Through games of Sept. 28, 2019:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (19) | 3-0 | 617 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (6) | 3-0 | 603 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 3-0 | 565 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 3-0 | 550 | 4 |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 3-0 | 525 | 5 |
| 6 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-0 | 489 | 7 |
| 7 | Bethel | 3-0 | 461 | 8 |
| 8 | Muhlenberg | 4-0 | 450 | 9 |
| 9 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-0 | 382 | 11 |
| 10 | Berry | 4-0 | 370 | 10 |
| 11 | Ithaca | 3-0 | 307 | 13 |
| 12 | Wesley | 3-0 | 276 | 14 |
| 13 | Delaware Valley | 3-1 | 247 | 15 |
| 14 | St. Thomas | 2-1 | 213 | 6 |
| 15 | Salisbury | 2-0 | 203 | 17 |
| 16 | UW-La Crosse | 2-1 | 200 | 16 |
| 17 | John Carroll | 2-1 | 194 | 12 |
| 18 | Redlands | 3-0 | 186 | 19 |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins | 3-1 | 176 | 18 |
| 20 | Wartburg | 4-0 | 168 | 20 |
| 21 | Hobart | 4-0 | 107 | 25 |
| 22 | Susquehanna | 3-1 | 101 | 24 |
| 23 | Whitworth | 1-1 | 98 | 21 |
| 24 | Trine | 3-0 | 80 | 23 |
| 25 | Linfield | 1-1 | 71 | 22 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Cortland 68; Case Western Reserve 61; Carnegie Mellon 58; Washington & Jefferson 36; Wittenberg 34; Chapman 34; RPI 32; Central 31; Washington U. 22; Illinois Wesleyan 22; UW-Platteville 22; Brockport 18; Baldwin Wallace 18; Randolph-Macon 11; Wabash 9; UW-Eau Claire 3; Marietta 3; Gustavus Adolphus 2; Bridgewater 1; Trinity (Texas) 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.
John Carroll athletics photo by Ashley McCall