Note: Through games of Oct. 5
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. Indiana | 11-0-0 | 1 |
| 2. SMU | 7-1-0 | 3 |
| 3. UCLA | 9-1-0 | 5 |
| 4. N.C. State | 7-1-0 | 6 |
| 5. FIU | 9-2-1 | 15 |
| 6. South Carolina | 6-1-1 | 7 |
| 7. Maryland | 7-1-1 | 8 |
| 8. St. John’s | 9-1-1 | 2 |
| 9. Duke | 8-2-0 | 10 |
| 10. Washington | 8-1-2 | 11 |
| 11. Virginia | 7-2-2 | 4 |
| 12. Stanford | 9-0-1 | 12 |
| 13. American | 6-2-2 | nr |
| 14. Creighton | 6-3-1 | 16 |
| 15. Portland | 7-2-1 | 9 |
| 16. California | 6-2-1 | 13 |
| 17. Marquette | 7-2-1 | 17 |
| 18. Dartmouth | 4-1-2 | nr |
| 19. Georgia Southern | 9-1-1 | 19 |
| 20. Furman | 7-2-0 | nr |