Through games of Sept. 15, 2019:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (24) | 1-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (1) | 1-0 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 2-0 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 1-0 | 539 | 4 |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-0 | 520 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 1-0 | 457 | 6 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 2-0 | 447 | 9 |
| 8 | Muhlenberg | 2-0 | 441 | 8 |
| 9 | Bethel | 2-0 | 434 | 10 |
| 10 | Whitworth | 1-0 | 356 | 11 |
| 11 | Linfield | 1-0 | 306 | 12 |
| 12 | Washington and Jefferson | 2-0 | 288 | 15 |
| 13 | Berry | 2-0 | 265 | 16 |
| 14 | John Carroll | 1-0 | 240 | 17 |
| 15 | Wesley | 2-0 | 234 | 22 |
| 16 | UW-La Crosse | 2-0 | 218 | 23 |
| 17 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-0 | 205 | 20 |
| 18 | Illinois Wesleyan | 0-1 | 194 | 14 |
| 19 | Centre | 2-0 | 179 | 18 |
| 20 | Delaware Valley | 1-1 | 122 | 13 |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins | 1-1 | 116 | 7 |
| 22 | Ithaca | 1-0 | 85 | 24 |
| 23 | Salisbury | 2-0 | 82 | -- |
| 24 | Washington U. | 1-0 | 77 | -- |
| 25 | Susquehanna | 2-0 | 60 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 RPI; No. 21 Wabash; No. 25 Wittenberg.
Others receiving votes: Wittenberg 57; Wartburg 49; Trine 41; RPI 39; Baldwin Wallace 38; Central 36; Alfred 36; Hobart 34; Case Western Reserve 30; Cortland 26; Randolph-Macon 20; Redlands 15; Wabash 15; Brockport 8; Denison 6; Gustavus Adolphus 6; Aurora 5; St. Norbert 5; Trinity (Texas) 5; UW-Stevens Point 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.