October 23, 2012
D3soccer.com Men's Top 25, Week 8
Through games of Sunday, October 21, 2012
| # | School (1st Pl. Votes) | Record | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Messiah (17) | 15-0-1 | 616 | 2 |
| 2 | Trinity (Texas) (6) | 15-0-2 | 600 | 1 |
| 3 | Loras (1) | 16-1-1 | 555 | 4 |
| 4 | Amherst (1) | 11-0-2 | 528 | 3 |
| 5 | Montclair State | 16-1-0 | 526 | 5 |
| 6 | Williams | 11-0-2 | 497 | 6 |
| 7 | Ohio Northern | 16-2-0 | 460 | 8 |
| 8 | Brandeis | 13-1-1 | 407 | 10 |
| 9 | St. Lawrence | 12-2-1 | 397 | 9 |
| 10 | Whitworth | 12-0-3 | 376 | 12 |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon | 10-2-1 | 350 | 11 |
| 12 | Swarthmore | 11-1-2 | 308 | 14 |
| 13 | Dominican | 13-2-1 | 287 | 13 |
| 14 | Susquehanna | 13-2-0 | 273 | 15 |
| 15 | Stevens | 14-2-0 | 268 | 16 |
| 16 | Rutgers-Camden | 13-2-2 | 189 | 21 |
| 17 | Carleton | 14-1-1 | 181 | 23 |
| 18 | York (Pa.) | 10-5-2 | 166 | 7 |
| 19 | Eastern Connecticut | 14-1-1 | 121 | 20 |
| 20 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 12-3-2 | 114 | — |
| 21 | Ohio Wesleyan | 11-2-3 | 111 | 25 |
| 22 | Plattsburgh State | 16-2-0 | 106 | 17 |
| 23 | Olivet | 14-2-1 | 75 | 18 |
| 24 | Colorado College | 12-3-2 | 65 | — |
| 25 | Chris. Newport | 13-2-2 | 63 | — |
Dropped out: No. 19 New York University, No. 22 Scranton, No. 24 Hiram
Receiving Votes: Babson 63, UW-Platteville 60, Calvin 59, Scranton 50, New York University 46, Medaille 43, DePauw 41, Gustavus Adolphus 26, Allegheny 15, North Park 14, Lasell 11, Pomona-Pitzer 9, Redlands 9, Frostburg State 7, Hiram 7, Illinois Wesleyan 6, Rochester 5, Lake Forest 4, Wesleyan 3, Transylvania 3, Franklin and Marshall 2, Penn State-Behrend 2, Centre 1, Union 1
The D3soccer.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.
