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