Jan 07, 2025
Through end of 2024 season:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (25) | 15-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 14-1 | 600 | 5 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 12-2 | 536 | 19 |
| 4 | Susquehanna | 12-2 | 531 | 6 |
| 5 | Springfield | 12-1 | 484 | 23 |
| 6 | Salisbury | 12-1 | 477 | 8 |
| 7 | St. John's | 11-1 | 475 | 3 |
| 8 | Bethel | 11-3 | 446 | 21 |
| 9 | Cortland | 11-1 | 414 | 2 |
| 10 | DePauw | 11-1 | 371 | 9 |
| 11 | Hardin-Simmons | 10-1 | 352 | 4 |
| 12 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 8-4 | 348 | -- |
| 13 | Wartburg | 10-2 | 321 | 11 |
| 14 | Hope | 11-1 | 305 | 16 |
| 15 | Carnegie Mellon | 10-2 | 300 | 13 |
| 16 | UW-Platteville | 9-2 | 263 | 7 |
| 17 | Linfield | 10-2 | 233 | 14 |
| 18 | Endicott | 10-2 | 184 | 10 |
| 19 | Grove City | 9-2 | 160 | 12 |
| 20 | Randolph-Macon | 10-2 | 156 | -- |
| 21 | UW-La Crosse | 8-4 | 135 | 18 |
| 22 | Aurora | 9-2 | 88 | 15 |
| 23 | Washington and Jefferson | 9-2 | 69 | 17 |
| 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 9-2 | 55 | 20 |
| 25 | Whitworth | 10-2 | 48 | 22 |
Dropped out: No 24 John Carroll; No. 25 Coe.
Others receiving votes: John Carroll 38; Coe 27; Hobart 26; UW-River Falls 16; UW-Oshkosh 11; Lake Forest 8; UW-Whitewater 6; UW-Stout 5; King's 4; Maryville (Tenn.) 4; Brockport 2; Mass-Dartmouth 1; Trinity (Texas) 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.