Note: Through games of Oct. 19
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. North Carolina | 15-0-1 | 1 |
| 2. Notre Dame | 14-0-1 | 2 |
| 3. Santa Clara | 12-1-1 | 3 |
| 4. Portland | 9-3-0 | 4 |
| 5. Connecticut | 15-1-0 | 5 |
| 6. Virginia | 12-1-2 | 6 |
| 7. Duke | 12-2-0 | 7 |
| 8. Texas A&M | 13-2-0 | 8 |
| 9. Florida | 13-2-1 | 9 |
| 10. Nebraska | 12-2-0 | 10 |
| 11. Minnesota | 14-1-1 | 11 |
| 12. William & Mary | 11-4-0 | 13 |
| 13. Hartford | 12-1-1 | 14 |
| 14. SMU | 11-4-0 | 15 |
| 15. Massachusetts | 13-2-0 | 17 |
| 16. Maryland | 7-5-2 | 16 |
| 17. Clemson | 10-4-0 | 12 |
| 18. George Mason | 9-2-4 | nr |
| 19. UNC Greensboro | 13-4-0 | nr |
| 20. UCLA | 12-2-0 | 20 |