Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Sunday, September 12:
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. Maryland | 3-1-0 | 4 |
| 2. Penn State | 3-0-0 | 6 |
| 3. SMU | 3-0-0 | 7 |
| 4. Indiana | 2-2-0 | 3 |
| 5. UCLA | 3-1-0 | 1 |
| 6. St. John’s | 3-0-1 | 10 |
| 7. Creighton | 2-0-0 | 13 |
| 8. Santa Clara | 4-0-0 | 11 |
| 9. Cal State Fullerton | 4-0-0 | 12 |
| 10. Saint Louis | 3-1-1 | 2 |
| 11. Duke | 3-0-1 | 14 |
| 12. Yale | 2-0-0 | NR |
| 13. Brown | 1-1-0 | 8 |
| 14. Jacksonville | 3-0-0 | 15 |
| 15. Furman | 3-0-0 | 19 |
| 16. Washington | 3-1-1 | 16 |
| 17. Virginia | 2-2-0 | 17 |
| 18. Gonzaga | 2-2-1 | 20 |
| 19. Stanford | 2-1-1 | 9 |
| 20. Connecticut | 2-2-0 | 18 |