The following is Soccer America Magazine’s Men’s College Top 20 covering games through Oct. 22.
| Team | Record | LastWeek | |
| 1. | SMU | 14-2-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Stanford | 13-1-1 | 2 |
| 3. | North Carolina | 14-2-0 | 3 |
| 4. | Indiana | 13-3-0 | 5 |
| 5. | Connecticut | 11-2-2 | 6 |
| 6. | San Jose State | 14-0-1 | 9 |
| 7. | Washington | 9-4-0 | 4 |
| 8. | Clemson | 10-3-1 | 11 |
| 9. | Duke | 10-4-0 | NR |
| 10. | San Diego | 11-1-2 | NR |
| 11. | Furman | 13-2-1 | 15 |
| 12. | Virginia | 10-4-1 | 10 |
| 13. | St. JohnÆs | 11-3-2 | 16 |
| 14. | Portland | 8-4-2 | 8 |
| 15. | UCLA | 9-4-0 | 7 |
| 16. | Bradley | 12-3-2 | NR |
| 17. | South Carolina | 9-2-3 | 12 |
| 18. | Wake Forest | 9-4-1 | 17 |
| 19. | UAB | 12-2-1 | 18 |
| 20. | Creighton | 12-3-0 | 14 |