Through games of Saturday, Sept. 6:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (23) | 0-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (2) | 1-0 | 596 | 2 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 1-0 | 553 | 3 |
| 4 | Susquehanna | 1-0 | 511 | 4 |
| 5 | St. John's | 0-0 | 482 | 5 |
| 6 | Hardin-Simmons | 1-0 | 449 | 6 |
| 7 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1-0 | 442 | 8 |
| 8 | Salisbury | 1-0 | 425 | 7 |
| 9 | UW-La Crosse | 0-0 | 395 | 11 |
| 10 | Wartburg | 1-0 | 387 | 9 |
| 11 | UW-Platteville | 1-0 | 370 | 15 |
| 12 | Bethel | 0-0 | 332 | 12 |
| 13 | UW-River Falls | 1-0 | 318 | 19 |
| 14 | DePauw | 1-0 | 278 | 14 |
| 15 | Grove City | 1-0 | 253 | 23 |
| 16 | UW-Oshkosh | 1-0 | 227 | -- |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon | 1-0 | 216 | 18 |
| 18 | Hope | 1-0 | 212 | 20 |
| 19 | Randolph-Macon | 1-0 | 177 | 21 |
| 20 | John Carroll | 1-0 | 161 | 25 |
| 21 | UW-Whitewater | 1-0 | 153 | 24 |
| 22 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 0-1 | 140 | 17 |
| 23 | Cortland | 0-1 | 56 | 10 |
| 24 | Whitworth | 1-0 | 55 | -- |
| 25 | Berry | 1-0 | 54 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 13 Springfield; No. 16 Linfield; No. 22 Aurora.
Others receiving votes: Brockport 45; Endicott 42; Linfield 39; Coe 23; Springfield 18; Trinity (Texas) 18; Alma 14; UW-Stout 13; Utica 12; Maryville 9; Washington & Jefferson 9; Western New England 8; Hobart 5; Aurora 3; Wesleyan 3; Marietta 2; Baldwin Wallace 1; Hampden-Sydney 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.