Here is the Soccer America Women’s Top 20, taking into account games played through October 3:
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. Santa Clara | 11-0-0 | 1 |
| 2. Florida | 11-0-0 | 2 |
| 3. North Carolina | 9-2-0 | 3 |
| 4. Nebraska | 10-1-1 | 4 |
| 5. Penn State | 8-2-1 | 5 |
| 6. Notre Dame | 8-2-0 | 7 |
| 7. BYU | 11-1-0 | 9 |
| 8. Wake Forest | 7-2-0 | 10 |
| 9. Clemson | 7-3-1 | 17 |
| 10. Virginia | 7-3-0 | 8 |
| 11. Stanford | 7-3-0 | 11 |
| 12. Texas A&M | 10-2-0 | 15 |
| 13. USC | 7-3-0 | 6 |
| 14. UCLA | 8-2-0 | 16 |
| 15. Hartford | 7-1-2 | 12 |
| 16. Connecticut | 7-4-0 | NR |
| 17. SMU | 8-3-0 | 18 |
| 18. William & Mary | 8-2-0 | 19 |
| 19. Kentucky | 8-2-1 | 20 |
| 20. Fresno State | 8-3-0 | NR |