| Rank/Team | Record | Previous Ranking |
| 1. Cal State Bakersfield | 20-4-0 | 5 |
| 2. Lynn | 19-2-0 | 2 |
| 3. Southern Connecticut | 21-1-1 | 1 |
| 4. Truman State | 16-6-0 | 14 |
| 5. USC-Spartanburg | 19-4-0 | 8 |
| 6. New Hampshire Coll. | 17-2-1 | 3t |
| 7. West Virginia Wesleyan | 16-5-1 | 7 |
| 8. Seattle Pacific | 12-7-1 | 9 |
| 9. Franklin Pierce | 12-5-0 | 11 |
| 10. Tampa | 16-3-0 | 6 |
| 11. SIU-Edwardsville | 18-2-1 | 3t |
| 12. Alabama-Huntsville | 15-2-1 | 13 |
| 13. West Texas A&M | 12-6-0 | 22 |
| 14. East Stroudsburg | 17-6-1 | NR |
| 15. Fort Lewis | 15-5-0 | 18 |
| 16. Dowling | 12-7-0 | 19 |
| 17. Lock Haven | 14-4-0 | 10 |
| 18. Cal Poly Pomona | 12-6-1 | 12 |
| 19. C.W. Post | 13-5-0 | 15 |
| 20. Mercyhurst | 11-5-1 | 16 |
| 21. Lander | 14-3-0 | 17 |
| 22. St. Leo | 12-4-0 | 20 |
| 23. Wisconsin-Parkside | 12-5-1 | 21 |
| 24. Southampton | 12-5-1 | 23 |
| 25. Cal State Dominguez Hills | 12-6-1 | 24 |