Note: Through games of Sept. 21
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. North Carolina | 7-0-1 | 1 |
| 2. Notre Dame | 7-0-1 | 2 |
| 3. Texas A&M | 8-0-0 | 3 |
| 4. Virginia | 6-0-1 | 5 |
| 5. Portland | 4-3-0 | 7 |
| 6. Santa Clara | 6-0-1 | 4 |
| 7. Connecticut | 6-1-0 | 8 |
| 8. Maryland | 6-1-1 | 10 |
| 9. Duke | 5-2-0 | 6 |
| 10. Clemson | 5-2-0 | 12 |
| 11. William & Mary | 6-2-0 | 13 |
| 12. Wake Forest | 7-1-0 | 17 |
| 13. Florida | 4-2-1 | 16 |
| 14. Nebraska | 6-2-0 | 15 |
| 15. Hartford | 4-1-0 | 18 |
| 16. SMU | 6-2-0 | 9 |
| 17. UNC Greensboro | 6-1-0 | 20 |
| 18. Massachusetts | 6-0-0 | nr |
| 19. Harvard | 4-1-0 | 14 |
| 20. Minnesota | 6-1-1 | nr |