Through games of Oct. 11, 2025:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (23) | 5-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (2) | 5-0 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 5-0 | 569 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-La Crosse | 4-0 | 544 | 4 |
| 5 | Salisbury | 5-0 | 498 | 5 |
| 6 | Bethel | 5-0 | 497 | 7 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 5-0 | 472 | 9 |
| 8 | Wartburg | 6-0 | 463 | 8 |
| 9 | UW-Whitewater | 4-1 | 413 | 10 |
| 10 | St. John's | 4-1 | 368 | 13 |
| 11 | DePauw | 5-0 | 365 | 12 |
| 12 | UW-River Falls | 4-1 | 355 | 14 |
| 13 | UW-Platteville | 4-1 | 313 | 6 |
| 14 | John Carroll | 5-1 | 280 | 15 |
| 15 | Central | 5-0 | 253 | 18 |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon | 3-2 | 202 | 17 |
| 17 | Christopher Newport | 5-0 | 179 | 21 |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 3-2 | 167 | 11 |
| 19 | Hope | 4-1 | 150 | 20 |
| 20 | UW-Stout | 4-1 | 148 | -- |
| 21 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-2 | 143 | 19 |
| 22 | Berry | 4-1 | 116 | -- |
| 23 | Cortland | 4-1 | 109 | 23 |
| 24 | Linfield | 3-1 | 78 | 24 |
| 25 | Randolph-Macon | 5-1 | 42 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 16 Trinity (Texas); No. 22 Mary Hardin-Baylor; No. 25 Muhlenberg.
Others receiving votes: Trinity (Texas) 41; Maryville (Tenn.) 28; Baldwin Wallace 24; Adrian 18; Lewis & Clark 17; Wabash 13; Susquehanna 12; Ithaca 8; Monmouth (Ill.) 7; Alma 4; Mary Hardin-Baylor 3; Franklin & Marshall 2; Coe 1; Muhlenberg 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.