RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PRESEASON RANK
1. North Carolina (4-0-0) 1
9/5 — Kentucky (4-0); 9/7 — Nebraska (6-0).
2. Stanford (1-2-0) 2
9/5 — Portland (0-1); 9/7 — Pepperdine (0-1).
3. UCLA (2-0-2) 3
9/3 — UC Santa Barbara (0-0, OT); 9/5 — St. Mary's (1-0, OT).
4. Santa Clara (2-0-2) 4
9/4 — Pacific (6-1); 9/7 — California (0-0, OT).
5. Notre Dame (4-0-0) 6
9/5 — Arizona State (3-1); 9/7 — Oklahoma (5-1).
6. Virginia (2-1-1) 9
9/1 — William & Mary (2-1); 9/5 — at Ohio State (0-1); 9/7 — at Dayton (1-1, OT).
7. Texas (3-1-0) 5
9/5 — at Clemson (1-0); 9/7 — Furman (4-0).
8. Florida (4-0-0) NR
9/5 — Florida State (2-0); 9/7 — Central Florida (3-1).
9. Tennessee (2-1-0) 12
9/5 — at BYU (0-1); 9/7 — at UNLV (5-2).
10. West Virginia (3-1-0) 11
9/1 — Michigan State (2-1); 9/5 — New Hampshire (4-0); 9/7 — at James Madison (4-0).
11. Pepperdine (3-1-0) 10
9/5 — at San Jose State (7-0); 9/7 — at Stanford (1-0).
12. Duke (3-0-1) 24
9/5 — Nebraska (3-0); 9/7 — Kentucky (2-2).
13. Arizona State (3-1-0) 14
9/5 — at Notre Dame (1-3); 9/7 — Rutgers (1-0).
14. Penn State (3-1-0) 8
9/5 — Harvard (2-1); 9/7 — at Maryland (3-0).
15. Portland (2-1-0) 7
9/5 — at Stanford (1-0); 9/7 — at San Jose State (4-0).
16. Texas A&M (3-0-0) 17
9/5 — Utah (1-0).
17. Washington (2-1-1) NR
9/5 — Loyola Marymount (1-1, OT); 9/7 — at Colorado College (1-0).
18. Maryland (2-2-0) 18
9/5 — at William & Mary (2-1); 9/7 — Penn State (0-3).
19. Clemson (3-1-0) 19
9/1 — Wofford (6-2); 9/5 — Texas (0-1); 9/7 — UAB (4-0).
20. Connecticut (2-0-1) 15
9/7 — Yale (2-0).
21. Nebraska (2-2-0) 20
9/5 — Duke (0-3); 9/7 — at North Carolina (0-6).
22. USC (2-1-1) 21
9/5 — Marquette (0-0, OT); 9/7 — at Michigan (2-1).
23. Villanova (3-0-0) 22
9/5 — Old Dominion (1-0); 9/7 — at N.C. State (3-0).
24. Auburn (2-0-0) 23
9/5 — SE Missouri State (2-0); 9/7 — Illinois (2-1, OT).
25. California (1-0-2) 16
9/7 — at Santa Clara (0-0, OT).