Through games of Sunday, Nov. 4:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (24) | 9-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 9-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield | 8-0 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 9-0 | 551 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 9-0 | 510 | 6 |
| 6 | Wesley | 8-1 | 501 | 5 |
| 7 | Cal Lutheran | 7-1 | 471 | 8 |
| 8 | Hobart | 9-0 | 450 | 9 |
| 9 | Widener | 8-0 | 394 | 11 |
| 10 | Coe | 9-0 | 351 | 14 |
| 11 | Salisbury | 7-2 | 323 | 16 |
| 12 | UW-Platteville | 7-2 | 311 | 15 |
| 13 | Heidelberg | 8-1 | 281 | 18 |
| 14 | North Central (Ill.) | 7-2 | 236 | 7 |
| 15 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-2 | 214 | 24 |
| 16 | Franklin | 7-2 | 205 | 21 |
| 17 | Huntingdon | 6-2 | 167 | 19 |
| 18 | Waynesburg | 9-0 | 165 | 22 |
| 19 | Cortland State | 7-1 | 153 | 20 |
| 20 | Elmhurst | 8-1 | 141 | -- |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins | 8-1 | 130 | 13 |
| 22 | Bethel | 7-2 | 128 | 12 |
| 23 | Concordia-Moorhead | 7-2 | 127 | 17 |
| 24 | Pacific Lutheran | 6-2 | 103 | -- |
| 25 | Wabash | 7-2 | 89 | 10 |
Dropped out: No. 23 Baldwin Wallace, No. 25 St. John Fisher
Others receiving votes: Wittenberg 85; Louisiana College 70; Rowan 56; Concordia-Chicago 37; Trinity (Conn.) 23; Baldwin Wallace 21; Delaware Valley 16; Franklin and Marshall 8; Illinois College 6; Lake Forest 5; Washington and Lee 4; UW-Whitewater 3; Otterbein 2; Ohio Wesleyan 2; 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.