2025 NCAA Division III football rankings

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2025 NCAA Division III football rankings
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Season 2025
Postseason Single-elimination
Preseason No. 1 North Central (IL)
NCAA Division III football rankings
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Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III football rankings for the 2025 season. Unlike in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the NCAA, Division III's college football's governing body, bestows a national championship on the winner of the Stagg Bowl – the championship round of a 40-team postseason tournament. The two main weekly poll that begins in the preseason with the D3football.com and AFCA Poll which ranks the top 25 colleges in Division III football. For the second time in AFCA history they released a preseason poll for DIII in 2025.

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Legend

 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week or no change
 Selected for Division III Football Championship Playoffs
(#–#)
 Win–loss record
(Italics)
 Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

D3football.com poll

Preseason
July 23 [1] 		Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12 (Final)
1. North Central (IL) (24)1.
2. Mount Union (1)2.
3. Johns Hopkins 3.
4. Susquehanna 4.
5. Saint John's (MN) 5.
6. Hardin–Simmons 6.
7. Salisbury 7.
8. Mary Hardin–Baylor 8.
9. Wartburg 9.
10. Cortland 10.
11. Wisconsin–La Crosse 11.
12. Bethel (MN) 12.
13. Springfield 13.
14. DePauw 14.
15. Wisconsin–Platteville 15.
16. Linfield 16.
17. Wheaton (IL) 17.
18. Carnegie Mellon 18.
19. Wisconsin–River Falls 19.
20. Hope 20.
21. Randolph–Macon 21.
22. Aurora 22.
23. Grove City 23.
24. Wisconsin–Whitewater 24.
25. John Carroll 25.
Preseason
July 23 [2] 		Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12 (Final)
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AFCA Coaches' poll

Preseason
August 18 [3] 		Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12 (Final)
1. North Central (IL) (51)1.
2. Mount Union 2.
3. Johns Hopkins 3.
4. Saint John's (MN) 4.
5. Susquehanna 5.
6. Hardin–Simmons 6.
7. Salisbury 7.
8. Mary Hardin–Baylor 8.
9. Wartburg 9.
10. Wisconsin–La Crosse 10.
11. Cortland 11.
12. Bethel (MN) 12.
13. Springfield 13.
14. Wisconsin–Platteville 14.
15. Linfield 15.
16. DePauw 16.
17. Wheaton (IL) 17.
18. Carnegie Mellon 18.
19. Wisconsin–River Falls 19.
20. Hope 20.
21. Randolph–Macon 21.
22. Wisconsin–Whitewater 22.
23. Grove City 23.
24. Aurora Wisconsin–Whitewater 24.
25. John Carroll 25.
Preseason
August 18 [4] 		Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12 (Final)
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone

References

  1. ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2025 preseason". D3football.com. July 23, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  2. ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2025 preseason". D3football.com. July 23, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  3. ↑ "North Central The Favorite To Win Title No. 4". AFCA. August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  4. ↑ "North Central The Favorite To Win Title No. 4". AFCA. August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
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