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