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Starting in August 2003, D3football.com began compiling its own Division III Top 25. As a result, the site no longer carries the current AFCA poll in this location.
The
Top 25, as voted on by 49 members of the American Football Coaches Association.
(It is not voted on or produced by D3football.com).
AFCA Web site
Through games of Saturday, Nov. 16, 2002
| School | W-L | Pts. | W9 | W8 | W7 | W6 | W5 | W4 | W3 | W2 | W1 |
| 1. Mount Union (47) | 10-0 | 1,199 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2. Bridgewater (2) | 10-0 | 1,172 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3. Rowan | 10-0 | 1,127 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4. Trinity (Texas) | 10-0 | 1,049 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 5. Mary Hardin-Baylor | 10-0 | 985 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| 6. St. John's | 9-1 | 935 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 7. Linfield | 9-0 | 921 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 22 | (26) | (27) |
| 8. Hanover | 10-0 | 874 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 22 |
| 9. Wabash | 10-0 | 851 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 15 | (27) | (35) | (37) | (47) |
| 10. Wittenberg | 9-1 | 748 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 11. John Carroll | 9-1 | 743 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 21 |
| 12. Wheaton | 9-1 | 636 | 16 | 19 | 25 | (26) | (31) | (53) | — | — | — |
| 13. Widener | 9-1 | 560 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 14. MacMurray | 10-0 | 516 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 25 | (28) | (37) | (35) | (39) |
| 15. Wartburg | 9-1 | 501 | 19 | 22 | (26) | (28) | 13 | 20 | 24 | (28) | (29) |
| 16. Coe | 9-1 | 446 | 20 | 24 | (28) | (35) | (50) | (52) | (38) | (48) | (56) |
| 17. Howard Payne | 9-1 | 429 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 17 | (29) | (40) | (41) | (51) |
| 18. Alma | 9-1 | 371 | 21 | (26) | (32) | (40) | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19. Springfield | 8-1 | 331 | 22 | (26) | (29) | (29) | (26) | (42) | (29) | (33) | (40) |
| 20. UW-La Crosse | 7-3 | 267 | 25 | (38) | — | (46) | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21. Mass-Dartmouth | 11-0 | 206 | (26) | (36) | (43) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22. St. Norbert | 9-1 | 178 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
| 23. Muhlenberg | 9-1 | 135 | (31) | (38) | (38) | (34) | (43) | (40) | (28) | (34) | (31) |
| 24. Wash. & Jefferson | 8-2 | 110 | (28) | (32) | 14 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 20 |
| 25. Lake Forest | 9-1 | 85 | (36) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Dropped out: No. 10 Augustana; No. 14 Salisbury; No. 24 UW-Stout
Others receiving votes: Baldwin-Wallace 67; Salisbury 66; Augustana 60; UW-Eau Claire 56; UW-Stout 40; Hobart 36; Worcester State 36; Hardin-Simmons 34; Brockport State 32; Cortland State 19; Redlands 19; Central 18; King's 13; Wooster 12; Hampden-Sydney 12; McDaniel 8; Thomas More 4; UW-Stevens Point 4; Concordia (Wis.) 4; Concordia-Moorhead 3; Willamette 2; Johns Hopkins 2; Anderson 1; Whitworth 1; DePauw 1.