Through end of regular season:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (25) | 10-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 10-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | Wartburg | 10-0 | 568 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-La Crosse | 9-1 | 536 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 9-1 | 510 | 5 |
| 6 | Trinity (Texas) | 9-1 | 508 | 6 |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins | 10-0 | 457 | 7 |
| 8 | Randolph-Macon | 10-0 | 441 | 9 |
| 9 | Susquehanna | 10-0 | 413 | 10 |
| 10 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 9-1 | 373 | 12 |
| 11 | Cortland | 9-1 | 348 | 15 |
| 12 | Aurora | 10-0 | 346 | 13 |
| 13 | Alma | 10-0 | 269 | 16 |
| 14 | Endicott | 9-1 | 242 | 17 |
| 15 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-1 | 225 | 19 |
| 16 | St. John's | 8-2 | 196 | 20 |
| 17 | John Carroll | 8-2 | 194 | 18 |
| 18 | Grove City | 10-0 | 180 | 21 |
| 19 | Ithaca | 8-2 | 171 | 14 |
| 20 | Whitworth | 9-0 | 150 | -- |
| 21 | Linfield | 8-1 | 135 | 8 |
| 22 | Muhlenberg | 9-1 | 126 | 22 |
| 23 | Berry | 9-1 | 122 | 23 |
| 24 | UW-River Falls | 7-3 | 120 | 11 |
| 25 | Delaware Valley | 9-1 | 64 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 24 Coe.
Others receiving votes: DePauw 59; Coe 43; Carnegie Mellon 33; Bethel 27; Union 12; UW-Platteville 11; Western Connecticut 5; UW-Oshkosh 5; Augustana 5; Belhaven 3; Mary Hardin-Baylor 3; Hope 1; Mount St. Joseph 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.