Through end of the 2016 season.
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Trinity (Texas) (25) | 44-7 | 625 | 3 |
| 2 | Cortland | 43-8 | 587 | 1 |
| 3 | Keystone | 40-11 | 577 | 15 |
| 4 | UW-La Crosse | 39-10 | 535 | 4 |
| 5 | La Roche | 43-12 | 531 | 11 |
| 6 | Emory | 34-12 | 493 | 6 |
| 7 | St. John Fisher | 39-13 | 469 | 25 |
| 8 | Randolph-Macon | 35-8-1 | 432 | 2 |
| 9 | UW-Whitewater | 34-17 | 424 | 14 |
| 10 | Birmingham-Southern | 39-13 | 362 | 5 |
| 11 | Shenandoah | 35-12 | 356 | 9 |
| 12 | Oswego State | 35-11 | 308 | 7 |
| 13 | Tufts | 35-8 | 267 | 21 |
| 14 | Ramapo | 35-12-1 | 255 | 8 |
| 15 | Susquehanna | 33-16 | 182 | - |
| 16 | Concordia-Chicago | 34-13 | 163 | 13 |
| 17 | Wooster | 37-13 | 146 | rv |
| 18 | Salisbury | 26-12 | 133 | 10 |
| 19 |
TCNJ | 32-12 | 127 | 20 |
| 20 |
North Central (Ill.) | 31-12 | 115 | 16 |
| 21 | St. John's | 32-14 | 110 | rv |
| 22 | Pacific Lutheran | 29-19 | 104 | rv |
| 23 | Cal Lutheran | 31-13 | 96 | 12 |
| 24 | Rose-Hulman | 32-13 | 94 | rv |
| 25 | Southern Maine | 29-13 | 84 | 17 |
Dropped out: No. 18. Whtworth, No. 19 , Wartburg, No. 22 Occidental, No. 23 Wheaton (Mass.), No. 24 Misericordia.
Others receiving votes: Kean 71, Occidental 59, Whitworth 50, Mass.-Boston 47, Wartburg 46, Wheaton (Mass.) 38, Luther 34, Texas-Tyler 29, Misericordia 29, St. Scholastica 21, Buena Vista 18, Thomas More 18, Frostburg St. 16, Washington (Mo.) 14, Marietta 12, Otterbein 11, Case Western Reserve 8, Grinnell 8, Johns Hopkins 8, McDaniel 7, St. Thomas (Minn.) 5, Ithaca 1.
The D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Full members of NCAA Division III are eligible.