Through games of Oct. 14, 2023:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (25) | 6-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 6-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | Wartburg | 7-0 | 569 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-La Crosse | 5-1 | 498 | 6 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 5-1 | 494 | 7 |
| 6 | Trinity (Texas) | 5-1 | 493 | 5 |
| 7 | St. John's | 5-1 | 455 | 8 |
| 8 | UW-River Falls | 5-1 | 453 | 4 |
| 9 | Linfield | 5-0 | 414 | 9 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins | 6-0 | 391 | 10 |
| 11 | Randolph-Macon | 6-0 | 372 | 11 |
| 12 | Susquehanna | 7-0 | 348 | 12 |
| 13 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-1 | 306 | 13 |
| 14 | John Carroll | 5-1 | 279 | 14 |
| 15 | Aurora | 6-0 | 268 | 16 |
| 16 | Ithaca | 5-1 | 264 | 15 |
| 17 | Cortland | 5-1 | 235 | 17 |
| 18 | Alma | 6-0 | 196 | 19 |
| 19 | Endicott | 5-1 | 180 | 18 |
| 20 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-1 | 141 | 20 |
| 21 | Muhlenberg | 6-0 | 119 | 21 |
| 22 | Grove City | 7-0 | 106 | 23 |
| 23 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 3-3 | 96 | 22 |
| 24 | Berry | 5-1 | 56 | 24 |
| 25 | Delaware Valley | 5-1 | 50 | 25 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: DePauw 28; Carnegie Mellon 21; Coe 18; Belhaven 11; UW-Oshkosh 10; Lake Forest 9; Bethel 7; Augustana 6; Brockport 4; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3; Whitworth 3; Washington & Jefferson 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.