Through games of Oct. 12, 2019:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (18) | 5-0 | 617 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (7) | 5-0 | 603 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 5-0 | 564 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 5-0 | 559 | 4 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-0 | 526 | 5 |
| 6 | Muhlenberg | 5-0 | 486 | 7 |
| 7 | Berry | 6-0 | 437 | 8 |
| 8 | North Central (Ill.) | 4-1 | 415 | 9 |
| 9 | Ithaca | 5-0 | 401 | 10 |
| 10 | Bethel | 4-1 | 370 | 6 |
| 11 | St. Thomas | 4-1 | 344 | 11 |
| 12 | Salisbury | 4-0 | 321 | 14 |
| 13 | John Carroll | 4-1 | 250 | 16 |
| 14 | Wartburg | 6-0 | 249 | 18 |
| 15 | Wesley | 4-1 | 224 | 12 |
| 16 | Delaware Valley | 5-1 | 209 | 13 |
| 17 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-1 | 203 | 17 |
| 18 | UW-Platteville | 4-1 | 186 | 19 |
| 19 | Chapman | 4-0 | 173 | -- |
| 20 | Johns Hopkins | 4-1 | 160 | 20 |
| 21 | Susquehanna | 4-1 | 127 | 21 |
| 22 | Cortland | 5-0 | 122 | 22 |
| 23 | Case Western Reserve | 5-0 | 106 | 25 |
| 24 | Redlands | 4-1 | 92 | 15 |
| 25 | Linfield | 3-1 | 74 | 23 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Whitworth.
Others receiving votes: Whitworth 65; Texas Lutheran 50; Union 43; Wittenberg 30; UW-La Crosse 24; Brockport 18; Baldwin Wallace 15; Hobart 11; Washington U. 10; Randolph-Macon 7; Bridgewater 7; Alfred 6; Hendrix 4; UW-Oshkosh 4; WPI 4; Heidelberg 3; RPI 3; Hope 1; Illinois Wesleyan 1; Mount St. Joseph 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.