| RANK/TEAM | 1999 RECORD |
| 1. North Carolina | 24-2-0 |
| 2. Penn State | 21-3-1 |
| 3. Santa Clara | 23-1-0 |
| 4. Notre Dame | 21-4-1 |
| 5. Nebraska | 22-1-2 |
| 6. Florida | 21-2-0 |
| 7. Stanford | 15-5-1 |
| 8. Connecticut | 17-8-0 |
| 9. Clemson | 14-7-2 |
| 10. Hartford | 18-5-2 |
| 11. UCLA | 15-5-1 |
| 12. Wake Forest | 16-6-1 |
| 13. Texas A&M | 17-5-1 |
| 14. William & Mary | 19-4-0 |
| 15. SMU | 17-6-1 |
| 16. Kentucky | 16-3-2 |
| 17. USC | 14-6-0 |
| 18. Virginia | 13-9-0 |
| 19. BYU | 21-4-0 |
| 20. Harvard | 14-2-1 |