Through games of Saturday, Nov. 5:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (20) | 9-0 | 620 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (5) | 9-0 | 604 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 10-0 | 564 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 9-0 | 558 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 8-0 | 522 | 5 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 8-1 | 487 | 6 |
| 7 | Wesley | 8-1 | 473 | 7 |
| 8 | Cal Lutheran | 7-1 | 426 | 9 |
| 9 | Wabash | 9-0 | 388 | 10 |
| 10 | Salisbury | 8-1 | 362 | 11 |
| 11 | Delaware Valley | 9-0 | 333 | 12 |
| 12 | Johns Hopkins | 9-0 | 317 | 14 |
| 13 | Redlands | 7-1 | 285 | 15 |
| 14 | Kean | 8-1 | 271 | 16 |
| 15 | Montclair State | 8-1 | 256 | 17 |
| 16 | Trinity (Texas) | 9-0 | 251 | 18 |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-1 | 198 | 21 |
| 18 | Franklin | 8-1 | 176 | 22 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-2 | 144 | 13 |
| 20 | McMurry | 7-2 | 125 | -- |
| 21 | Thomas More | 8-1 | 118 | 8 |
| 22 | Bethel | 7-2 | 116 | 23 |
| 23 | Dubuque | 9-1 | 80 | -- |
| 24 | Baldwin-Wallace | 7-2 | 70 | -- |
| 25 | Hampden-Sydney | 8-1 | 68 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 St. Olaf, No. 20 Louisiana College, No. 24 Hobart, No. 25 Centre.
Others receiving votes: Centre 54; Cortland State 54; UW-Oshkosh 41; Widener 30; Monmouth 24; Amherst 17; St. Olaf 15; Louisiana College 12; Wartburg 11; Birmingham-Southern 10; Wittenberg 8; Adrian 7; Hobart 6; Huntingdon 6; Heidelberg 5; Trine 4; Case Western Reserve 2; Illinois College 2; St. John Fisher 2; Trinity (Conn.) 2; UW-Platteville 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.