Through games of Saturday, Sept. 5:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (19) | 0-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (4) | 1-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Linfield (2) | 0-0 | 560 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1-0 | 543 | 4 |
| 5 | Wesley | 0-0 | 517 | 5 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 1-0 | 495 | 6 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-0 | 456 | 7 |
| 8 | St. John's | 1-0 | 418 | 9 |
| 9 | Wabash | 1-0 | 399 | 10 |
| 10 | John Carroll | 1-0 | 395 | 8 |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 1-0 | 351 | 13 |
| 12 | St. Thomas | 1-0 | 333 | 14 |
| 13 | North Central (Ill.) | 0-0 | 328 | 11 |
| 14 | Washington and Jefferson | 1-0 | 305 | 15 |
| 15 | Hobart | 1-0 | 270 | 16 |
| 16 | Thomas More | 1-0 | 226 | 23 |
| 17 | Wittenberg | 1-0 | 211 | 17 |
| 18 | Texas Lutheran | 1-0 | 162 | 21 |
| 19 | Bethel | 1-0 | 158 | 20 |
| 20 | Rowan | 1-0 | 148 | -- |
| 21 | Centre | 1-0 | 122 | 22 |
| 22 | Chapman | 0-0 | 111 | 24 |
| 23 | Muhlenberg | 1-0 | 78 | 25 |
| 24 | UW-Oshkosh | 0-1 | 60 | 18 |
| 25 | UW-Platteville | 1-0 | 37 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 12 Widener; No. 19 St. John Fisher.
Others receiving votes: Christopher Newport 28; Ithaca 27; Widener 25; Delaware Valley 23; Guilford 21; Hardin-Simmons 13; Cortland State 13; Pacific Lutheran 13; Franklin 12; St. John Fisher 10; Framingham State 7; Ohio Northern 7; Illinois Wesleyan 6; Morrisville State 5; Chicago 4; Concordia-Moorhead 3; Amherst 2.
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.