Through games of Saturday, Sept. 24:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (19) | 3-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (6) | 3-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 4-0 | 554 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 3-0 | 539 | 4 |
| 5 | Bethel | 3-0 | 510 | 5 |
| 6 | Linfield | 2-0 | 506 | 6 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 469 | 7 |
| 8 | Thomas More | 3-0 | 394 | 8 |
| 9 | North Central (Ill.) | 2-1 | 376 | 11 |
| 10 | Kean | 3-0 | 369 | 12 |
| 11 | Wesley | 2-1 | 356 | 13 |
| 12 | Montclair State | 3-0 | 313 | 14 |
| 13 | Redlands | 2-0 | 290 | 15 |
| 14 | Alfred | 3-0 | 286 | 16 |
| 15 | Wabash | 3-0 | 257 | 17 |
| 16 | Wittenberg | 4-0 | 235 | 19 |
| 17 | Trine | 3-0 | 224 | 18 |
| 18 | Cortland State | 2-1 | 174 | 24 |
| 19 | Louisiana College | 3-0 | 166 | -- |
| 20 | Cal Lutheran | 1-1 | 158 | 20 |
| 21 | Delaware Valley | 4-0 | 105 | 25 |
| 22 | Wartburg | 3-1 | 97 | 10 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins | 4-0 | 95 | -- |
| 24 | Ohio Northern | 2-1 | 93 | 9 |
| 25 | Salisbury | 3-0 | 58 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 Hardin-Simmons, No. 22 Hampden-Sydney, No. 23 Mississippi College.
Others receiving votes: UW-Platteville 33; Franklin 30; Hobart 24; Monmouth 23; Dubuque 18; UW-Oshkosh 14; Birmingham-Southern 14; Hampden-Sydney 14; Coe 13; Mississippi College 13; Trinity (Texas) 13; Hardin-Simmons 10; McMurry 10; Pacific Lutheran 9; Muskingum 7; Illinois Wesleyan 6; Huntingdon 6; UW-Eau Claire 5; Adrian 4; Williams 3; New Jersey 2; UW-Stevens Point 2; Endicott 1; Augsburg 1; Lebanon Valley 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.