Through games of Sept. 4, 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (16) | 0-0 | 611 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (4) | 1-0 | 588 | 3 |
| 3 | Linfield (4) | 0-0 | 576 | 2 |
| 4 | St. Thomas (1) | 1-0 | 551 | 4 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1-0 | 532 | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Oshkosh | 1-0 | 499 | 6 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-0 | 429 | 8 |
| 8 | St. John's | 1-0 | 415 | 9 |
| 9 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-0 | 373 | 13 |
| 10 | UW-Platteville | 1-0 | 372 | 12 |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 1-0 | 357 | 15 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 1-0 | 348 | 10 |
| 13 | Wabash | 1-0 | 319 | 14 |
| 14 | Delaware Valley | 1-0 | 256 | 25 |
| 15 | Salisbury | 1-0 | 239 | 23 |
| 16 | Cortland | 1-0 | 235 | 17 |
| 17 | Wesley | 0-1 | 208 | 7 |
| 18 | Ohio Northern | 0-0 | 132 | 22 |
| 19 | Franklin | 1-0 | 132 | -- |
| 20 | East Texas Baptist | 1-0 | 106 | -- |
| 21 | Huntingdon | 1-0 | 104 | 24 |
| 22 | Thomas More | 0-1 | 101 | 11 |
| 23 | John Carroll | 0-1 | 78 | 18 |
| 24 | St. John Fisher | 1-0 | 70 | -- |
| 25 | Washington and Jefferson | 1-0 | 53 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 16 Albright; No. 19 Whitworth; No. 20 Washington and Lee; No. 21 Texas Lutheran.
Others receiving votes: Wartburg 52; Albright 43; Stevenson 35; Hobart 34; Wittenberg 31; St. Lawrence 26; DePauw 25; Hendrix 24; RPI 24; Central 19; Guilford 19; Case Western Reserve 15; Washington and Lee 15; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 15; Whitworth 13; Dubuque 12; Westminster (Pa.) 9; Rowan 9; Kean 8; Amherst 6; Framingham State 4; Alfred 3; Albion 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.