Through games of Sept. 21:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (18) | 2-0 | 616 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (7) | 2-0 | 604 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 3-0 | 564 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 2-0 | 544 | 4 |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 2-0 | 523 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 2-0 | 478 | 6 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 3-0 | 470 | 7 |
| 8 | Bethel | 2-0 | 445 | 9 |
| 9 | Muhlenberg | 3-0 | 433 | 8 |
| 10 | Berry | 3-0 | 351 | 13 |
| 11 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-0 | 334 | 17 |
| 12 | John Carroll | 2-0 | 291 | 14 |
| 13 | Ithaca | 2-0 | 279 | 22 |
| 14 | Wesley | 3-0 | 210 | 15 |
| 15 | Delaware Valley | 2-1 | 204 | 20 |
| 16 | UW-La Crosse | 2-1 | 174 | 16 |
| 17 | Salisbury | 2-0 | 166 | 23 |
| 18 | Johns Hopkins | 2-1 | 161 | 21 |
| 19 | Redlands | 3-0 | 153 | -- |
| 20 | Wartburg | 3-0 | 107 | -- |
| 21 | Whitworth | 1-1 | 93 | 10 |
| 22 | Linfield | 1-1 | 87 | 11 |
| 23 | Trine | 3-0 | 83 | -- |
| 24 | Susquehanna | 2-1 | 82 | 25 |
| 25 | Hobart | 3-0 | 79 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 12 Washington and Jefferson, No. 18 Illinois Wesleyan, No. 19 Centre, No. 24 Washington U.
Others receiving votes: Case Western Reserve 75; Illinois Wesleyan 65; Cortland 54; Carnegie Mellon 49; Chapman 43; Wittenberg 43; Washington & Jefferson 39; Central 36; RPI 30; Centre 28; Denison 18; Randolph-Macon 18; Washington U. 17; UW-Platteville 16; Brockport 14; Baldwin Wallace 12; UW-Stevens Point 10; Wabash 9; St. Norbert 6; Franklin & Marshall 6; Heidelberg 2; Marietta 2; UW-Oshkosh 2.
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.