Oct 03, 2021
Through games of Oct. 2, 2021:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (17) | 4-0 | 611 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (7) | 5-0 | 592 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 4-0 | 579 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Union (1) | 4-0 | 562 | 4 |
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-1 | 501 | 5 |
| 6 | St. John's | 4-0 | 496 | 6 |
| 7 | Linfield | 3-0 | 435 | 9 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-1 | 432 | 7 |
| 9 | UW-Oshkosh | 3-0 | 404 | 8 |
| 10 | Delaware Valley | 4-0 | 397 | 10 |
| 11 | Central | 5-0 | 351 | 13 |
| 12 | Washington and Jefferson | 5-0 | 306 | 11 |
| 13 | Salisbury | 3-1 | 301 | 14 |
| 14 | Union | 5-0 | 295 | 12 |
| 15 | Johns Hopkins | 5-0 | 286 | 15 |
| 16 | Bethel | 3-1 | 262 | 16 |
| 17 | Ithaca | 4-0 | 248 | 17 |
| 18 | Whitworth | 4-0 | 179 | 18 |
| 19 | Cortland | 4-0 | 139 | 19 |
| 20 | UW-La Crosse | 3-1 | 133 | 20 |
| 21 | Muhlenberg | 4-1 | 95 | 23 |
| 22 | John Carroll | 2-2 | 78 | 22 |
| 23 | Susquehanna | 5-0 | 75 | 25 |
| 24 | Westminster (Pa.) | 3-1 | 59 | 24 |
| 25 | Hobart | 4-1 | 40 | 21 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Baldwin Wallace 39; Birmingham-Southern 35; Wabash 32; Trinity (Texas) 28; Centre 24; Chapman 17; RPI 16; Howard Payne 16; Randolph-Macon 14; Aurora 14; Gustavus Adolphus 8; Albion 8; UW-Stout 6; Berry 5; Carthage 4; Brockport 3; Merchant Marine 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.