| Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. | Last Week | Next Game |
| 1. |
Mount Union (Ohio) (39) |
6-0 |
999 |
1 |
D. Heidelberg (Ohio), 44-14 |
Oct. 24 vs. Wilmington (Ohio) |
| 2. |
Wis.-Whitewater (1) |
6-0 |
960 |
2 |
D. Wis.-Stout, 38-3 |
Oct. 24 vs. Wis.-River Falls |
| 3. |
Wheaton (Ill.) |
6-0 |
895 |
4 |
D. Millikin (Ill.), 41-7 |
Oct. 24 at No. 12 North Central (Ill.) |
| 4. |
Wesley (Del.) |
6-0 |
862 |
5 |
D. Newport News (Va.), 39-0 |
Oct. 24 vs. Webber International (Fla.) |
| 5. |
St. John’s (Minn.) |
7-0 |
826 |
6 |
D. No. 15 St. Thomas (Minn.), 20-17 (OT) |
Oct. 24 vs. St. Olaf (Minn.) |
| 6. |
Central (Iowa) |
7-0 |
749 |
8 |
D. Luther (Iowa), 35-17 |
Oct. 24 at Loras (Iowa) |
| 7. |
Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) |
6-0 |
740 |
7 |
D. St. Vincent (Pa.), 21-7 |
Oct. 24 at Westminster (Pa.) |
| 8. |
Linfield (Ore.) |
6-0 |
723 |
9 |
D. Lewis & Clark (Ore.), 59-14 |
Oct. 24 at No. 14 Willamette (Ore.) |
| 9. |
Case Western Reserve (Ohio) |
6-0 |
611 |
11 |
D. Ohio Wesleyan, 55-7 |
Oct. 24 vs. Hiram (Ohio) |
| 10. |
Monmouth (Ill.) |
7-0 |
610 |
12 |
D. Ripon (Wis.), 35-13 |
Oct. 24 at Lake Forest (Ill.) |
| 11. |
Otterbein (Ohio) |
6-0 |
560 |
13 |
D. Wilmington (Ohio), 28-20 |
Oct. 24 vs. No. 17 Capital (Ohio) |
| 12. |
North Central (Ill.) |
5-1 |
504 |
14 |
D. Carthage (Wis.), 63-48 |
Oct. 24 vs. No. 3 Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 13. |
Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) |
5-1 |
442 |
3 |
Lost to Mississippi College, 17-14 |
Oct. 24 vs. Southern Oregon |
| 14. |
Willamette (Ore.) |
6-1 |
386 |
16 |
D. Pacific Lutheran (Wash.), 35-17 |
Oct. 24 vs. No. 8 Linfield (Ore.) |
| 15. |
Thomas More (Ky.) |
6-0 |
340 |
17 |
D. Grove City (Pa.), 17-7 |
Oct. 24 at Thiel (Pa.) |
| 16. |
Wittenberg (Ohio) |
6-0 |
332 |
22 |
D. No. 10 Wabash (Ind.), 10-7 |
Oct. 24 vs. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
| 17. |
Capital (Ohio) |
5-1 |
302 |
19 |
D. John Carroll (Ohio), 28-20 |
Oct. 24 at No. 11 Otterbein (Ohio) |
| 18. |
Alfred (N.Y.) |
5-0 |
299 |
18 |
Idle |
Oct. 24 at St. John Fisher (N.Y.) |
| 19. |
St. Thomas (Minn.) |
5-1 |
257 |
15 |
Lost to No. 5. St. John’s (Minn.), 20-17 (OT) |
Oct. 24 at Carleton (Minn.) |
| 20. |
Mississippi College |
5-1 |
237 |
NR |
D. No. 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas), 17-14 |
Oct. 24 at East Texas Baptist |
| 21. |
Wabash (Ind.) |
5-1 |
208 |
10 |
Lost to No. 22 Wittenberg (Ohio), 10-7 |
Oct. 24 at Wooster (Ohio) |
| 22. |
Franklin (Ind.) |
5-1 |
203 |
20 |
D. Anderson (Ind.), 50-23 |
Oct. 24 vs. Mount St. Joseph (Ohio) |
| 23. |
Hampden-Sydney (Va.) |
7-0 |
191 |
21 |
D. Washington & Lee (Va.), 38-31 |
Oct. 24 at Catholic (D.C.) |
| 24. |
Albright (Pa.) |
6-0 |
130 |
23 |
D. King’s (Pa.), 34-16 |
Oct. 24 vs. Widener (Pa.) |
| 25. |
Occidental (Calif.) |
4-1 |
111 |
24 |
D. Chapman (Calif.), 20-14 |
Oct. 24 vs. LaVerne (Calif.) |