Through games of Saturday, Sept. 28:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (15) | 3-0 | 609 | 1 |
| 2 | Linfield (6) | 3-0 | 596 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (4) | 4-0 | 595 | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 3-0 | 539 | 4 |
| 5 | Bethel | 3-0 | 481 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 2-1 | 443 | 6 |
| 7 | Hobart | 3-0 | 437 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Oshkosh | 3-0 | 426 | 8 |
| 9 | UW-Platteville | 3-0 | 399 | 9 |
| 10 | Wesley | 3-1 | 391 | 11 |
| 11 | Pacific Lutheran | 3-0 | 362 | 10 |
| 12 | UW-Whitewater | 3-0 | 358 | 12 |
| 13 | Heidelberg | 3-0 | 357 | 13 |
| 14 | Franklin | 2-2 | 308 | 14 |
| 15 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 275 | 15 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins | 4-0 | 250 | 16 |
| 17 | Wabash | 3-0 | 200 | 19 |
| 18 | Wittenberg | 2-1 | 191 | 17 |
| 19 | St. John Fisher | 3-0 | 173 | 18 |
| 20 | Coe | 3-0 | 142 | 20 |
| 21 | Delaware Valley | 4-0 | 119 | 22 |
| 22 | Christopher Newport | 3-0 | 113 | 23 |
| 23 | Concordia-Moorhead | 4-0 | 74 | -- |
| 24 | John Carroll | 3-0 | 52 | -- |
| 25 | Thomas More | 3-0 | 46 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 St. John's; No. 24 Widener, No. 25 Cal Lutheran.
Others receiving votes: Augsburg 31; Cal Lutheran 30; Willamette 25; St. John's 24; Illinois Wesleyan 22; Trinity (Conn.) 13; Huntingdon 11; Illinois College 8; Millsaps 7; Salisbury 6; Baldwin Wallace 4; Bridgewater (Va.) 3; Ithaca 2; Trinity (Texas) 2; Birmingham-Southern 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.