Through games of Oct. 27, 2018:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (20) | 8-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (5) | 8-0 | 605 | 2 |
| 3 | Brockport | 8-0 | 552 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 8-0 | 543 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 7-0 | 534 | 5 |
| 6 | Frostburg State | 7-0 | 516 | 6 |
| 7 | St. Thomas | 7-1 | 466 | 7 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-1 | 435 | 8 |
| 9 | John Carroll | 7-1 | 408 | 9 |
| 10 | North Central (Ill.) | 7-1 | 340 | 12 |
| 11 | Berry | 9-0 | 337 | 13 |
| 12 | Whitworth | 7-0 | 324 | 14 |
| 13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-1 | 317 | 15 |
| 14 | Trine | 8-0 | 279 | 16 |
| 15 | RPI | 7-0 | 246 | 17 |
| 16 | Delaware Valley | 7-1 | 218 | 19 |
| 17 | Johns Hopkins | 7-1 | 199 | 23 |
| 18 | Salisbury | 8-0 | 154 | 25 |
| 19 | Washington and Jefferson | 7-1 | 137 | 21 |
| 20 | Case Western Reserve | 7-1 | 120 | 22 |
| 21 | Wabash | 7-1 | 109 | -- |
| 22 | Wittenberg | 7-1 | 103 | 11 |
| 23 | Linfield | 5-2 | 80 | 24 |
| 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-2 | 68 | -- |
| 25 | Bethel | 7-1 | 62 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 10 UW-Oshkosh; No. 18 Muhlenberg; No. 20 Wesley.
Others receiving votes: Baldwin Wallace 56; UW-Oshkosh 56; Washington U. 46; Muhlenberg 43; Centre 42; UW-La Crosse 40; Monmouth 19; Randolph-Macon 16; Cortland 12; Ithaca 11; Wesley 10; Montclair State 3.
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.
RPI quarterback George Marinopoulous completed 16 of 24 passes against Rochester.
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