Texas Lutheran (27-4) is the new No. 1 in this weeks NFCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll. The defending national champions from 2019 garnered all eight first-place votes. The Bulldogs have won 23 of their last 24 games while outscoring their opponents by a whopping 254-58 margin this season.
| Rank | Team | 2021 Record | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Texas Lutheran (8) | 27-4 | 200 | 2 |
| 2 | Virginia Wesleyan | 31-5-1 | 192 | 1 |
| T3 | Birmingham-Southern | 28-4 | 184 | 6 |
| Eastern Connecticut State | 20-0 | 184 | 3 | |
| 5 | DePauw | 25-2 | 168 | 7 |
| 6 | Belhaven | 27-8 | 160 | 8 |
| 7 | East Texas Baptist | 23-5 | 152 | 4 |
| 8 | Linfield | 31-5 | 144 | 5 |
| 9 | Moravian | 18-0 | 136 | T10 |
| 10 | Emory & Henry | 23-5 | 128 | 9 |
| 11 | Berry | 25-8 | 120 | T10 |
| 12 | St. John Fisher | 22-2 | 112 | 13 |
| 13 | Salisbury | 21-7 | 104 | 12 |
| 14 | Christopher Newport | 24-10 | 95 | 14 |
| 15 | Wartburg | 22-6 | 86 | 16 |
| 16 | Randolph-Macon | 14-7-1 | 70 | T17 |
| 17 | St. Scholastica | 29-3 | 64 | T19 |
| 18 | The College of New Jersey | 15-3 | 56 | T19 |
| 19 | Mount Union | 26-6 | 44 | 15 |
| 20 | Concordia (Wis.) | 25-5 | 43 | 24 |
| 21 | Rowan | 23-5 | 42 | 21 |
| 22 | St. Olaf | 17-3 | 31 | T22 |
| 23 | Williams | 9-0 | 23 | NR |
| 24 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 25-5 | 18 | T17 |
| 25 | Rochester | 23-6 | 16 | RV |
Others receiving votes: Saint Benedict 10, Alvernia 9, Misericordia 5, Aurora 4, Coe 4, Trine 4.
Dropped out: Alfred, Cortland, Kean, Mount St. Joseph, Southern Maine and Transylvania.