Through the end of the 2017 season:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 2 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 14-1 | 597 | 1 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 12-1 | 577 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 11-2 | 537 | 4 |
| 5 | Brockport | 13-1 | 513 | 10 |
| 6 | Linfield | 9-2 | 469 | 8 |
| 7 | Delaware Valley | 12-1 | 454 | 7 |
| 8 | North Central (Ill.) | 10-2 | 409 | 9 |
| 9 | Frostburg State | 11-2 | 405 | 15 |
| 10 | Wartburg | 12-1 | 404 | 17 |
| 11 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-2 | 388 | 5 |
| 12 | Wesley | 10-2 | 351 | 13 |
| 13 | Case Western Reserve | 11-1 | 312 | 16 |
| 14 | St. John's | 9-2 | 295 | 6 |
| 15 | Berry | 11-1 | 275 | 18 |
| 16 | Washington and Jefferson | 11-1 | 264 | 14 |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan | 9-2 | 208 | 11 |
| 18 | Wittenberg | 10-1 | 165 | 12 |
| 19 | Trine | 11-1 | 129 | 25 |
| 20 | Johns Hopkins | 9-2 | 120 | 21 |
| 21 | Concordia-Moorhead | 8-2 | 94 | 20 |
| 22 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 87 | 22 |
| 23 | UW-Whitewater | 7-3 | 85 | 23 |
| 24 | UW-La Crosse | 8-2 | 84 | 24 |
| 25 | Franklin | 8-3 | 66 | -- |
| 25 | Husson | 10-2 | 66 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 Springfield.
Others receiving votes: Springfield 54; Washington & Lee 29; Huntingdon 17; Franklin & Marshall 13; UW-Platteville 10; RPI 6; Whitworth 6; Monmouth 4; Centre 3; Framingham State 2; John Carroll 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. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.