| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 6-0 | 619 | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (6) | 6-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-0 | 551 | 4 |
| 4 | Wesley | 6-0 | 531 | 5 |
| 5 | St. John's | 7-0 | 497 | 6 |
| 6 | Linfield | 6-0 | 459 | 7 |
| 7 | Central | 7-0 | 444 | 8 |
| 8 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 5-1 | 393 | 3 |
| 9 | Monmouth | 7-0 | 387 | 11 |
| 10 | Otterbein | 6-0 | 378 | 13 |
| 11 | Washington and Jefferson | 6-0 | 361 | 9 |
| 12 | Case Western Reserve | 6-0 | 355 | 12 |
| 13 | North Central (Ill.) | 5-1 | 351 | 14 |
| 14 | Capital | 5-1 | 252 | 16 |
| 15 | Mississippi College | 5-1 | 213 | -- |
| 16 | St. Thomas | 5-1 | 201 | 15 |
| 17 | Willamette | 6-1 | 198 | 17 |
| 18 | Wabash | 5-1 | 168 | 10 |
| 19 | Occidental | 4-1 | 151 | 18 |
| 20 | Ohio Northern | 4-2 | 135 | 19 |
| 21 | Wittenberg | 6-0 | 129 | -- |
| 22 | Franklin | 5-1 | 126 | 20 |
| 23 | Thomas More | 6-0 | 122 | 21 |
| 24 | Delaware Valley | 5-1 | 80 | 23 |
| 25 | Centre | 6-0 | 76 | 22 |
Others receiving votes: Redlands 62, UW-La Crosse 59, Hampden-Sydney 41, Alfred 37, Bethel 23, Trine 22, St. John Fisher 21, Kean 12, DePauw 11, UW-Stevens Point 10, Cal Lutheran 10, Albright 10, Cortland State 7, Mount St. Joseph 6, Dickinson 5, Trinity (Conn.) 3, Coe 2, 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.