Through games of Sept. 22, 2018:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (23) | 3-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (2) | 3-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 3-0 | 571 | 3 |
| 4 | Brockport | 3-0 | 519 | 4 |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 3-0 | 510 | 5 |
| 6 | Frostburg State | 3-0 | 479 | 6 |
| 7 | Wesley | 3-0 | 464 | 7 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 3-0 | 441 | 8 |
| 9 | St. John's | 3-0 | 433 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 2-0 | 411 | 10 |
| 11 | Linfield | 1-1 | 373 | 11 |
| 12 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-1 | 337 | 12 |
| 13 | Washington and Jefferson | 4-0 | 312 | 13 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 3-0 | 277 | 14 |
| 15 | John Carroll | 2-1 | 245 | 15 |
| 16 | Trine | 3-0 | 226 | 16 |
| 17 | Berry | 4-0 | 215 | 17 |
| 18 | Case Western Reserve | 3-0 | 177 | 18 |
| 19 | Illinois Wesleyan | 2-1 | 150 | 19 |
| 20 | RPI | 4-0 | 127 | 20 |
| 21 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-1 | 107 | 22 |
| 22 | Delaware Valley | 3-1 | 102 | 21 |
| 23 | UW-La Crosse | 2-1 | 79 | 23 |
| 24 | Franklin and Marshall | 4-0 | 76 | 24 |
| 25 | Ithaca | 3-1 | 35 | 25 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Wartburg 30; Ohio Northern 27; Union 22; UW-Platteville 19; Johns Hopkins 18; Wabash 17; Monmouth 17; Central 16; Centre 14; Muhlenberg 13; Baldwin Wallace 13; Salisbury 12; Whitworth 6; Concordia-Moorhead 6; Thomas More 3; Washington U. 2; 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.