Preseason Top 25 for the 2026 Season: Division III

AFCA Coaches Poll (not released as of 8/21)

D3football.com:

1.     North Central (625 points)

2.     Bethel (576)

3.     Mount Union (565)

4.     Johns Hopkins (515)

5.     Wheaton (IL) (447)

6.     UW-Platteville (446)

7.     UW-River Falls (444)

8.     John Carroll (430)

9.     Wartburg (413)

10.  UW-La Crosse (402)

11.  St. John’s (372)

12.  UW-Whitewater (370)

13.  DePauw (288)

14.  Trinity (TX) (263)

15.  Hardin-Simmons (247)

16.  Berry (238)

17.  Salisbury (237)

18.  Christopher Newport (182)

19.  Hope (173)

20.  Susquehanna (160)

21.  Mary Hardin-Baylor (113)

22.  Coe (89)

23.  Cortland (56)

24.  Endicott (49)

25.  Randolph-Macon (48)

Others receiving votes: Franklin & Marshall 47; UW-Oshkosh 39; Alma 34; Linfield 33; Eastern 28; Washington and Jefferson 26; Muhlenberg 24; Springfield 23; Utica 17; Wabash 14; Chapman 13; Rowan 11; Washington U. 10; Central 9; Whitworth 7; Aurora 6; Monmouth 6; Ithaca 5; Ohio Northern 5; Wesleyan 5; UW-Stout 4; Adrian 3; Hanover 3; Carnegie Mellon 2; Baldwin Wallace 1; Calvin 1; Grove City 1.