Through games of Nov. 4, 2017:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (21) | 9-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (4) | 9-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 8-0 | 579 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 8-1 | 531 | 4 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-1 | 508 | 5 |
| 6 | St. John's | 8-1 | 472 | 6 |
| 7 | Delaware Valley | 9-0 | 461 | 7 |
| 8 | Linfield | 7-1 | 440 | 8 |
| 9 | North Central (Ill.) | 8-1 | 404 | 9 |
| 10 | Brockport | 9-0 | 378 | 10 |
| 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-1 | 377 | 11 |
| 12 | Wittenberg | 9-0 | 368 | 12 |
| 13 | Wesley | 8-1 | 327 | 13 |
| 14 | Case Western Reserve | 9-0 | 287 | 16 |
| 15 | Washington and Jefferson | 9-0 | 282 | 15 |
| 16 | Frostburg State | 8-1 | 265 | 14 |
| 17 | Berry | 9-0 | 213 | 17 |
| 18 | Wartburg | 9-0 | 202 | 18 |
| 19 | Concordia-Moorhead | 8-1 | 175 | 19 |
| 20 | Springfield | 9-0 | 139 | 22 |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins | 8-1 | 119 | 23 |
| 22 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 7-2 | 98 | 24 |
| 23 | UW-Whitewater | 6-3 | 64 | -- |
| 24 | UW-La Crosse | 7-2 | 55 | -- |
| 25 | Trine | 9-0 | 51 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 20 UW-Platteville; No. 21 George Fox; No. 25 Salisbury.
Others receiving votes: Salisbury 21; UW-Platteville 19; Monmouth (Ill.) 17; Huntingdon 11; Franklin 7; Whitworth 6; Plymouth State 4; Framingham State 4; Millikin 4; DePauw 4; Franklin & Marshall 4; Centre 4; Albright 2; Chapman 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.