Through games of Nov. 2, 2024:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (18) | 8-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Cortland (7) | 8-0 | 606 | 2 |
| 3 | St. John's | 8-0 | 566 | 3 |
| 4 | Mount Union | 8-0 | 532 | 4 |
| 5 | Hardin-Simmons | 8-0 | 529 | 5 |
| 6 | Susquehanna | 8-1 | 455 | 7 |
| 7 | Salisbury | 8-0 | 451 | 6 |
| 8 | UW-Platteville | 7-1 | 438 | 8 |
| 9 | UW-Oshkosh | 6-2 | 416 | 9 |
| 10 | DePauw | 8-0 | 386 | 10 |
| 11 | Endicott | 7-1 | 334 | 11 |
| 12 | Wartburg | 7-1 | 325 | 12 |
| 13 | Grove City | 7-1 | 289 | 13 |
| 14 | Aurora | 8-1 | 254 | 15 |
| 15 | Whitworth | 8-0 | 247 | 14 |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-1 | 241 | 17 |
| 17 | Hope | 8-0 | 240 | 16 |
| 18 | Linfield | 7-1 | 213 | 18 |
| 19 | Washington and Jefferson | 8-1 | 195 | 19 |
| 20 | UW-La Crosse | 5-3 | 175 | 20 |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins | 7-1 | 126 | 22 |
| 22 | Marietta | 8-0 | 98 | 25 |
| 23 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 6-2 | 91 | 23 |
| 24 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 4-2 | 90 | 24 |
| 25 | Bethel | 7-1 | 54 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 21 UW-River Falls.
Others receiving votes: UW-Whitewater 46; Springfield 30; UW-River Falls 15; Coe 14; Randolph-Macon 12; Brockport 11; Berry 8; Alma 4; John Carroll 4; Ursinus 4; UW-Stout 4; Lake Forest 3; Hobart 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.