Through games of Saturday, Nov. 4:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (25) | 9-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 9-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | Wartburg | 10-0 | 566 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-La Crosse | 8-1 | 534 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 8-1 | 514 | 5 |
| 6 | Trinity (Texas) | 8-1 | 499 | 6 |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins | 9-0 | 437 | 8 |
| 8 | Linfield | 8-0 | 428 | 9 |
| 9 | Randolph-Macon | 9-0 | 412 | 10 |
| 10 | Susquehanna | 9-0 | 380 | 11 |
| 11 | UW-River Falls | 7-2 | 375 | 7 |
| 12 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-1 | 334 | 12 |
| 13 | Aurora | 9-0 | 324 | 14 |
| 14 | Ithaca | 8-1 | 286 | 15 |
| 15 | Cortland | 8-1 | 281 | 16 |
| 16 | Alma | 9-0 | 233 | 17 |
| 17 | Endicott | 8-1 | 213 | 18 |
| 18 | John Carroll | 7-2 | 195 | 13 |
| 19 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-1 | 188 | 20 |
| 20 | St. John's | 7-2 | 176 | 19 |
| 21 | Grove City | 9-0 | 142 | 21 |
| 22 | Muhlenberg | 8-1 | 104 | 22 |
| 23 | Berry | 8-1 | 100 | 23 |
| 24 | Delaware Valley | 8-1 | 47 | 25 |
| 25 | Coe | 8-1 | 34 | 24 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Carnegie Mellon 32; DePauw 24; Bethel 10; Augustana 8; Mary Hardin-Baylor 7; Whitworth 7; Union 7; UW-Platteville 4; Hope 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.