Through games of Nov. 5. 2016:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (13) | 9-0 | 605 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (10) | 9-0 | 597 | 3 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater (1) | 9-0 | 584 | 2 |
| 4 | St. Thomas (1) | 9-0 | 561 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Oshkosh | 8-1 | 512 | 5 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 9-0 | 498 | 6 |
| 7 | Linfield | 7-1 | 451 | 7 |
| 8 | St. John's | 8-1 | 435 | 8 |
| 9 | Johns Hopkins | 9-0 | 421 | 9 |
| 10 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-1 | 393 | 10 |
| 11 | UW-Platteville | 7-2 | 379 | 11 |
| 12 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-1 | 352 | 12 |
| 13 | Thomas More | 9-1 | 315 | 13 |
| 14 | Alfred | 9-0 | 277 | 15 |
| 15 | Coe | 9-0 | 269 | 17 |
| 16 | John Carroll | 8-1 | 216 | 20 |
| 17 | Wabash | 8-1 | 189 | 19 |
| 18 | St. John Fisher | 8-1 | 163 | 23 |
| 19 | Wittenberg | 8-1 | 152 | 22 |
| 20 | Wesley | 7-2 | 118 | -- |
| 21 | Case Western Reserve | 9-0 | 117 | 24 |
| 22 | Hobart | 8-1 | 91 | -- |
| 23 | Stevenson | 8-1 | 90 | 14 |
| 24 | Monmouth | 9-0 | 80 | 25 |
| 25 | St. Lawrence | 8-1 | 33 | 16 |
Dropped out: No. 18 Salisbury; No. 21 East Texas Baptist.
Others receiving votes: Western New England 29; Frostburg State 26; Huntingdon 24; East Texas Baptist 23; Concordia-Moorhead 22; Salisbury 21; Berry 17; Trinity (Conn.) 15; Whitworth 14; Muhlenberg 12; Franklin 8; Redlands 5; Illinois Wesleyan 3; Randolph-Macon 3; Centre 2; Olivet 2; Albright 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.