Through games of Nov. 1, 2025:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (25) | 8-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 8-0 | 597 | 2 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 8-0 | 576 | 3 |
| 4 | Bethel | 8-0 | 508 | 4 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-0 | 505 | 6 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 9-0 | 486 | 7 |
| 7 | Salisbury | 8-0 | 484 | 5 |
| 8 | UW-River Falls | 7-1 | 477 | 9 |
| 9 | UW-La Crosse | 6-1 | 431 | 10 |
| 10 | St. John's | 7-1 | 392 | 11 |
| 11 | John Carroll | 7-1 | 374 | 12 |
| 12 | UW-Platteville | 6-2 | 336 | 13 |
| 13 | Christopher Newport | 8-0 | 307 | 14 |
| 14 | UW-Whitewater | 6-2 | 269 | 8 |
| 15 | DePauw | 7-1 | 244 | 15 |
| 16 | Hope | 7-1 | 222 | 16 |
| 17 | Berry | 7-1 | 213 | 17 |
| 18 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-2 | 202 | 19 |
| 19 | Central | 7-1 | 190 | 18 |
| 20 | Cortland | 7-1 | 161 | 20 |
| 21 | Randolph-Macon | 8-1 | 134 | 21 |
| 22 | Baldwin Wallace | 7-1 | 80 | 22 |
| 23 | Trinity (Texas) | 7-1 | 61 | -- |
| 24 | Susquehanna | 6-2 | 43 | -- |
| 25 | Wabash | 7-1 | 37 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 23 UW-Stout; No. 24 Muhlenberg; No. 25 UW-Oshkosh.
Others receiving votes: Alma 27; Franklin & Marshall 19; Monmouth 13; Muhlenberg 13; Carnegie Mellon 12; Adrian 12; UW-Stout 11; Chapman 9; Mary Hardin-Baylor 8; Washington & Jefferson 8; UW-Oshkosh 8; Whitworth 8; Endicott 6; RPI 5; Hampden-Sydney 3; Maryville 3; Rowan 3; Hanover 2; Eastern 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.