Through games of Saturday, Oct. 25:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (24) | 7-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (1) | 7-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 7-0 | 577 | 3 |
| 4 | Bethel | 7-0 | 511 | 5 |
| 5 | Salisbury | 7-0 | 489 | 4 |
| 6 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-0 | 482 | 6 |
| 7 | Wartburg | 8-0 | 480 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Whitewater | 6-1 | 461 | 9 |
| 9 | UW-River Falls | 6-1 | 421 | 10 |
| 10 | UW-La Crosse | 5-1 | 401 | 12 |
| 11 | St. John's | 6-1 | 391 | 11 |
| 12 | John Carroll | 7-1 | 354 | 13 |
| 13 | UW-Platteville | 5-2 | 330 | 8 |
| 14 | Christopher Newport | 7-0 | 305 | 15 |
| 15 | DePauw | 6-1 | 235 | 17 |
| 16 | Hope | 6-1 | 208 | 19 |
| 17 | Berry | 6-1 | 186 | 21 |
| 18 | Central | 6-1 | 185 | 14 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 5-2 | 184 | 20 |
| 20 | Cortland | 6-1 | 154 | 22 |
| 21 | Randolph-Macon | 7-1 | 121 | 23 |
| 22 | Baldwin Wallace | 6-1 | 64 | -- |
| 23 | UW-Stout | 5-2 | 61 | 24 |
| 24 | Muhlenberg | 6-1 | 54 | -- |
| 25 | UW-Oshkosh | 4-3 | 47 | 18 |
Dropped out: No. 16 Carnegie Mellon; No. 25 Adrian.
Others receiving votes: Trinity (Texas) 39; Susquehanna 34; Wabash 24; Carnegie Mellon 22; Alma 15; Monmouth 12; Franklin & Marshall 10; Adrian 10; Mary Hardin-Baylor 7; Washington & Jefferson 7; Chapman 5; Whitworth 5; Hampden-Sydney 4; Maryville 3; RPI 3; Endicott 1; Hanover 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.