Through games of Nov. 15:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (25) | 10-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 10-0 | 595 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-River Falls | 9-1 | 572 | 4 |
| 4 | Bethel | 10-0 | 539 | 5 |
| 5 | Wartburg | 10-0 | 533 | 6 |
| 6 | Christopher Newport | 10-0 | 471 | 7 |
| 7 | St. John's | 9-1 | 440 | 8 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins | 9-1 | 430 | 3 |
| 9 | John Carroll | 9-1 | 414 | 9 |
| 10 | UW-Platteville | 8-2 | 389 | 10 |
| 11 | UW-Whitewater | 8-2 | 342 | 12 |
| 12 | Salisbury | 9-1 | 326 | 11 |
| 13 | UW-La Crosse | 7-2 | 322 | 14 |
| 14 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-1 | 319 | 13 |
| 15 | DePauw | 9-1 | 262 | 15 |
| 16 | Franklin and Marshall | 9-1 | 254 | 25 |
| 17 | Berry | 9-1 | 227 | 17 |
| 18 | Hope | 9-1 | 225 | 16 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 211 | 18 |
| 20 | Randolph-Macon | 9-1 | 160 | 21 |
| 21 | Trinity (Texas) | 9-1 | 110 | 22 |
| 22 | Susquehanna | 8-2 | 87 | 23 |
| 23 | Alma | 8-2 | 52 | -- |
| 24 | Coe | 8-2 | 38 | -- |
| 25 | Monmouth | 9-1 | 25 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 Central; No. 20 Cortland; No. 24 Wabash.
Others receiving votes: Mary Hardin-Baylor 23; Central (Iowa) 21; Muhlenberg 19; Endicott 19; Cortland 17; Washington & Jefferson 15; Chapman 13; Wabash 7; Eastern 5; Whitworth 4; Baldwin Wallace 4; Grove City 3; Rowan 3; Hanover 2; Ithaca 2.
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.