Through games of Nov. 10:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (20) | 10-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (5) | 10-0 | 605 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 10-0 | 546 | 4 |
| 4 | Brockport | 10-0 | 545 | 3 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 9-0 | 542 | 5 |
| 6 | Frostburg State | 9-0 | 515 | 6 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-1 | 457 | 7 |
| 8 | John Carroll | 9-1 | 437 | 8 |
| 9 | North Central (Ill.) | 9-1 | 416 | 10 |
| 10 | Whitworth | 9-0 | 372 | 12 |
| 11 | Bethel | 9-1 | 337 | 22 |
| 12 | Trine | 10-0 | 315 | 13 |
| 13 | Delaware Valley | 9-1 | 289 | 15 |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins | 9-1 | 278 | 16 |
| 15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-2 | 213 | 17 |
| 16 | St. Thomas | 8-2 | 208 | 9 |
| 17 | Washington and Jefferson | 9-1 | 207 | 18 |
| 18 | Wabash | 9-1 | 170 | 20 |
| 19 | Wittenberg | 9-1 | 157 | 21 |
| 20 | Berry | 9-1 | 154 | 11 |
| 21 | Linfield | 7-2 | 141 | 24 |
| 22 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 132 | 23 |
| 23 | Muhlenberg | 9-1 | 104 | -- |
| 24 | Centre | 9-1 | 94 | -- |
| 25 | Washington U. | 8-2 | 58 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 14 RPI; No. 19 Case Western Reserve; No. 25 Baldwin Wallace.
Others receiving votes: RPI 51; UW-La Crosse 37; Ithaca 34; Baldwin Wallace 33; Case Western Reserve 31; Salisbury 16; Montclair State 6; MIT 3; Central 1; Cortland 1; Union 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.
Jackson Erdmann rolling out for St. John's as snowflakes fall.
Photo by Jennifer McNelly for St. John's athletics