Here is the Soccer America Women’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Oct. 10:
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. Santa Clara | 13-0-0 | 1 |
| 2. North Carolina | 11-2-0 | 3 |
| 3. Florida | 12-1-0 | 2 |
| 4. Nebraska | 12-1-1 | 4 |
| 5. Penn State | 10-2-1 | 5 |
| 6. Notre Dame | 11-2-0 | 6 |
| 7. Wake Forest | 8-2-0 | 8 |
| 8. Clemson | 9-3-1 | 9 |
| 9. Virginia | 9-4-0 | 10 |
| 10. Stanford | 9-3-0 | 11 |
| 11. USC | 9-3-0 | 13 |
| 12. UCLA | 10-2-0 | 14 |
| 13. William & Mary | 10-2-0 | 18 |
| 14. BYU | 12-2-0 | 7 |
| 15. Connecticut | 9-4-0 | 16 |
| 16. SMU | 10-3-0 | 17 |
| 17. Kentucky | 10-2-1 | 19 |
| 18. Harvard | 7-1-1 | NR |
| 19. San Diego | 10-2-0 | NR |
| 20. California | 9-3-1 | NR |