Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Oct. 11:
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. Indiana | 11-1-0 | 1 |
| 2. UCLA | 9-1-0 | 2 |
| 3. Duke | 11-1-0 | 3 |
| 4. Clemson | 11-1-0 | 4 |
| 5. Connecticut | 12-0-0 | 7 |
| 6. Washington | 10-1-0 | 11 |
| 7. Stanford | 8-3-0 | 8 |
| 8. South Carolina | 8-3-0 | 9 |
| 9. Creighton | 8-2-0 | 10 |
| 10. Virginia | 9-1-2 | 5 |
| 11. Saint Louis | 11-2-1 | 13 |
| 12. San Jose State | 9-1-0 | 6 |
| 13. Dartmouth | 7-1-0 | 14 |
| 14. St. John’s | 7-2-3 | 16 |
| 15. Santa Clara | 8-2-1 | 17 |
| 16. Furman | 10-2-2 | 12 |
| 17. Georgetown | 10-2-0 | 19 |
| 18. Wake Forest | 8-2-1 | nr |
| 19. Maryland | 8-4-0 | 18 |
| 20. Butler | 10-2-0 | 20 |