Through games of Oct. 4, 2025:
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (23) | 4-0 | 623 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (2) | 4-0 | 599 | 2 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins | 4-0 | 577 | 3 |
| 4 | UW-La Crosse | 3-0 | 531 | 5 |
| 5 | Salisbury | 4-0 | 495 | 6 |
| 6 | UW-Platteville | 4-0 | 484 | 7 |
| 7 | Bethel | 4-0 | 467 | 12 |
| 8 | Wartburg | 5-0 | 458 | 8 |
| 9 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-0 | 433 | 10 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 3-1 | 380 | 9 |
| 11 | UW-Oshkosh | 3-1 | 355 | 15 |
| 12 | DePauw | 5-0 | 354 | 13 |
| 13 | St. John's | 3-1 | 347 | 4 |
| 14 | UW-River Falls | 3-1 | 283 | 11 |
| 15 | John Carroll | 4-1 | 248 | 16 |
| 16 | Trinity (Texas) | 4-0 | 229 | 18 |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon | 3-1 | 213 | 17 |
| 18 | Central | 5-0 | 198 | 19 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 2-2 | 137 | 14 |
| 20 | Hope | 4-1 | 131 | 20 |
| 21 | Christopher Newport | 4-0 | 130 | 23 |
| 22 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 2-2 | 110 | 21 |
| 23 | Cortland | 4-1 | 95 | 22 |
| 24 | Linfield | 2-1 | 43 | -- |
| 25 | Muhlenberg | 4-0 | 34 | -- |
Dropped out: No. 24 Hampden-Sydney; No. 25 Susquehanna.
Others receiving votes: Berry 32; Randolph-Macon 29; Maryville (Tenn.) 21; Adrian 19; Lewis & Clark 15; Susquehanna 15; Baldwin Wallace 14; Wabash 9; Monmouth 4; Ithaca 4; Alma 4; Hampden-Sydney 3; Washington & Jefferson 2.
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.