Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Oct. 3:
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. Indiana | 7-2-0 | 2 |
| 2. UCLA | 7-1-0 | 3 |
| 3. Santa Clara | 10-0-0 | 4 |
| 4. Penn State | 8-1-0 | 1 |
| 5. Saint Louis | 8-1-1 | 6 |
| 6. Duke | 6-0-2 | 7 |
| 7. VCU | 7-1-1 | NR |
| 8. SW Missouri | 9-0-1 | 14 |
| 9. San Diego | 9-1-0 | NR |
| 10. SMU | 6-2-0 | 8 |
| 11. Maryland | 7-3-0 | 9 |
| 12. Seton Hall | 8-1-0 | NR |
| 13. Connecticut | 6-3-0 | 10 |
| 14. Portland | 7-1-1 | NR |
| 15. Yale | 6-1-0 | 17 |
| 16. Jacksonville | 8-1-0 | 19 |
| 17. Furman | 7-1-1 | 16 |
| 18. Brown | 5-2-0 | 11 |
| 19. Creighton | 5-2-1 | 12 |
| 20. Cal State Fullerton | 8-2-0 | 5 |