Through games of Nov. 9, 2024:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (22) | 9-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Cortland (3) | 9-0 | 596 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 9-0 | 570 | 3 |
| 4 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-0 | 539 | 5 |
| 5 | Mount Union | 9-0 | 522 | 4 |
| 6 | Susquehanna | 8-1 | 463 | 6 |
| 7 | Salisbury | 9-0 | 457 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Platteville | 8-1 | 454 | 8 |
| 9 | DePauw | 9-0 | 401 | 10 |
| 10 | Endicott | 8-1 | 347 | 11 |
| 11 | Wartburg | 8-1 | 346 | 12 |
| 12 | Grove City | 8-1 | 309 | 13 |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon | 8-1 | 271 | 16 |
| 14 | Aurora | 9-1 | 269 | 14 |
| 15 | Hope | 9-0 | 249 | 17 |
| 16 | Whitworth | 9-0 | 246 | 15 |
| 17 | Linfield | 8-1 | 225 | 18 |
| 18 | Washington and Jefferson | 8-1 | 217 | 19 |
| 19 | UW-Oshkosh | 6-3 | 188 | 9 |
| 20 | UW-La Crosse | 6-3 | 187 | 20 |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins | 8-1 | 142 | 21 |
| 22 | Marietta | 8-1 | 99 | 22 |
| 23 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-2 | 98 | 23 |
| 24 | Bethel | 8-1 | 97 | 25 |
| 25 | Brockport | 7-2 | 51 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 24 Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Others receiving votes: Springfield 46; UW-Stout 36; Coe 15; Randolph-Macon 15; Mary Hardin-Baylor 9; UW-River Falls 9; Hobart 6; Lake Forest 6; Alma 4; Berry 4; John Carroll 4; UW-Whitewater 3; Chapman 2; King's 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.