September 18, 2012
D3soccer.com Women's Top 25, Week 3
Through games of Sunday, September 16, 2012
| # | School (1st Pl. Votes) | Record | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Wheaton (Ill.) (20) | 6-0-0 | 604 | 3 |
| 2 | Emory (5) | 4-0-2 | 572 | 2 |
| 3 | Trinity (Texas) | 4-0-1 | 538 | 5 |
| 4 | Messiah | 4-1-1 | 530 | 4 |
| 5 | William Smith | 4-1-1 | 472 | 1 |
| 6 | Lynchburg | 6-0-1 | 439 | 10 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 4-0-1 | 431 | 7 |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins | 5-1-1 | 406 | 6 |
| 9 | Ithaca | 6-0-0 | 394 | 9 |
| 10 | Virginia Wesleyan | 6-0-1 | 373 | 14 |
| 11 | TCNJ | 6-0-0 | 368 | 13 |
| 12 | Middlebury | 3-0-0 | 331 | 11 |
| 13 | Amherst | 2-0-0 | 328 | 12 |
| 14 | Centre | 5-0-0 | 314 | 16 |
| 15 | Augustana | 5-0-0 | 311 | 15 |
| 16 | Washington U. | 5-1-0 | 300 | 8 |
| 17 | Union | 6-0-0 | 221 | 19 |
| 18 | UW-Oshkosh | 5-0-1 | 174 | 17 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 5-0-1 | 148 | 25 |
| 20 | Wartburg | 5-1-1 | 131 | 20 |
| 21 | Linfield | 6-0-0 | 115 | 23 |
| 22 | Ohio Northern | 4-0-2 | 113 | 22 |
| 23 | Bowdoin | 4-0-0 | 80 | — |
| 24 | Misericordia | 5-0-1 | 71 | 24 |
| 25 | Brandeis | 5-1-0 | 58 | 18 |
Dropped Out: Case Western Reserve
Receiving Votes: New Paltz State 56, Concordia-Moorhead 43, Fredonia State 32, Case Western Reserve 25, Meredith 24, UW-Stevens Point 17, Alma 14, Cal Lutheran 14, Chapman 12, Stevens 12, Elmhurst 11, Kean 11, Aurora 8, Hanover 8, Grove City 6, Augsburg 4, Calvin 4, Hope 2, Wilmington 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.
