Through games of Saturday, Sept. 20:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (22) | 2-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (3) | 2-0 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 3-0 | 576 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 2-0 | 521 | 5 |
| 5 | UW-La Crosse | 2-0 | 466 | 9 |
| 6 | Salisbury | 2-0 | 464 | 7 |
| 7 | Wartburg | 3-0 | 430 | 10 |
| 8 | UW-Platteville | 3-0 | 428 | 11 |
| 9 | Hardin-Simmons | 3-0 | 425 | 8 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 3-0 | 404 | 16 |
| 11 | UW-River Falls | 3-0 | 393 | 12 |
| 12 | Bethel | 2-0 | 366 | 13 |
| 13 | Susquehanna | 2-1 | 349 | 4 |
| 14 | DePauw | 3-0 | 307 | 14 |
| 15 | Hope | 3-0 | 251 | 15 |
| 16 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1-1 | 241 | 6 |
| 17 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-1 | 196 | 18 |
| 18 | Grove City | 1-1 | 184 | 17 |
| 19 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-1 | 178 | 19 |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon | 2-1 | 159 | 22 |
| 21 | John Carroll | 2-1 | 146 | 21 |
| 22 | Trinity (Texas) | 3-0 | 139 | 23 |
| 23 | Central | 3-0 | 74 | -- |
| 24 | Cortland | 2-1 | 66 | 24 |
| 25 | Berry | 2-1 | 23 | 20 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Brockport.
Others receiving votes: Linfield 22; Baldwin Wallace 18; Hampden-Sydney 18; Maryville (Tenn.) 16; Randolph-Macon 11; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 8; Coe 8; Wabash 6; Christopher Newport 4; Utica 3; Rowan 2; Lewis & Clark 2; Brockport 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.