Virginia Wesleyan (23-3-1) has taken over the No. 1 spot in this weeks NFCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Marlins received all eight first-place votes. VWU returns to the top spot for the first time since May 2019.
| Rank | Team | 2021 Record | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Virginia Wesleyan (8) | 23-3-1 | 200 | 2 |
| 2 | Texas Lutheran | 23-4 | 192 | 3 |
| 3 | Linfield | 25-3 | 184 | 1 |
| 4 | East Texas Baptist | 19-3 | 176 | 4 |
| 5 | Eastern Connecticut State | 18-0 | 168 | 7 |
| 6 | Birmingham-Southern | 23-3 | 160 | 9 |
| 7 | Belhaven | 23-6 | 152 | T10 |
| 8 | Salisbury | 17-5 | 144 | 5 |
| 9 | DePauw | 17-2 | 136 | T10 |
| 10 | Moravian | 10-0 | 128 | 15 |
| 11 | Christopher Newport | 20-8 | 120 | 6 |
| 12 | St. John Fisher | 11-1 | 110 | 12 |
| 13 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 19-2 | 98 | 16 |
| 14 | Wartburg | 19-5 | 88 | 14 |
| 15 | Berry | 19-6 | 87 | 13 |
| 16 | Saint Benedict | 14-2 | 78 | 19 |
| 17 | Emory & Henry | 17-3 | 72 | 17 |
| 18 | The College of New Jersey | 8-2 | 68 | NR |
| 19 | Randolph-Macon | 10-5-1 | 64 | 20 |
| 20 | Kean | 14-2 | 48 | 8 |
| 21 | Cortland | 9-3 | 37 | T21 |
| 22 | Mount Union | 19-5 | 25 | T21 |
| 23 | Hope | 15-5 | 22 | NR |
| 24 | Framingham State | 17-1 | 18 | NR |
| 25 | Stevenson | 16-6 | 17 | NR |
Others receiving votes: St. Scholastica 4, Transylvania 2, Millikin 1, Misericordia 1.
Dropped out: Alvernia, Dubuque, McMurry, Trine and Westminster (Pa.).