Preseason Top 25 For 2025 Season: Division III

  1. North Central (24 of 25 1st place votes) 616 points

  2. Mount Union (1 1st place vote) 594 points

  3. Johns Hopkins 521 points

  4. Susquehanna 490 points

  5. St. John’s 485 points

  6. Hardin-Simmons 466 points

  7. Salisbury 404 points

  8. Mary Hardin-Baylor 393 points

  9. Wartburg 378 points

  10. Cortland 335 points

  11. UW-La Crosse 319 points

  12. Bethel 305 points

  13. Springfield 301 points

  14. DePauw 238 points

  15. UW-Platteville 233 points

  16. Linfield 200 points

  17. Wheaton (IL) 184 points

  18. Carnegie Mellon 183 points

  19. UW-River Falls 181 points

  20. Hope 174 points

  21. Randolph-Macon 170 points

  22. Aurora 130 points

  23. Grove City 108 points

  24. UW-Whitewater 105 points

  25. John Carroll 103 points

Others Receiving votes: UW-Oshkosh (89), Endicott (81), Washington & Jefferson (57), Whitworth (52), Berry (34), Alma (31), UW-Stout (29), Hobart (20), Lake Forest (17), Coe (17), Brockport (15), Trinity (TX) (14), Texas Lutheran (12), Westminster (PA) (10), UMass-Dartmouth (8), Maryville (8), King’s (7), Delaware Valley (2), Ithaca (2), Wesleyan (2), Baldwin Wallace (1), Marietta (1)

Source: D3Football.com