Through games of Oct. 19, 2019:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (17) | 6-0 | 613 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (8) | 6-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 6-0 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 6-0 | 560 | 4 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-0 | 528 | 5 |
| 6 | Muhlenberg | 6-0 | 487 | 6 |
| 7 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-1 | 438 | 8 |
| 8 | Ithaca | 6-0 | 429 | 9 |
| 9 | Bethel | 5-1 | 394 | 10 |
| 10 | Salisbury | 5-0 | 383 | 12 |
| 11 | John Carroll | 5-1 | 308 | 13 |
| 12 | Wartburg | 7-0 | 299 | 14 |
| 13 | Wesley | 5-1 | 271 | 15 |
| 14 | Delaware Valley | 6-1 | 243 | 16 |
| 15 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-1 | 231 | 17 |
| 16 | UW-Platteville | 5-1 | 229 | 18 |
| 17 | Chapman | 5-0 | 228 | 19 |
| 18 | St. Thomas | 4-2 | 188 | 11 |
| 19 | Cortland | 6-0 | 148 | 22 |
| 20 | Susquehanna | 5-1 | 141 | 21 |
| 21 | Case Western Reserve | 6-0 | 139 | 23 |
| 22 | Berry | 6-1 | 135 | 7 |
| 23 | Redlands | 5-1 | 124 | 24 |
| 24 | Linfield | 4-1 | 96 | 25 |
| 25 | Union | 6-0 | 69 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 20 Johns Hopkins.
Others receiving votes: Texas Lutheran 63; Whitworth 40; Brockport 32; UW-La Crosse 27; Bridgewater 26; UW-Oshkosh 23; Johns Hopkins 20; Baldwin Wallace 20; Randolph-Macon 6; WPI 4; Hope 4; Middlebury 4; Mount St. Joseph 2; Trinity (Texas) 2; Endicott 1; Illinois Wesleyan 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.