The D3football.com Top 25, through games of Saturday, Oct. 20:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (24) | 7-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (1) | 7-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield | 6-0 | 562 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 7-0 | 552 | 4 |
| 5 | Wesley | 6-1 | 512 | 6 |
| 6 | UW-Oshkosh | 7-0 | 490 | 10 |
| 7 | Salisbury | 6-1 | 465 | 7 |
| 8 | Cal Lutheran | 5-1 | 445 | 8 |
| 9 | North Central (Ill.) | 6-1 | 421 | 9 |
| 10 | Hobart | 7-0 | 403 | 11 |
| 11 | Wabash | 6-1 | 322 | 13 |
| 12 | Widener | 7-0 | 318 | 14 |
| 13 | UW-Whitewater | 5-2 | 314 | 5 |
| 14 | Bethel | 6-1 | 263 | 15 |
| 15 | Johns Hopkins | 7-0 | 247 | 16 |
| 16 | Huntingdon | 5-1 | 220 | 18 |
| 17 | Heidelberg | 7-0 | 195 | 19 |
| 18 | UW-Platteville | 5-2 | 165 | 20 |
| 19 | Coe | 7-0 | 160 | 25 |
| 20 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6-1 | 143 | 12 |
| 21 | Franklin | 5-2 | 120 | 23 |
| 22 | Concordia-Moorhead | 6-1 | 79 | -- |
| 23 | Cortland State | 6-1 | 78 | -- |
| 24 | St. John Fisher | 5-2 | 64 | 24 |
| 25 | Waynesburg | 8-0 | 49 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 17 Rowan; No. 21 Alfred; No. 22 Willamette.
Others receiving votes: Wheaton (Ill.) 40; Baldwin Wallace 38; Wittenberg 37; Elmhurst 32; Alfred 31; Louisiana College 31; Pacific Lutheran 23; Rowan 18; Willamette 17; Ohio Wesleyan 10; Millsaps 10; Trinity (Conn.) 7; Franklin and Marshall 7; Concordia-Chicago 6; Lake Forest 5; Illinois College 2; Delaware Valley 2; Middlebury 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.