Through end of 2022 season:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 14-1 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Wartburg | 13-1 | 565 | 12 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 12-2 | 558 | 3 |
| 5 | Bethel | 10-3 | 486 | 13 |
| 6 | Trinity (Texas) | 11-1 | 456 | 6 |
| 7 | St. John's | 10-2 | 449 | 4 |
| 8 | Linfield | 10-1 | 401 | 5 |
| 9 | Delaware Valley | 12-1 | 380 | 14 |
| 10 | Ithaca | 12-1 | 375 | 10 |
| 11 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-2 | 369 | 9 |
| 12 | UW-La Crosse | 9-2 | 368 | 7 |
| 13 | Aurora | 11-2 | 330 | -- |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon | 11-1 | 296 | 19 |
| 15 | UW-Whitewater | 8-3 | 285 | 8 |
| 16 | Randolph-Macon | 11-1 | 266 | 16 |
| 17 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-3 | 231 | 15 |
| 18 | Cortland | 9-2 | 192 | 17 |
| 19 | Susquehanna | 10-1 | 172 | 11 |
| 20 | Utica | 10-2 | 150 | -- |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins | 10-1 | 136 | 18 |
| 22 | Alma | 11-1 | 108 | 22 |
| 23 | John Carroll | 8-2 | 86 | 21 |
| 24 | Huntingdon | 9-2 | 53 | 20 |
| 25 | Springfield | 9-3 | 45 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 22 Endicott; No. 24 Albion; No. 25 Mount St. Joseph.
Others receiving votes: Albion 24; Endicott 24; UW-River Falls 22; Mount St. Joseph 22; Trinity (Conn.) 17; Salisbury 10; UW-Oshkosh 9; Washington & Jefferson 4; Ursinus 3; Baldwin Wallace 2; Bridgewater (Va.) 2; DePauw 2; Heidelberg 1; Washington U. 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.