Through games of Saturday, Sept. 4
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (22) | 1-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (3) | 0-0 | 602 | 2 |
| 3 | Wesley | 1-0 | 551 | 3 |
| 4 | Linfield | 0-0 | 528 | 4 |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 1-0 | 519 | 5 |
| 6 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 0-0 | 484 | 6 |
| 7 | Central | 1-0 | 456 | 7 |
| 8 | Wittenberg | 1-0 | 441 | 8 |
| 9 | St. John's | 1-0 | 388 | 9 |
| 10 | Delaware Valley | 1-0 | 362 | 10 |
| 11 | Ohio Northern | 1-0 | 339 | 11 |
| 12 | Coe | 1-0 | 311 | 12 |
| 13 | Willamette | 1-0 | 298 | 18 |
| 14 | Hardin-Simmons | 1-0 | 297 | 15 |
| 15 | Thomas More | 0-0 | 281 | 13 |
| 16 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-0 | 251 | 14 |
| 17 | Trine | 1-0 | 193 | 19 |
| 18 | Otterbein | 1-0 | 168 | 20 |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins | 0-0 | 124 | 23 |
| 20 | Washington and Jefferson | 0-0 | 113 | 21 |
| 21 | Mississippi College | 1-0 | 110 | 22 |
| 22 | Wabash | 0-0 | 107 | 24 |
| 23 | Montclair State | 0-0 | 80 | 25 |
| 24 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1-0 | 68 | -- |
| 25 | Cal Lutheran | 0-0 | 64 | -- |
Others receiving votes: UW-Stevens Point 59, Wheaton (Ill.) 53, Alfred 41, Hampden-Sydney 27, DePauw 26, St. John Fisher 24, Wartburg 22, Monmouth 19, Capital 14, Case Western Reserve 13, Union 12, Trinity (Texas) 11, UW-Oshkosh 9, Franklin and Marshall 7, Bethel 7, Mount St. Joseph 5, Kean 5, UW-Stout 3, Huntingdon 3, Hobart 3, Ithaca 2, Randolph-Macon 1, Ursinus 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.