Through games of Saturday, Sept. 27:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (22) | 3-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (3) | 3-0 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 3-0 | 575 | 3 |
| 4 | St. John's | 3-0 | 523 | 4 |
| 5 | UW-La Crosse | 2-0 | 486 | 5 |
| 6 | Salisbury | 3-0 | 468 | 6 |
| 7 | UW-Platteville | 3-0 | 447 | 8 |
| 8 | Wartburg | 4-0 | 444 | 7 |
| 9 | UW-Whitewater | 3-0 | 432 | 10 |
| 10 | Hardin-Simmons | 3-0 | 416 | 9 |
| 11 | UW-River Falls | 3-0 | 405 | 11 |
| 12 | Bethel | 3-0 | 379 | 12 |
| 13 | DePauw | 4-0 | 324 | 14 |
| 14 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-1 | 272 | 17 |
| 15 | UW-Oshkosh | 2-1 | 228 | 19 |
| 16 | John Carroll | 3-1 | 217 | 21 |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon | 2-1 | 207 | 20 |
| 18 | Trinity (Texas) | 3-0 | 206 | 22 |
| 19 | Central | 4-0 | 164 | 23 |
| 20 | Hope | 3-1 | 109 | 15 |
| 21 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1-2 | 108 | 16 |
| 22 | Cortland | 3-1 | 100 | 24 |
| 23 | Christopher Newport | 3-0 | 88 | -- |
| 24 | Hampden-Sydney | 4-0 | 63 | -- |
| 25 | Susquehanna | 2-2 | 52 | 13 |
Dropped out: No. 18 Grove City; No. 25 Berry.
Others receiving votes: Linfield 35; Berry 31; Wabash 23; Maryville 19; Randolph-Macon 16; Baldwin Wallace 16; Alma 14; Muhlenberg 8; Brockport 7; Lewis & Clark 7; Utica 6; Grove City 4; Monmouth 2; Ursinus 2; Washington & Jefferson 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.