Here is the Soccer America Women’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Sept. 5, 1999.
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. Santa Clara | 2-0-0 | 1 |
| 2. North Carolina | 3-0-0 | 2 |
| 3. Notre Dame | 1-1-0 | 3 |
| 4. Nebraska | 4-0-0 | 6 |
| 5. Florida | 3-0-0 | 7 |
| 6. Penn State | 2-0-0 | 8 |
| 7. Hartford | 2-0-0 | 9 |
| 8. Clemson | 4-0-0 | 10 |
| 9. California | 3-1-0 | NR |
| 10. Dartmouth | 0-0-0 | 11 |
| 11. Duke | 3-1-0 | NR |
| 12. Connecticut | 0-2-0 | 5 |
| 13. Stanford | 1-1-0 | 13 |
| 14. Virginia | 1-1-0 | 14 |
| 15. BYU | 2-0-0 | 20 |
| 16. Alabama | 3-0-0 | 18 |
| 17. San Diego State | 3-1-0 | 12 |
| 18. Portland | 1-1-1 | 4 |
| 19. Baylor | 3-1-0 | 19 |
| 20. Missouri | 3-1-0 | NR |