Entering 2025 season:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | 2024 W-L | Points |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (24) | 15-0 | 616 |
| 2 | Mount Union (1) | 14-1 | 594 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 12-2 | 521 |
| 4 | Susquehanna | 12-2 | 490 |
| 5 | St. John's | 11-1 | 485 |
| 6 | Hardin-Simmons | 10-1 | 466 |
| 7 | Salisbury | 12-1 | 404 |
| 8 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 8-4 | 393 |
| 9 | Wartburg | 10-2 | 378 |
| 10 | Cortland | 11-1 | 335 |
| 11 | UW-La Crosse | 8-4 | 319 |
| 12 | Bethel | 11-3 | 305 |
| 13 | Springfield | 12-1 | 301 |
| 14 | DePauw | 11-1 | 238 |
| 15 | UW-Platteville | 9-2 | 233 |
| 16 | Linfield | 10-2 | 200 |
| 17 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 9-2 | 184 |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon | 10-2 | 183 |
| 19 | UW-River Falls | 7-3 | 181 |
| 20 | Hope | 11-1 | 174 |
| 21 | Randolph-Macon | 10-2 | 170 |
| 22 | Aurora | 9-2 | 130 |
| 23 | Grove City | 9-2 | 108 |
| 24 | UW-Whitewater | 6-4 | 105 |
| 25 | John Carroll | 9-3 | 103 |
Others receiving votes: UW-Oshkosh 89; Endicott 81; Washington & Jefferson 57; Whitworth 52; Berry 34; Alma 31; UW-Stout 29; Hobart 20; Lake Forest 17; Coe 17; Brockport 15; Trinity (Texas) 14; Texas Lutheran 12; Westminster (Pa.) 10; Mass-Dartmouth 8; Maryville (Tenn.) 8; King's 7; Delaware Valley 2; Ithaca 2; Wesleyan 2; Baldwin Wallace 1; Marietta 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.