| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Linfield (25) | 2-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 2-0 | 583 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union | 2-0 | 576 | 3 |
| 4 | Hardin-Simmons | 2-0 | 535 | 4 |
| 5 | Rowan | 2-0 | 478 | 6 |
| 6 | Washington and Jefferson | 3-0 | 469 | 7 |
| 7 | Ohio Northern | 2-0 | 459 | 5 |
| 8 | Occidental | 2-0 | 447 | 8 |
| 9 | St. John's | 3-0 | 432 | 9 |
| 10 | Salisbury | 3-0 | 345 | 13 |
| 11 | UW-Whitewater | 3-0 | 336 | 15 |
| 12 | Delaware Valley | 3-0 | 311 | 10 |
| 13 | Trinity (Texas) | 3-0 | 310 | 11 |
| 14 | UW-La Crosse | 1-1 | 252 | 14 |
| 15 | Ithaca | 2-0 | 251 | 16 |
| 16 | Concordia-Moorhead | 2-0 | 248 | 17 |
| 17 | St. John Fisher | 3-0 | 217 | 19 |
| 18 | Carthage | 3-0 | 215 | 18 |
| 19 | UW-Eau Claire | 1-1 | 163 | 21 |
| 20 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-0 | 136 | 22 |
| 21 | Hampden-Sydney | 2-0 | 97 | 24 |
| 22 | Capital | 1-1 | 80 | 12 |
| 23 | McDaniel | 3-0 | 73 | 23 |
| 24 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 2-1 | 71 | 25 |
| 25 | Christopher Newport | 1-2 | 56 | 20 |
Others receiving votes: Whitworth 52, Wooster 50, Alma 48, Albright 36, UW-Stout 27, Hobart 18, Wesley 15, Union 15, Texas Lutheran 15, North Central (Ill.) 13, Coe 13, Millikin 11, Johns Hopkins 10, Augustana 10, Cortland State 8, Mount St. Joseph 7, Trinity (Conn.) 5, Thiel 3, Central 2, Wabash 1, UW-Oshkosh 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.