Through games of Oct. 19, 2024:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (18) | 6-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Cortland (7) | 6-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 6-0 | 563 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Union | 6-0 | 537 | 4 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 6-0 | 524 | 5 |
| 6 | Salisbury | 6-0 | 472 | 9 |
| 7 | Susquehanna | 6-1 | 470 | 8 |
| 8 | UW-Platteville | 5-1 | 383 | 6 |
| 9 | UW-Oshkosh | 4-2 | 359 | 16 |
| 10 | UW-River Falls | 5-1 | 358 | 10 |
| 11 | Endicott | 5-1 | 354 | 11 |
| 12 | DePauw | 6-0 | 319 | 13 |
| 13 | Wartburg | 5-1 | 318 | 12 |
| 14 | Whitworth | 6-0 | 266 | 14 |
| 15 | Grove City | 5-1 | 251 | 7 |
| 16 | Aurora | 6-1 | 224 | 17 |
| 17 | Hope | 6-0 | 210 | 18 |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon | 5-1 | 205 | 15 |
| 19 | UW-Whitewater | 4-2 | 175 | 19 |
| 20 | Linfield | 5-1 | 169 | 20 |
| 21 | Washington and Jefferson | 6-1 | 119 | -- |
| 22 | UW-La Crosse | 3-3 | 113 | 22 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins | 5-1 | 110 | 21 |
| 24 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 3-2 | 85 | 23 |
| 25 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 4-2 | 68 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Berry.
Others receiving votes: Berry 43; Marietta 32; Bethel 29; Case Western Reserve 23; Randolph-Macon 21; Coe 21; UW-Stout 19; Springfield 16; Ursinus 15; Alma 13; Brockport 6; Washington U. 6; John Carroll 4; Lake Forest 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.