MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - After a 31-7 road victory over future SCAC opponent Texas Lutheran University, Trinity University remained undefeated at 2-0 and improved to 11th in the D3football.com Top 25 national rankings.
The D3football.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.
D3football.com Top 25, Week 2 2012
Through games of Saturday, Sept. 8:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater (18) | 1-0 | 618 | 1 |
| 2 | Mount Union (7) | 1-0 | 607 | 2 |
| 3 | Wesley | 2-0 | 570 | 3 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1-0 | 545 | 4 |
| 5 | Linfield | 2-0 | 517 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 2-0 | 476 | 7 |
| 7 | Salisbury | 1-1 | 447 | 6 |
| 8 | Wabash | 1-0 | 427 | 8 |
| 9 | St. John Fisher | 2-0 | 423 | 9 |
| 10 | Cal Lutheran | 1-0 | 383 | 11 |
| 11 | Trinity (Texas) | 2-0 | 318 | 12 |
| 12 | Bethel | 1-0 | 293 | 15 |
| 13 | North Central (Ill.) | 1-1 | 284 | 13 |
| 14 | Hobart | 2-0 | 246 | 18 |
| 15 | Baldwin-Wallace | 1-0 | 231 | 17 |
| 16 | Illinois Wesleyan | 2-0 | 206 | 19 |
| 17 | UW-Platteville | 2-0 | 193 | 21 |
| 18 | Birmingham-Southern | 2-0 | 154 | 24 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 1-1 | 128 | 10 |
| 20 | Franklin | 0-2 | 118 | 16 |
| 21 | Thomas More | 0-1 | 110 | 23 |
| 22 | Widener | 2-0 | 86 | 25 |
| 23 | Centre | 2-0 | 82 | --- |
| 24 | Hampden-Sydney | 2-0 | 76 | --- |
| 25 | Redlands | 0-1 | 70 | 14 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Rowan, No. 22 Delaware Valley
Others receiving votes: Johns Hopkins 68; Rowan 61; Albion 54; UW-Oshkosh 52; UW-La Crosse 47; Louisiana College 31; St. Olaf 30; Heidelberg 22; Illinois College 16; Kean 12; Willamette 11; John Carroll 11; Carthage 7; Albright 7; Coe 7; Elmhurst 5; Norwich 4; Salve Regina 4; Lebanon Valley 4; Brockport State 3; St. John's 3; Amherst 2; Wittenberg 2; Waynesburg 1.
