The following is Soccer America Magazine’s Women’s Top 20 covering games through Oct. 22.
| Team | Record | Last Week | |
| 1. | Notre Dame | 16-0-1 | 1 |
| 2. | Washington | 15-1-0 | 3 |
| 3. | UCLA | 12-2-1 | 4 |
| 4. | Penn State | 16-2-1 | 6 |
| 5. | California | 14-1-1 | 8 |
| 6. | Nebraska | 17-1-0 | 10 |
| 7. | Clemson | 15-1-1 | 7 |
| 8. | North Carolina | 12-2-0 | 2 |
| 9. | Stanford | 10-4-1 | 14 |
| 10. | Texas A&M | 13-5-0 | 15 |
| 11. | BYU | 14-3-1 | 16 |
| 12. | USC | 11-3-2 | 11 |
| 13. | Florida State | 11-5-1 | 13 |
| 14. | Portland | 12-3-0 | 9 |
| 15. | N.C. State | 9-5-3 | NR |
| 16. | Hartford | 13-2-0 | 5 |
| 17. | Florida | 12-6-0 | 18 |
| 18. | Dartmouth | 10-3-0 | NR |
| 19. | Santa Clara | 10-5-1 | 12 |
| 20. | Connecticut | 12-5-2 | 17 |