Here is the Soccer America men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Oct. 17:
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. Indiana | 11-2-0 | 1 |
| 2. UCLA | 11-1-0 | 2 |
| 3. Saint Louis | 12-1-1 | 5 |
| 4. San Diego | 11-1-0 | 8 |
| 5. SW Missouri | 12-0-1 | 7 |
| 6. Maryland | 10-3-0 | 10 |
| 7. Duke | 7-0-3 | 6 |
| 8. Furman | 11-1-1 | 13 |
| 9. Wake Forest | 9-0-4 | 14 |
| 10. Rutgers | 8-3-3 | 11 |
| 11. Penn State | 11-2-0 | 4 |
| 12. Creighton | 8-2-1 | 15 |
| 13. Jacksonville | 11-1-1 | 12 |
| 14. Connecticut | 9-4-0 | 16 |
| 15. California | 10-2-2 | NR |
| 16. Santa Clara | 11-2-0 | 3 |
| 17. UMBC | 13-0-1 | 20 |
| 18. SMU | 8-3-0 | 9 |
| 19. Ohio State | 10-4-0 | NR |
| 20. St. John’s | 8-2-3 | NR |