| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Linfield (24) | 13-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 13-2 | 587 | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Union (1) | 12-1 | 573 | 3 |
| 4 | Hardin-Simmons | 10-1 | 508 | 4 |
| 5 | Ohio Northern | 8-2 | 444 | 19 |
| 6 | Washington and Jefferson | 12-1 | 440 | 8 |
| 7 | Rowan | 10-3 | 393 | 6 |
| 8 | Occidental | 10-2 | 386 | 7 |
| 9 | UW-La Crosse | 7-4 | 350 | 13 |
| 10 | St. John's | 7-3 | 334 | -- |
| 11 | Trinity (Texas) | 9-2 | 293 | 14 |
| 12 | Delaware Valley | 12-1 | 283 | 11 |
| 13 | Carthage | 11-2 | 261 | 5 |
| 14 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 8-3 | 241 | 17 |
| 15 | Salisbury | 10-1 | 196 | 18 |
| 16 | Christopher Newport | 9-3 | 193 | 16 |
| 17 | Ithaca | 9-2 | 170 | 20 |
| 18 | Concordia-Moorhead | 11-1 | 169 | 9 |
| 19 | Capital | 7-3 | 164 | -- |
| 20 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-2 | 147 | 12 |
| 21 | UW-Whitewater | 7-3 | 146 | 25 |
| 22 | UW-Eau Claire | 7-3 | 145 | -- |
| 23 | St. John Fisher | 10-2 | 124 | 15 |
| 24 | Wartburg | 8-3 | 120 | 24 |
| 25 | Wooster | 11-1 | 105 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Hampden-Sydney 97, Augustana 75, Albright 75, St. Norbert 56, Texas Lutheran 42, Whitworth 38, UW-Stevens Point 37, Alma 37, Shenandoah 31, Wittenberg 27, Pacific Lutheran 23, Johns Hopkins 22, Hobart 19, Franklin and Marshall 15, Willamette 14, North Central (Ill.) 14, Muhlenberg 13, McDaniel 10, Moravian 9, Trinity (Conn.) 8, Mount St. Joseph 8, Adrian 8, Brockport State 7, Olivet 6, Lycoming 6, Curry 6, Springfield 5, DePauw 5, Baldwin-Wallace 5, Widener 4, Wabash 2, Union 1, Cortland State 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.