| Rank | School | Record** | Games |
| 1 | Wake Forest |
15-0-1 |
Oct 21 Win at Davidson 3-0
Oct 25 Win* Boston College 5-2
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| 2 | Creighton |
10-1-2 |
Oct 21 Tie at Missouri State 0-0
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| 3 | Northwestern |
11-1-2 |
Oct 22 Win* Northern Illinois 1-0
Oct 25 Loss* [16] Michigan 3-1
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| 4 | St. John's |
12-1-3 |
Oct 25 Tie at DePaul 0-0
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| 5 | Akron |
13-1-2 |
Oct 22 Win* [16] Michigan 1-0
Oct 25 Win* Western Michigan 2-0
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| 6 | Maryland |
13-3-0 |
Oct 21 Win at West Virginia 1-0
Oct 25 Win at North Carolina State 2-1
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| 7 | North Carolina |
11-3-1 |
Oct 25 Loss at Clemson 3-2 (OT)
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| 8 | California |
7-2-4 |
No games
|
| 9 | Loyola (Baltimore) |
14-0-1 |
Oct 24 Win at Iona 4-2
Oct 26 Win* at Fairfield 2-1
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| 10 | California-Davis |
12-2-3 |
Oct 22 Win* California State-Northridge 3-2
Oct 25 Tie* [21] California-Irvine 1-1
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| 11 | Tulsa |
11-3-1 |
Oct 20 Win* Oral Roberts 4-0
Oct 26 Win at Memphis 5-1
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| 12 | South Florida |
10-3-2 |
Oct 21 Win* Florida Atlantic 3-0
Oct 24 Win at Villanova 1-0
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| 13 | Louisville |
9-5-2 |
Oct 22 Loss at [19] Indiana 1-0
Oct 25 Loss at Rutgers 2-1
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| 14 | Illinois-Chicago |
10-2-4 |
Oct 17 Win at Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1-0
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| 15 | Notre Dame |
9-5-2 |
Oct 22 Tie at Seton Hall 1-1
Oct 25 Loss at [17] Connecticut 1-0
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| 16 | Michigan |
10-4-2 |
Oct 22 Loss at [5] Akron 1-0
Oct 25 Win at [3] Northwestern 3-1
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| 17 | Connecticut |
8-3-5 |
Oct 22 Tie* Yale 0-0
Oct 25 Win* [15] Notre Dame 1-0
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| 18 | California, Santa Barbara |
9-4-2 |
Oct 25 Win at California State-Fullerton 2-1
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| 19 | Indiana |
9-4-2 |
Oct 22 Win* Lousiville 1-0
Oct 26 Win* at [22] Ohio State 3-2 (OT)
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| 20 | Saint Louis |
7-2-5 |
Oct 25 Win at Charlotte 3-2
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| 21 | California-Irvine |
8-1-6 |
Oct 22 Tie at California Poly 1-1
Oct 25 Tie at [10] California-Davis 1-1
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| 22 | Ohio State |
9-5-2 |
Oct 22 Win* Cleveland State 1-0
Oct 26 Loss* [19] Indiana 3-2 (OT)
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| 23 | Southern Methodist |
9-4-2 |
Oct 22 Win at Alabama at Birmingham 2-0
Oct 25 Win at Central Florida 2-0
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| 24 | Virginia |
8-5-1 |
Oct 21 Tie* Longwood 2-2
Oct 25 Loss at Duke 3-2 (OT)
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| 25 | Boston College |
7-5-2 |
Oct 25 Loss at [1] Wake Forest 5-2
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