The following is Soccer America Magazine’s Men’s Top 20 covering games through Oct. 1.
| Team | Record | Last Week | |
| 1. | UCLA | 8-0-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Connecticut | 7-1-1 | 2 |
| 3. | St. JohnÆs | 8-1-1 | 4 |
| 4. | Stanford | 8-0-1 | 6 |
| 5. | Portland | 7-1-2 | 8 |
| 6. | Furman | 9-1-0 | 9 |
| 7. | SMU | 8-2-0 | 10 |
| 8. | Clemson | 7-2-0 | 11 |
| 9. | North Carolina | 8-2-0 | 12 |
| 10. | South Carolina | 8-1-1 | 13 |
| 11. | Indiana | 7-3-0 | 14 |
| 12. | Washington | 6-3-0 | 15 |
| 13. | Virginia | 7-3-0 | 7 |
| 14. | San Jose State | 8-0-1 | 19 |
| 15. | Pittsburgh | 8-1-0 | 18 |
| 16. | Southwest Missouri State | 7-1-1 | NR |
| 17. | James Madison | 8-0-1 | NR |
| 18. | Saint Louis | 5-2-1 | NR |
| 19. | Creighton | 7-2-0 | 17 |
| 20. | Wake Forest | 5-3-1 | NR |