Jan 05, 2026
Through end of 2025 season:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-River Falls (25) | 14-1 | 625 | 3 |
| 2 | North Central (Ill.) | 14-1 | 598 | 1 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 12-2 | 573 | 8 |
| 4 | Bethel | 12-1 | 544 | 9 |
| 5 | John Carroll | 12-2 | 523 | 4 |
| 6 | Mount Union | 11-1 | 453 | 2 |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 11-3 | 436 | 19 |
| 8 | UW-La Crosse | 8-3 | 390 | 13 |
| 9 | Berry | 11-2 | 387 | 17 |
| 10 | UW-Platteville | 9-3 | 371 | 10 |
| 11 | St. John's | 10-2 | 369 | 7 |
| 12 | Wartburg | 10-1 | 359 | 5 |
| 13 | Susquehanna | 11-3 | 352 | 22 |
| 14 | DePauw | 10-2 | 324 | 15 |
| 15 | Salisbury | 10-2 | 279 | 12 |
| 16 | Trinity (Texas) | 10-2 | 249 | 21 |
| 17 | Christopher Newport | 10-1 | 236 | 6 |
| 18 | UW-Whitewater | 8-3 | 199 | 11 |
| 19 | Hope | 9-2 | 175 | 18 |
| 20 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-2 | 171 | 14 |
| 21 | Eastern | 10-2 | 99 | -- |
| 22 | Randolph-Macon | 9-2 | 82 | 20 |
| 23 | Franklin and Marshall | 9-2 | 72 | 16 |
| 24 | Alma | 8-3 | 58 | 23 |
| 25 | Coe | 9-3 | 55 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Monmouth.
Others receiving votes: Endicott 30; Springfield 23; Washington & Jefferson 16; Muhlenberg 16; Chapman 12; Monmouth 9; LaGrange 8; Mary Hardin-Baylor 7; Hanover 7; Cortland 6; Wabash 5; UW-Stout 5; Central 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.