Through games of Oct. 28, 2017:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (21) | 8-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (4) | 8-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 7-0 | 578 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 7-1 | 529 | 4 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-1 | 501 | 5 |
| 6 | St. John's | 7-1 | 478 | 7 |
| 7 | Delaware Valley | 8-0 | 458 | 8 |
| 8 | Linfield | 6-1 | 444 | 6 |
| 9 | North Central (Ill.) | 7-1 | 399 | 10 |
| 10 | Brockport | 8-0 | 378 | 11 |
| 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-1 | 374 | 12 |
| 12 | Wittenberg | 8-0 | 363 | 13 |
| 13 | Wesley | 7-1 | 324 | 14 |
| 14 | Frostburg State | 7-1 | 294 | 15 |
| 15 | Washington and Jefferson | 8-0 | 271 | 16 |
| 16 | Case Western Reserve | 8-0 | 242 | 17 |
| 17 | Berry | 9-0 | 200 | 18 |
| 18 | Wartburg | 8-0 | 185 | 19 |
| 19 | Concordia-Moorhead | 7-1 | 154 | 21 |
| 20 | UW-Platteville | 6-2 | 145 | 9 |
| 21 | George Fox | 6-2 | 123 | 20 |
| 22 | Springfield | 8-0 | 109 | 22 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins | 7-1 | 91 | 24 |
| 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-2 | 70 | 23 |
| 25 | Salisbury | 7-1 | 66 | 25 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Trine 33; UW-La Crosse 27; UW-Whitewater 27; Trinity (Conn.) 10; Monmouth (Ill.) 9; Whitworth 5; Huntingdon 4; Carthage 3; Framingham State 3; Franklin 3; Heidelberg 2; Millikin 1; Wabash 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.