Through games of Saturday, Sept. 13:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (22) | 1-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (3) | 2-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 2-0 | 559 | 3 |
| 4 | Susquehanna | 2-0 | 514 | 4 |
| 5 | St. John's | 1-0 | 497 | 5 |
| 6 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1-0 | 455 | 7 |
| 7 | Salisbury | 2-0 | 438 | 8 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | 2-0 | 437 | 6 |
| 9 | UW-La Crosse | 1-0 | 431 | 9 |
| 10 | Wartburg | 2-0 | 404 | 10 |
| 11 | UW-Platteville | 2-0 | 399 | 11 |
| 12 | UW-River Falls | 2-0 | 359 | 13 |
| 13 | Bethel | 1-0 | 352 | 12 |
| 14 | DePauw | 2-0 | 292 | 14 |
| 15 | Hope | 2-0 | 265 | 18 |
| 16 | UW-Whitewater | 2-0 | 242 | 21 |
| 17 | Grove City | 1-1 | 169 | 15 |
| 18 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 0-1 | 153 | 22 |
| 19 | UW-Oshkosh | 1-1 | 145 | 16 |
| 20 | Berry | 2-0 | 133 | 25 |
| 21 | John Carroll | 1-1 | 116 | 20 |
| 22 | Carnegie Mellon | 1-1 | 106 | 17 |
| 23 | Trinity (Texas) | 2-0 | 67 | -- |
| 24 | Cortland | 1-1 | 66 | 23 |
| 25 | Brockport | 2-0 | 64 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 19 Randolph-Macon; No. 24 Whitworth.
Others receiving votes: Central (Iowa) 47; Whitworth 33; Randolph-Macon 33; Utica 31; Linfield 16; Alma 15; Maryville (Tenn.) 12; Coe 12; Baldwin Wallace 8; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 6; Christopher Newport 5; Wabash 4; Illinois College 4; Springfield 3; Hampden-Sydney 3; Wesleyan 3; Lewis & Clark 2; Ursinus 2; Aurora 1; Rowan 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.