Through games of Oct. 5, 2019:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (19) | 4-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (6) | 4-0 | 603 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 4-0 | 566 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 4-0 | 550 | 4 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 4-0 | 506 | 9 |
| 6 | Bethel | 4-0 | 500 | 7 |
| 7 | Muhlenberg | 5-0 | 482 | 8 |
| 8 | Berry | 5-0 | 414 | 10 |
| 9 | North Central (Ill.) | 3-1 | 388 | 5 |
| 10 | Ithaca | 4-0 | 361 | 11 |
| 11 | St. Thomas | 3-1 | 306 | 14 |
| 12 | Wesley | 4-0 | 281 | 12 |
| 13 | Delaware Valley | 4-1 | 270 | 13 |
| 14 | Salisbury | 3-0 | 252 | 15 |
| 15 | Redlands | 4-0 | 239 | 18 |
| 16 | John Carroll | 3-1 | 228 | 17 |
| 17 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-1 | 201 | 6 |
| 18 | Wartburg | 5-0 | 194 | 20 |
| 19 | UW-Platteville | 4-0 | 182 | -- |
| 20 | Johns Hopkins | 4-1 | 156 | 19 |
| 21 | Susquehanna | 4-1 | 121 | 22 |
| 22 | Cortland | 4-0 | 92 | -- |
| 23 | Linfield | 2-1 | 76 | 25 |
| 24 | Whitworth | 2-1 | 72 | 23 |
| 25 | Case Western Reserve | 4-0 | 69 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 16 UW-La Crosse; No. 21 Hobart; No. 24 Trine.
Others receiving votes: Texas Lutheran 51; Chapman 45; Union 42; Central 35; Wittenberg 30; Baldwin Wallace 23; UW-La Crosse 23; Hendrix 20; Hobart 19; Washington & Jefferson 19; Washington U. 17; Brockport 16; RPI 14; Wabash 11; Alfred 8; Randolph-Macon 6; Illinois Wesleyan 4; WPI 2; Bridgewater 2; Hope 2; Trine 1; Trinity (Texas) 1; UW-Oshkosh 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.