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