| Rank | School | Record** | Games |
| 1 | Wake Forest |
12-0-0 |
Oct 7 Win* Massachusetts 2-0
Oct 11 Win at North Carolina State 4-1
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| 2 | Creighton |
9-1-1 |
Oct 8 Win* Memphis 1-0
Oct 11 Win* Evansville 3-2
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| 3 | Northwestern |
10-0-2 |
Oct 12 Win at Wisconsin 2-1
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| 4 | St. John's |
10-1-2 |
Oct 8 Win* Syracuse 4-2
Oct 11 Win* Villanova 3-0
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| 5 | California |
6-2-4 |
Oct 10 Loss* UCLA 3-2 (OT)
Oct 12 Tie* San Diego State 1-1
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| 6 | Illinois-Chicago |
8-1-4 |
Oct 8 Tie* [15] Ohio State 0-0
Oct 11 Loss at Butler 1-0
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| 7 | Louisville |
9-2-2 |
Oct 7 Win at Cincinnati 2-1 (OT)
Oct 10 Loss at [12] South Florida 1-0 (OT)
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| 8 | Akron |
9-1-2 |
Oct 8 Win* Oakland 2-1
Oct 11 Win at Bowling Green 2-0
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| 9 | Saint Louis |
5-1-5 |
Oct 10 Win at La Salle 3-2
Oct 4 Loss at Fordham 1-0
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| 10 | Maryland |
9-3-0 |
Oct 7 Win* [23] Charlotte 2-1 (OT)
Oct 10 Win at Virginia Tech 4-0
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| 11 | Connecticut |
5-3-4 |
Oct 8 Loss at Providence 1-0
Oct 11 Tie at Georgetown 0-0
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| 12 | South Florida |
7-2-2 |
Oct 7 Loss at DePaul 1-0
Oct 10 Win Louisville 1-0 (OT)
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| 13 | North Carolina |
9-2-1 |
Oct 10 Win at Duke 2-0
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| 14 | Notre Dame |
8-3-1 |
Oct 8 Win* Michigan State 3-0
Oct 11 Win* Pittsburgh 4-1
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| 15 | Ohio State |
7-3-2 |
Oct 8 Tie at [6] Illinois-Chicago 0-0
Oct 11 Loss at Penn State 3-2
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| 16 | California, Santa Barbara |
6-4-2 |
Oct 8 Tie* California State-Northridge 2-2
Oct 11 Loss* [17] California-Davis 2-0
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| 17 | California-Davis |
11-1-1 |
Oct 8 Win at California State-Fullerton 1-0
Oct 11 Win at [16] California, Santa Barbara 2-0
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| 18 | Loyola (Baltimore) |
10-0-1 |
Oct 10 Win at Niagara 1-0
Oct 12 Win at Canisius 5-0
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| 19 | Indiana |
6-4-2 |
Oct 7 Win at Butler 2-0
Oct 12 Loss at Michigan State 2-0
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| 20 | Michigan |
9-2-2 |
Oct 12 Win* Western Michigan 5-1
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| 21 | Southern Methodist |
7-3-2 |
Oct 8 Tie* South Carolina 1-1
Oct 12 Win* Central Arkansas 5-1
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| 22 | Tulsa |
8-3-1 |
Oct 8 Win* Kentucky 2-1
Oct 11 Win* Marshall 3-0
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| 23 | Charlotte |
9-3-0 |
Oct 7 Tie at [1] Maryland 2-1 (OT)
Oct 10 Win at Fordham 2-1
Oct 12 Loss at La Salle 3-2
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| 24 | Drake |
9-2-0 |
Oct 11 Win* Missouri State 3-2
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| 25 | California-Irvine |
8-1-3 |
Oct 11 Win at California-Riverside 4-2
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