Note: Through games of Oct. 5
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. North Carolina | 11-0-1 | 1 |
| 2. Notre Dame | 11-0-1 | 2 |
| 3. Texas A&M | 11-1-0 | 3 |
| 4. Portland | 7-3-0 | 4 |
| 5. Virginia | 9-1-1 | 5 |
| 6. Santa Clara | 9-0-1 | 6 |
| 7. Connecticut | 10-1-0 | 7 |
| 8. Duke | 9-2-0 | 8 |
| 9. Clemson | 8-2-0 | 9 |
| 10. Florida | 8-2-1 | 11 |
| 11. Nebraska | 10-2-0 | 13 |
| 12. Minnesota | 10-1-1 | 17 |
| 13. William & Mary | 8-4-0 | 16 |
| 14. Wake Forest | 8-2-1 | 12 |
| 15. Hartford | 7-1-1 | 14 |
| 16. SMU | 7-4-0 | 18 |
| 17. Harvard | 5-2-2 | nr |
| 18. Massachusetts | 9-2-0 | 20 |
| 19. Maryland | 6-3-2 | 10 |
| 20. BYU | 11-0-0 | nr |