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