Through games of Saturday, Oct. 28:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (25) | 8-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 8-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | Wartburg | 9-0 | 568 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-La Crosse | 7-1 | 524 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 7-1 | 514 | 5 |
| 6 | Trinity (Texas) | 7-1 | 498 | 6 |
| 7 | UW-River Falls | 7-1 | 455 | 7 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins | 8-0 | 422 | 8 |
| 9 | Linfield | 7-0 | 412 | 9 |
| 10 | Randolph-Macon | 8-0 | 399 | 10 |
| 11 | Susquehanna | 9-0 | 365 | 11 |
| 12 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-1 | 335 | 12 |
| 13 | John Carroll | 7-1 | 301 | 13 |
| 14 | Aurora | 8-0 | 300 | 14 |
| 15 | Ithaca | 7-1 | 268 | 15 |
| 16 | Cortland | 7-1 | 254 | 16 |
| 17 | Alma | 8-0 | 217 | 17 |
| 18 | Endicott | 7-1 | 200 | 19 |
| 19 | St. John's | 6-2 | 179 | 18 |
| 20 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-1 | 177 | 20 |
| 21 | Grove City | 9-0 | 137 | 22 |
| 22 | Muhlenberg | 7-1 | 106 | 21 |
| 23 | Berry | 7-1 | 94 | 24 |
| 24 | Coe | 7-1 | 42 | -- |
| 25 | Delaware Valley | 7-1 | 37 | 25 |
Dropped out: No. 23 Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Others receiving votes: Carnegie Mellon 29; DePauw 26; Augustana (Ill.) 12; Brockport 11; Union 5; Whitworth 4; Mary Hardin-Baylor 4; UW-Oshkosh 3; Bethel 2; Mount St. Joseph 1; RPI 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.