The following is Soccer America Magazine’s Women’s Top 20 covering games through Oct. 15.
| Team | Record | Last Week | |
| 1. | Notre Dame | 15-0-0 | 1 |
| 2. | North Carolina | 12-1-0 | 3 |
| 3. | Washington | 13-1-0 | 4 |
| 4. | UCLA | 11-1-1 | 5 |
| 5. | Hartford | 12-1-0 | 6 |
| 6. | Penn State | 14-2-1 | 7 |
| 7. | Clemson | 14-1-0 | 8 |
| 8. | California | 12-1-1 | 9 |
| 9. | Portland | 11-2-0 | 16 |
| 10. | Nebraska | 15-1-0 | 2 |
| 11. | USC | 10-1-2 | 13 |
| 12. | Santa Clara | 9-4-1 | 10 |
| 13. | Florida State | 10-4-1 | 12 |
| 14. | Stanford | 8-4-1 | 14 |
| 15. | Texas A&M | 11-5-0 | 15 |
| 16. | BYU | 12-3-1 | 17 |
| 17. | Connecticut | 12-4-1 | 11 |
| 18. | Florida | 10-6-0 | NR |
| 19. | Princeton | 10-2-0 | NR |
| 20. | Duke | 11-3-0 | 18 |