| # | School (1st votes) | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (25) | 625 | 1 |
| 2 | St. John's | 559 | 6 |
| 3 | Baldwin-Wallace | 534 | 3 |
| 4 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 519 | 2 |
| 5 | Rowan | 489 | 8 |
| 6 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 478 | 4 |
| 7 | Linfield | 475 | 7 |
| 8 | UW-La Crosse | 443 | 15 |
| 9 | Trinity (Texas) | 398 | 10 |
| 10 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 371 | 14 |
| 11 | Wartburg | 361 | 11 |
| 12 | UW-Stout | 315 | 12 |
| 13 | Ithaca | 299 | 9 |
| 14 | UW-Stevens Point | 248 | 21 |
| 15 | Hardin-Simmons | 232 | 13 |
| 16 | Wabash | 229 | 18 |
| 17 | Hanover | 220 | 19 |
| 18 | Hampden-Sydney | 186 | 20 |
| 19 | Lycoming | 179 | 16 |
| 20 | Washington and Jefferson | 134 | 23 |
| 21 | Wittenberg | 123 | -- |
| 22 | John Carroll | 95 | -- |
| 23 | Central | 90 | 22 |
| 24 | Wooster | 75 | 25 |
| 25 | Brockport State | 71 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Kings Point 56, Concordia-Moorhead 48, Ohio Northern 33, Willamette 30, Augustana 27, Howard Payne 25, Bethel 18, Widener 18, Salisbury 17, Springfield 17, Pacific Lutheran 13, Capital 11, Johns Hopkins 10, McDaniel 10, Case Western Reserve 8, East Texas Baptist 7, Wilkes 7, Muhlenberg 6, St. Norbert 5, Alma 3, Olivet 3, King's 2, Millikin 2, UW-Eau Claire 2, Waynesburg 1, Williams 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.