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)
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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.

Contents

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
September 7 [2] 		Week 2
September 14 [3] 		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)North Central (IL) (0–0) (23)North Central (IL) (1–0) (22)1.
2. Mount Union (1)Mount Union (1–0) (2)Mount Union (2–0) (3)2.
3. Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins (1–0)Johns Hopkins (2–0)3.
4. Susquehanna Susquehanna (1–0)Susquehanna (2–0)4.
5. Saint John's (MN) Saint John's (MN) (0–0)Saint John's (MN) (1–0)5.
6. Hardin–Simmons Hardin–Simmons (1–0)Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–0)6.
7. Salisbury Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–0)Salisbury (2–0)7.
8. Mary Hardin–Baylor Salisbury (1–0)Hardin–Simmons (2–0)8.
9. Wartburg Wisconsin–La Crosse (0–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (1–0)9.
10. Cortland Wartburg (1–0)Wartburg (2–0)10.
11. Wisconsin–La Crosse Wisconsin–Platteville (1–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (2–0)11.
12. Bethel (MN) Bethel (MN) (0–0)Wisconsin–River Falls (2–0)12.
13. Springfield Wisconsin–River Falls (1–0)Bethel (MN) (1–0)13.
14. DePauw DePauw (1–0)DePauw (2–0)14.
15. Wisconsin–Platteville Grove City (1–0)Hope (2–0)15.
16. Linfield Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–0)16.
17. Wheaton (IL) Carnegie Mellon (1–0)Grove City (1–1)17.
18. Carnegie Mellon HopeWheaton (IL) (0–1)18.
19. Wisconsin–River Falls Randolph-Macon (1–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–1)19.
20. Hope John Carroll (1–0)Berry (2–0)20.
21. Randolph–Macon Wisconsin–Whitewater (1–0)John Carroll (1–1)21.
22. Aurora Wheaton (IL) (0–1)Carnegie Mellon (1–1)22.
23. Grove City Cortland (0–1) Trinity (TX) (2–0)23.
24. Wisconsin–Whitewater Whitworth (1–0)Cortland (1–1)24.
25. John Carroll Berry (1–0) Brockport (2–0)25.
Preseason
July 23 [4] 		Week 1
September 7 [5] 		Week 2
September 14 [6] 		Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12 (Final)
Dropped:
  • No. 13 Springfield (0–1)
  • No. 16 Linfield (0–1)
  • No. 22 Aurora (0–1)
Dropped:
  • No. 19 Randolph–Macon (1–1)
  • No. 24 Whitworth (1–1)
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AFCA Coaches' poll

Preseason
August 18 [7] 		Week 1
September 8 [8] 		Week 2
September 15 [9] 		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)North Central (IL) (0–0) (51)North Central (IL) (1–0) (51)1.
2. Mount Union Mount Union (1–0) (1)Mount Union (2–0)2.
3. Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins (1–0)Johns Hopkins (2–0)3.
4. Saint John's (MN) Saint John's (MN) (0–0)Saint John's (MN) (1–0)4.
5. Susquehanna Susquehanna (1–0)Susquehanna (2–0)5.
6. Hardin–Simmons Hardin–Simmons (1–0)Salisbury (2–0)6.
7. Salisbury Salisbury (1–0)Hardin–Simmons (2–0)7.
8. Mary Hardin–Baylor Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–0)Wisconsin–La Crosse (1–0)8.
9. Wartburg Wisconsin–La Crosse (0–0)Mary Hardin–Baylor (1–0)9.
10. Wisconsin–La Crosse Wartburg (1–0)Wisconsin–Platteville (2–0)10.
11. Cortland Wisconsin–Platteville (1–0)Wartburg (2–0)11.
12. Bethel (MN) Bethel (MN) (0–0)Bethel (MN) (1–0)12.
13. Springfield DePauw (1–0)Wisconsin–River Falls (2–0)13.
14. Wisconsin–Platteville Wisconsin–River Falls (1–0)DePauw (2–0)14.
15. Linfield Grove City (1–0)Hope (2–0)15.
16. DePauw Carnegie Mellon (1–0)Wisconsin–Whitewater (2–0)16.
17. Wheaton (IL) Hope (1–0)Grove City (1–1)17.
18. Carnegie Mellon Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–0)Wheaton (IL) (0–1)18.
19. Wisconsin–River Falls Wisconsin–Whitewater (1–0) Trinity (TX) (2–0)19.
20. Hope Randolph–Macon (1–0)Carnegie Mellon (1–1)20.
21. Randolph–Macon John Carroll (1–0)Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1–1)21.
22. Wisconsin–Whitewater Wheaton (IL) (0–1) Berry (2–0)22.
23. Grove City Cortland (0–1)John Carroll (1–1)23.
24. Aurora Linfield (0–1)Cortland (1–1)24.
25. John Carroll Springfield (0–1) Central (2–0)25.
Preseason
August 18 [10] 		Week 1
September 8 [11] 		Week 2
September 15 [12] 		Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12 (Final)
Dropped:
  • No. 24 Aurora (0–1)
Dropped:
  • No. 20 Randolph–Macon (1–1)
  • No. 24 Linfield (0–1)
  • No. 25 Springfield (1–1)
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References

  1. ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2025 preseason". D3football.com . July 23, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  2. ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2025 Week 1". D3football.com . September 7, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  3. ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2025 Week 2". D3football.com . September 14, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  4. ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2025 preseason". D3football.com . July 23, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2025 Week 1". D3football.com . September 7, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  6. ↑ "D3football.com Top 25, 2025 Week 2". D3football.com . September 14, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  7. ↑ "North Central The Favorite To Win Title No. 4". AFCA . August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Grove City Takes Down Cortland". AFCA . September 8, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  9. ↑ "North Central Dominates In Top 20 Showdown". AFCA . September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  10. ↑ "North Central The Favorite To Win Title No. 4". AFCA . August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Grove City Takes Down Cortland". AFCA . September 8, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  12. ↑ "North Central Dominates In Top 20 Showdown". AFCA . September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
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