| D3 Football Rankings | Previous Season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School | Conference | Rank | W | L | Change |
| 1 | Mount Union | OAC | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater | WIAC | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Wesley | Div III Independents | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Delaware Valley | Middle Atlantic | 21 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | American Southwest | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | North Central | CCIW | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | St John Fisher | Empire 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Linfield | Northwest | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Redlands | Southern California | 19 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Salisbury | Empire 8 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Cal Lutheran | Southern California | 17 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Bethel MN | MIAC | 32 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 13 | St Thomas | MIAC | 7 | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Wabash | North Coast | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Centre | SAA | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Widener | Middle Atlantic | 57 | 9 | 2 | 41 |
| 17 | Franklin | Heartland | 39 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 18 | Wheaton | CCIW | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | St John's MN | MIAC | 62 | 6 | 4 | 43 |
| 20 | Trinity TX | SCAC | 9 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 21 | Illinois College | Midwest | 51 | 9 | 2 | 30 |
| 22 | Wittenberg | North Coast | 55 | 8 | 2 | 33 |
| 23 | Thomas More | Presidents | 75 | 9 | 2 | 52 |
| 24 | UW-Oshkosh | WIAC | 8 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 25 | Birmingham-Southern | SAA | 31 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 26 | Illinois Wesleyan | CCIW | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | Montclair St | NJAC | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | Kean | NJAC | 14 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 29 | UW-Platteville | WIAC | 12 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 30 | Alfred | Empire 8 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Monmouth IL | Midwest | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | Louisiana College | American Southwest | 15 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 33 | RPI | Liberty League | 109 | 4 | 5 | 76 |
| 34 | Cortland St | NJAC | 23 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 35 | UW-Stout | WIAC | 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 36 | UW-Stevens Point | WIAC | 44 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 37 | Hardin-Simmons | American Southwest | 22 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 38 | UW-Eau Claire | WIAC | 26 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 39 | Ohio Northern | OAC | 72 | 6 | 4 | 33 |
| 40 | Central IA | IIAC | 50 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 41 | Wartburg | IIAC | 42 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | Johns Hopkins | Centennial | 49 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| 43 | Baldwin-Wallace | OAC | 29 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 44 | St Olaf | MIAC | 28 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 45 | Huntingdon AL | Div III Independents | 37 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 46 | Hampden-Sydney | Old Dominion | 56 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 47 | Coe | IIAC | 63 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 48 | Heidelberg | OAC | 35 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 49 | Springfield | Liberty League | 52 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 50 | Case Western Reserve | UAA | 53 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 51 | UW-La Crosse | WIAC | 45 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 52 | Hobart | Liberty League | 33 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 53 | Lycoming | Middle Atlantic | 46 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| 54 | Rowan | NJAC | 77 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 55 | Lebanon Valley | Middle Atlantic | 68 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 56 | Pacific Lutheran | Northwest | 59 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 57 | Ithaca | Empire 8 | 67 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 58 | Willamette | Northwest | 80 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 59 | Capital | OAC | 79 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 60 | East Texas Baptist | American Southwest | 36 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 61 | Trine | MIAA | 88 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 62 | Concordia-Moorhead | MIAC | 64 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 63 | Washington and Lee | Old Dominion | 47 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 64 | Elmhurst | CCIW | 76 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 65 | Randolph-Macon | Old Dominion | 58 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| 66 | Carthage | CCIW | 101 | 5 | 5 | 35 |
| 67 | Dubuque | IIAC | 41 | 9 | 2 | 26 |
| 68 | Albright | Middle Atlantic | 94 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 69 | Mississippi College | American Southwest | 69 | 3 | 7 | ![]() |
| 70 | Millsaps | SAA | 81 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 71 | Western New England | New England | 40 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 72 | John Carroll | OAC | 78 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 73 | New Jersey | NJAC | 48 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
| 74 | St Norbert | Midwest | 74 | 7 | 3 | ![]() |
| 75 | Augustana IL | CCIW | 120 | 2 | 8 | 45 |
| 76 | Endicott | New England | 43 | 10 | 1 | 33 |
| 77 | Adrian | MIAA | 73 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 78 | Millikin | CCIW | 98 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 79 | Muhlenberg | Centennial | 102 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 80 | Bridgewater VA | Old Dominion | 99 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 81 | Wash & Jeff | Presidents | 124 | 6 | 4 | 43 |
| 82 | Texas Lutheran | American Southwest | 38 | 5 | 5 | 44 |
| 83 | DePauw | North Coast | 114 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 84 | Albion | MIAA | 65 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 85 | Ursinus | Centennial | 127 | 6 | 4 | 42 |
| 86 | Utica | Empire 8 | 61 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 87 | Otterbein | OAC | 130 | 3 | 7 | 43 |
| 88 | Augsburg | MIAC | 83 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 89 | Union NY | Liberty League | 70 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 90 | Occidental | Southern California | 92 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 91 | Wilkes | Middle Atlantic | 118 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| 92 | Washington U. | UAA | 103 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 93 | Lewis & Clark | Northwest | 60 | 7 | 2 | 33 |
| 94 | Christopher Newport | USA South | 89 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 95 | Buffalo St | Empire 8 | 71 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 96 | UW-River Falls | WIAC | 93 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 97 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Southern California | 105 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 98 | Rochester | Liberty League | 91 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 99 | Misericordia | Middle Atlantic | -- | -- | -- | ![]() |
| 100 | Salve Regina | New England | 54 | 8 | 3 | 46 |
| 101 | Muskingum | OAC | 106 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 102 | Frostburg St | Empire 8 | 66 | 4 | 6 | 36 |
| 103 | Chapman | Southern California | 95 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 104 | Gettysburg | Centennial | 125 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 105 | Chicago | UAA | 128 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 106 | Whitworth | Northwest | 108 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 107 | Hope | MIAA | 82 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
| 108 | Simpson | IIAC | 86 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 109 | Allegheny | North Coast | 143 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 110 | Carroll WI | Midwest | 100 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 111 | Framingham St | New England | 87 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 112 | Ripon | Midwest | 113 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 113 | William Paterson | NJAC | 107 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 114 | Emory & Henry | Old Dominion | 117 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 115 | Luther | IIAC | 122 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 116 | Concordia IL | Northern | 119 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| 117 | Gustavus Adolphus | MIAC | 144 | 2 | 8 | 27 |
| 118 | Waynesburg | Presidents | 136 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 119 | Mt St Joseph | Heartland | 142 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 120 | Bridgewater St MA | New England | 84 | 7 | 3 | 36 |
| 121 | St Lawrence | Liberty League | 126 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 122 | Hartwick | Empire 8 | 140 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 123 | Ferrum | USA South | 104 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 124 | SUNY-Maritime | ECFC | 123 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 125 | Sul Ross St | American Southwest | 90 | 2 | 8 | 35 |
| 126 | Franklin & Marshall | Centennial | 183 | 3 | 7 | 57 |
| 127 | Susquehanna | Centennial | 131 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 128 | La Verne | Southern California | 85 | 4 | 5 | 43 |
| 129 | Dickinson | Centennial | 166 | 4 | 6 | 37 |
| 130 | Brockport St | NJAC | 116 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 131 | Hanover | Heartland | 145 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 132 | Geneva | Presidents | 159 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| 133 | Rhodes | SAA | 112 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 134 | Wooster | North Coast | 151 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 135 | Marietta | OAC | 139 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 136 | Norwich | ECFC | 137 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 137 | Curry | New England | 129 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 138 | Westfield St | New England | 115 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 139 | LaGrange | USA South | 135 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 140 | Carnegie Mellon | UAA | 148 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 141 | Howard Payne | American Southwest | 111 | 1 | 9 | 30 |
| 142 | Maine Maritime | New England | 150 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 143 | North Park | CCIW | 138 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| 144 | Rose-Hulman | Heartland | 162 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 145 | Benedictine IL | Northern | 160 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 146 | Carleton | MIAC | 158 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 147 | Buena Vista | IIAC | 149 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 148 | Bethany WV | Presidents | 155 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 149 | Sewanee | SAA | 96 | 5 | 5 | 53 |
| 150 | Merchant Marine | Liberty League | 147 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 151 | Catholic | Old Dominion | 134 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 152 | Plymouth St | New England | 152 | 4 | 6 | ![]() |
| 153 | Grove City | Presidents | 178 | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| 154 | Grinnell | Midwest | 141 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 155 | St Vincent | Presidents | 132 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 156 | Mass Maritime | New England | 110 | 5 | 4 | 46 |
| 157 | Defiance | Heartland | 171 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 158 | Shenandoah | Old Dominion | 133 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| 159 | North Carolina Wesleyan | USA South | 203 | 2 | 8 | 44 |
| 160 | Worcester St | New England | 97 | 8 | 3 | 63 |
| 161 | Westminster PA | Presidents | 154 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 162 | Maryville | USA South | 163 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 163 | Moravian | Centennial | 202 | 2 | 8 | 39 |
| 164 | Whittier | Southern California | 156 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 165 | Greenville | Upper Midwest | 198 | 7 | 4 | 33 |
| 166 | McDaniel | Centennial | 205 | 2 | 8 | 39 |
| 167 | St Scholastica | Upper Midwest | 146 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 168 | Austin | SCAC | 181 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| 169 | Denison | North Coast | 164 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 170 | Kalamazoo | MIAA | 153 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 171 | Averett | USA South | 193 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 172 | Alma | MIAA | 168 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| 173 | Wisconsin Lutheran | Northern | 170 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 174 | FDU-Florham | Middle Atlantic | 184 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 175 | Mount Ida | ECFC | 165 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 176 | Loras | IIAC | 200 | 1 | 9 | 24 |
| 177 | Morrisville St | NJAC | 172 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| 178 | Oberlin | North Coast | 182 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 179 | King's PA | Middle Atlantic | 192 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 180 | Beloit | Midwest | 190 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 181 | Bluffton | Heartland | 157 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 182 | Manchester | Heartland | 175 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 183 | Lakeland | Northern | 189 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 184 | Cornell IA | Midwest | 161 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 185 | Hamline | MIAC | 201 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 186 | Ohio Wesleyan | North Coast | 169 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 187 | UMass-Dartmouth | New England | 121 | 5 | 5 | 66 |
| 188 | WPI | Liberty League | 173 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 189 | Wilmington | OAC | 196 | 0 | 10 | 7 |
| 190 | Pomona-Pitzer | Southern California | 194 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 191 | Macalester | Div III Independents | 179 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 192 | Concordia WI | Northern | 186 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 193 | Lake Forest | Midwest | 174 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 194 | Western Conn St | NJAC | 195 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 195 | Westminster MO | Upper Midwest | 199 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 196 | Coast Guard | New England | 177 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 197 | Olivet | MIAA | 180 | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 198 | Gallaudet | ECFC | 185 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 199 | Methodist | USA South | 197 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 200 | Apprentice | Div III Independents | 188 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 201 | Puget Sound | Northwest | 204 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 202 | Aurora | Northern | 213 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 203 | Stevenson | Middle Atlantic | 167 | 2 | 8 | 36 |
| 204 | Juniata | Centennial | 212 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
| 205 | Anderson | Heartland | 211 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 206 | Castleton St | ECFC | 207 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 207 | Guilford | Old Dominion | 206 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 208 | Fitchburg St | New England | 191 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 209 | Lawrence | Midwest | 208 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 210 | Pacific OR | Northwest | 176 | 1 | 8 | 34 |
| 211 | Northwestern MN | Upper Midwest | 210 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 212 | Thiel | Presidents | 215 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 213 | MIT | New England | 187 | 2 | 7 | 26 |
| 214 | Nichols | New England | 209 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| 215 | Greensboro | USA South | 223 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| 216 | Knox | Midwest | 214 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 217 | Minnesota-Morris | Upper Midwest | 218 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 218 | Kenyon | North Coast | 219 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 219 | Earlham | Heartland | 220 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 220 | Hiram | North Coast | 216 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| 221 | Eureka | Upper Midwest | 222 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 222 | Martin Luther | Upper Midwest | 229 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 223 | Husson | ECFC | 225 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 224 | Maranatha Baptist | Northern | 221 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 225 | Anna Maria | ECFC | 217 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 226 | Becker | ECFC | 224 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 227 | Rockford | Northern | 227 | 0 | 10 | ![]() |
| 228 | Crown | Upper Midwest | 230 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 229 | MacMurray | Upper Midwest | 228 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 230 | Presentation | Div III Independents | 226 | 3 | 7 | 4 |