Through games of Sept. 7, 2019:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (24) | 0-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (1) | 1-0 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 1-0 | 566 | 4 |
| 4 | St. John's | 1-0 | 537 | 3 |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-0 | 512 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 1-0 | 451 | 7 |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins | 1-0 | 436 | 6 |
| 8 | Muhlenberg | 1-0 | 419 | 8 |
| 9 | Hardin-Simmons | 1-0 | 412 | 9 |
| 10 | Bethel | 1-0 | 409 | 10 |
| 11 | Whitworth | 1-0 | 340 | 11 |
| 12 | Linfield | 0-0 | 284 | 12 |
| 13 | Delaware Valley | 1-0 | 267 | 14 |
| 14 | Illinois Wesleyan | 0-0 | 244 | 15 |
| 15 | Washington and Jefferson | 1-0 | 224 | 21 |
| 16 | Berry | 1-0 | 218 | 16 |
| 17 | John Carroll | 1-0 | 214 | 17 |
| 18 | Centre | 1-0 | 177 | 20 |
| 19 | RPI | 1-0 | 173 | 19 |
| 20 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-0 | 164 | 22 |
| 21 | Wabash | 0-0 | 114 | 23 |
| 22 | Wesley | 1-0 | 81 | -- |
| 23 | UW-La Crosse | 1-0 | 73 | -- |
| 24 | Ithaca | 1-0 | 71 | -- |
| 25 | Wittenberg | 0-1 | 60 | 18 |
Dropped out: No. 13 Brockport; No. 24 Randolph-Macon; No. 25 St. Norbert.
Others receiving votes: Washington U. 50; Hobart 50; Wartburg 42; Trine 40; Randolph-Macon 36; Alfred 33; UW-Oshkosh 31; Baldwin Wallace 31; Central 30; Case Western Reserve 26; Brockport 21; Salisbury 16; Trinity (Texas) 11; Redlands 9; Cortland 8; Denison 6; UW-Stout 5; St. Norbert 5; Aurora 3; Stevenson 2; Millikin 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.