Here is the Soccer America Women’sTop 20, taking into account games played through September 26:
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. Santa Clara | 9-0-0 | 1 |
| 2. Florida | 9-0-0 | 4 |
| 3. North Carolina | 7-2-0 | 3 |
| 4. Nebraska | 8-1-1 | 2 |
| 5. Penn State | 6-2-1 | 7 |
| 6. USC | 6-2-0 | 6 |
| 7. Notre Dame | 6-2-0 | 9 |
| 8. Virginia | 6-2-0 | 15 |
| 9. BYU | 9-1-0 | 11 |
| 10. Wake Forest | 7-1-0 | 12 |
| 11. Stanford | 5-3-0 | 8 |
| 12. Hartford | 5-1-1 | 5 |
| 13. Boston College | 6-2-0 | 13 |
| 14. Richmond | 6-2-1 | 10 |
| 15. Texas A&M | 9-1-0 | 17 |
| 16. UCLA | 7-1-0 | NR |
| 17. Clemson | 6-3-1 | NR |
| 18. SMU | 6-3-0 | 18 |
| 19. William & Mary | 7-2-0 | 20 |
| 20. Kentucky | 6-2-1 | NR |