Through games of Sept. 15, 2018:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (24) | 2-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 2-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 2-0 | 571 | 3 |
| 4 | Brockport | 3-0 | 520 | 4 |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 2-0 | 509 | 5 |
| 6 | Frostburg State | 2-0 | 479 | 6 |
| 7 | Wesley | 2-0 | 465 | 7 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 2-0 | 440 | 8 |
| 9 | St. John's | 2-0 | 432 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 2-0 | 412 | 10 |
| 11 | Linfield | 1-1 | 380 | 11 |
| 12 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-1 | 331 | 15 |
| 13 | Washington and Jefferson | 3-0 | 309 | 13 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 2-0 | 292 | 14 |
| 15 | John Carroll | 2-0 | 252 | 20 |
| 16 | Trine | 3-0 | 219 | 17 |
| 17 | Berry | 3-0 | 187 | 18 |
| 18 | Case Western Reserve | 2-0 | 166 | 19 |
| 19 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1-1 | 117 | -- |
| 20 | RPI | 3-0 | 109 | 21 |
| 21 | Delaware Valley | 2-1 | 107 | 22 |
| 22 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-1 | 91 | 12 |
| 23 | UW-La Crosse | 2-1 | 83 | 23 |
| 24 | Franklin and Marshall | 3-0 | 55 | 24 |
| 25 | Ithaca | 2-1 | 45 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 16 UW-Plattevile; No. 25 Springfield.
Others receiving votes: Wartburg 43; Ohio Northern 43; UW-Platteville 36; Cortland 29; Wabash 21; Union 20; Johns Hopkins 17; Centre 16; Millikin 15; Muhlenberg 14; Salisbury 14; Baldwin Wallace 14; Susquehanna 13; Monmouth 12; Whitworth 7; Carthage 5; Central 5; Concordia-Moorhead 3; Thomas More 2; Washington & Lee 2; Redlands 1; Trinity (Conn.) 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.