Through games of Sept. 16:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (19) | 2-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (5) | 2-0 | 594 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh (1) | 2-0 | 576 | 3 |
| 4 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 545 | 4 |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 2-0 | 523 | 5 |
| 6 | St. John's | 3-0 | 503 | 7 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 2-0 | 448 | 8 |
| 8 | Linfield | 1-1 | 380 | 6 |
| 9 | John Carroll | 1-1 | 371 | 9 |
| 10 | St. Thomas | 2-1 | 363 | 10 |
| 11 | Frostburg State | 3-0 | 355 | 11 |
| 12 | Delaware Valley | 3-0 | 342 | 12 |
| 13 | UW-Platteville | 2-0 | 329 | 13 |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins | 3-0 | 249 | 14 |
| 15 | Whitworth | 3-0 | 236 | 20 |
| 16 | Wittenberg | 2-0 | 188 | 15 |
| 17 | Washington and Jefferson | 3-0 | 187 | 18 |
| 18 | Case Western Reserve | 2-0 | 183 | 17 |
| 19 | Brockport | 3-0 | 172 | 22 |
| 20 | Illinois Wesleyan | 2-1 | 163 | 16 |
| 21 | Concordia-Moorhead | 3-0 | 141 | 23 |
| 22 | Wesley | 1-1 | 127 | 24 |
| 23 | Alfred | 2-0 | 119 | 19 |
| 24 | UW-Stout | 2-0 | 107 | 25 |
| 25 | Wabash | 2-0 | 67 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 Redlands.
Others receiving votes: Coe 59; Berry 31; Albright 29; Wartburg 22; Springfield 19; UW-Whitewater 13; RPI 11; Stevenson 9; George Fox 7; Redlands 7; UW-La Crosse 6; Framingham State 6; Hobart 6; Dubuque 4; Heidelberg 3; Sul Ross State 3; Bridgewater 2; Centre 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.