Oct 17, 2010
Through games of Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (23) | 6-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (2) | 6-0 | 602 | 2 |
| 3 | Wesley | 7-0 | 566 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 7-0 | 548 | 4 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 6-0 | 530 | 5 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 6-0 | 475 | 7 |
| 7 | Wittenberg | 7-0 | 438 | 8 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 6-1 | 401 | 10 |
| 9 | Delaware Valley | 5-1 | 358 | 12 |
| 10 | Thomas More | 6-0 | 352 | 11 |
| 11 | Ohio Northern | 5-1 | 345 | 13 |
| 12 | Linfield | 4-1 | 303 | 14 |
| 13 | Wartburg | 6-0 | 298 | -- |
| 14 | Montclair State | 6-0 | 287 | 16 |
| 15 | Trine | 6-0 | 285 | 15 |
| 16 | Coe | 5-1 | 276 | 6 |
| 17 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-0 | 272 | 17 |
| 18 | Central | 6-1 | 233 | 9 |
| 19 | St. John Fisher | 7-0 | 215 | 18 |
| 20 | Bethel | 6-0 | 128 | 24 |
| 21 | Hampden-Sydney | 7-0 | 113 | 22 |
| 22 | Pacific Lutheran | 5-0 | 108 | 25 |
| 23 | Cal Lutheran | 4-1 | 95 | 21 |
| 24 | Ursinus | 6-0 | 39 | -- |
| 25 | Wabash | 5-1 | 36 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 Alfred, No. 20 Randolph-Macon, No. 23 Cortland State.
Others receiving votes: Case Western Reserve 35, DePauw 31, Rowan 29, Illinois Wesleyan 28, Franklin 17, Willamette 14, Springfield 12, Randolph-Macon 9, Alfred 8, Amherst 7, Cortland State 3, UW-Stevens Point 2, Williams 2, Baldwin-Wallace 1, Lycoming 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.