Through end of season:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (25) | 14-1 | 625 | 5 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater | 13-2 | 575 | 7 |
| 3 | Mount Union | 11-1 | 561 | 1 |
| 4 | St. John's | 12-2 | 552 | 8 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 12-1 | 538 | 3 |
| 6 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 12-1 | 497 | 2 |
| 7 | Muhlenberg | 13-1 | 490 | 4 |
| 8 | Delaware Valley | 11-2 | 444 | 9 |
| 9 | Salisbury | 11-1 | 432 | 6 |
| 10 | Chapman | 10-1 | 356 | 12 |
| 11 | Wesley | 10-2 | 284 | 10 |
| 12 | Union | 11-1 | 279 | 13 |
| 13 | John Carroll | 9-1 | 275 | 11 |
| 14 | Wartburg | 10-2 | 270 | 22 |
| 15 | St. Thomas | 8-2 | 251 | 14 |
| 16 | Susquehanna | 10-1 | 240 | 15 |
| 17 | Central | 10-2 | 234 | 24 |
| 18 | Redlands | 9-2 | 187 | 17 |
| 19 | Linfield | 8-2 | 180 | 20 |
| 20 | Bridgewater | 10-1 | 157 | 21 |
| 21 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-2 | 152 | 16 |
| 22 | UW-Oshkosh | 8-3 | 144 | 18 |
| 23 | Bethel | 8-2 | 126 | 19 |
| 24 | Aurora | 9-2 | 94 | -- |
| 25 | Brockport | 9-3 | 37 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 23 Berry; No. 25 UW-La Crosse.
Others receiving votes: UW-La Crosse 32; Berry 29; Case Western Reserve 28; Hope 10; Texas Lutheran 10; Ithaca 9; Middlebury 7; Huntingdon 4; Washington U. 4; Stevenson 3; Hanover 3; Western New England 2; WPI 2; Trinity (Texas) 1; Washington & Jefferson 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.