 | 334 | 13 |
| 14 | Wesley | 6-1 | 306 | 14 |
| 15 | Frostburg State | 6-1 | 276 | 16 |
| 16 | Washington and Jefferson | 7-0 | 248 | 15 |
| 17 | Case Western Reserve | 7-0 | 235 | 17 |
| 18 | Berry | 8-0 | 198 | 18 |
| 19 | Wartburg | 7-0 | 159 | 20 |
| 20 | George Fox | 5-2 | 124 | 19 |
| 21 | Concordia-Moorhead | 6-1 | 123 | 21 |
| 22 | Springfield | 8-0 | 106 | 23 |
| 23 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-2 | 89 | -- |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins | 6-1 | 65 | 22 |
| 25 | Salisbury | 6-1 | 39 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 24 Heidelberg; No. 25 DePauw.
Others receiving votes: Millikin 24; Trine 24; UW-Whitewater 18; Wabash 10; Trinity (Conn.) 7; DePauw 6; Whitworth 5; UW-Stout 4; Alfred 3; Framingham State 3; UW-La Crosse 3; Carnegie Mellon 3; Cal Lutheran 2; Huntingdon 2; Monmouth 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.