Through games of Sept. 9, 2017:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (18) | 1-0 | 617 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (5) | 1-0 | 592 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh (2) | 2-0 | 578 | 3 |
| 4 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-0 | 543 | 5 |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-0 | 509 | 6 |
| 6 | Linfield | 1-0 | 482 | 7 |
| 7 | St. John's | 2-0 | 470 | 8 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 1-0 | 446 | 10 |
| 9 | John Carroll | 0-1 | 369 | 9 |
| 10 | St. Thomas | 1-1 | 348 | 4 |
| 11 | Frostburg State | 2-0 | 343 | 11 |
| 12 | Delaware Valley | 2-0 | 324 | 12 |
| 13 | UW-Platteville | 1-0 | 310 | 13 |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins | 2-0 | 298 | 16 |
| 15 | Wittenberg | 1-0 | 247 | 17 |
| 16 | Illinois Wesleyan | 2-0 | 235 | 14 |
| 17 | Case Western Reserve | 1-0 | 164 | 19 |
| 18 | Washington and Jefferson | 2-0 | 147 | 23 |
| 19 | Alfred | 1-0 | 138 | 21 |
| 20 | Whitworth | 2-0 | 127 | 24 |
| 21 | Redlands | 1-0 | 117 | 20 |
| 22 | Brockport | 2-0 | 114 | 25 |
| 23 | Concordia-Moorhead | 2-0 | 99 | -- |
| 24 | Wesley | 0-1 | 97 | 22 |
| 25 | UW-Stout | 2-0 | 83 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 15 UW-Whitewater; No. 18 Thomas More.
Others receiving votes: Wabash 82; Coe 58; Albright 38; Berry 25; UW-Whitewater 16; Ohio Northern 15; Muhlenberg 15; Springfield 13; Carthage 13; Bridgewater 8, Hobart 8; Stevenson 8; Thomas More 7; Wartburg 5; UW-La Crosse 5; Dubuque 2; Framingham State 1; Guilford 1; Heidelberg 1; Sul Ross State 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. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.