Through games of Oct. 13, 2024:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (18) | 5-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Cortland (7) | 5-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 5-0 | 555 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Union | 5-0 | 530 | 5 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-0 | 518 | 6 |
| 6 | UW-Platteville | 5-0 | 495 | 11 |
| 7 | Grove City | 5-0 | 476 | 7 |
| 8 | Susquehanna | 5-1 | 443 | 8 |
| 9 | Salisbury | 5-0 | 428 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-River Falls | 4-1 | 344 | 4 |
| 11 | Endicott | 4-1 | 334 | 15 |
| 12 | Wartburg | 4-1 | 318 | 16 |
| 13 | DePauw | 5-0 | 301 | 17 |
| 14 | Whitworth | 5-0 | 255 | 18 |
| 15 | Carnegie Mellon | 5-1 | 221 | 14 |
| 16 | UW-Oshkosh | 3-2 | 213 | 20 |
| 17 | Aurora | 5-1 | 207 | 19 |
| 18 | Hope | 5-0 | 170 | 21 |
| 19 | UW-Whitewater | 3-2 | 159 | 10 |
| 20 | Linfield | 4-1 | 148 | 23 |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins | 4-1 | 138 | 22 |
| 22 | UW-La Crosse | 2-3 | 136 | 12 |
| 23 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 2-2 | 106 | 13 |
| 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-2 | 75 | 24 |
| 25 | Berry | 4-1 | 55 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 25 John Carroll.
Others receiving votes: John Carroll 44; UW-Stout 33; Bethel 31; Case Western Reserve 25; Marietta 25; Randolph-Macon 24; Ursinus 23; Coe 20; Alma 14; Springfield 14; Washington & Jefferson 9; Chapman 4; Brockport 3; Lake Forest 3; Washington U. 3; FDU-Florham 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.