Through games of Saturday, Sept. 10:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (19) | 2-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (6) | 1-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1-0 | 548 | 5 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 2-0 | 532 | 4 |
| 5 | Bethel | 2-0 | 525 | 6 |
| 6 | Linfield | 1-0 | 493 | 7 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-0 | 449 | 8 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 2-0 | 439 | 9 |
| 9 | Thomas More | 1-0 | 371 | 10 |
| 10 | Montclair State | 1-0 | 342 | 11 |
| 11 | Cortland State | 1-0 | 313 | 12 |
| 12 | Ohio Northern | 1-0 | 289 | 13 |
| 13 | Wartburg | 2-0 | 287 | 14 |
| 14 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-1 | 282 | 15 |
| 15 | Wesley | 1-1 | 272 | 3 |
| 16 | Alfred | 1-0 | 227 | 17 |
| 17 | Redlands | 1-0 | 218 | 20 |
| 18 | Kean | 1-0 | 200 | -- |
| 19 | Cal Lutheran | 0-1 | 168 | 16 |
| 20 | Wabash | 1-0 | 165 | 18 |
| 21 | Wittenberg | 2-0 | 145 | 19 |
| 22 | Trine | 2-0 | 121 | 22 |
| 23 | Hampden-Sydney | 2-0 | 118 | -- |
| 24 | Salisbury | 2-0 | 58 | -- |
| 25 | Delaware Valley | 2-0 | 55 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 Franklin, No. 23 UW-Stevens Point, No. 24 Coe, No. 25 St. John's.
Others receiving votes: Johns Hopkins 41; Pacific Lutheran 36; Baldwin-Wallace 32; Monmouth 24; Franklin 23; Lycoming 19; Washington and Lee 19; Louisiana College 16; UW-Platteville 12; Springfield 12; UW-Eau Claire 8; Rowan 7; St. John's 5; Williams 5; UW-La Crosse 5; UW-Oshkosh 5; Concordia-Moorhead 4; Lebanon Valley 4; Adrian 3; St. John Fisher 2; UW-Stout 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.