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