# 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Two major human polls made up the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings: United Soccer Coaches and Top Drawer Soccer. They represented the ranking system for the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | New to rankings from previous week |
| Italics | Number of first place votes |
| (#–#–#) | Win–loss–tie record |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## United Soccer Coaches

Source:
| | Preseason Aug 4 | Week 1 Aug 24 | Week 2 Aug 30 | Week 3 Sep 7 | Week 4 Sep 14 | Week 5 Sep 21 | Week 6 Sep 28 | Week 7 Oct 5 | Week 8 Oct 12 | Week 9 Oct 19 | Week 10 Oct 26 | Week 11 Nov 2 | Week 12 Nov 9 | Final Dec 7 | |
| 1. | Florida State (11) | Florida State (2–0–0) (26) | Florida State (3–0–0) (32) | Florida State (5–0–0) (29) | Florida State (7–0–0) (32) | Florida State (8–0–0) (33) | Florida State (10–0–0) (33) | Florida State (11–0–0) (29) | Florida State (13–0–0) (31) | Florida State (14–0–0) (31) | Virginia (15–1–1) (26) | Virginia (15–1–2) (28) | Florida State (16–1–2) (29) | Florida State (22–1–2) (25) | 1. |
| 2. | Santa Clara (18) | North Carolina (2–0–0) (4) | North Carolina (4–0–0) (1) | North Carolina (6–0–0) (2) | North Carolina (8–0–0) (1) | Duke (7–0–0) | Virginia (10–1–0) (1) | Virginia (10–1–1) (1) | Virginia (12–1–1) (1) | Virginia (13–1–1) (2) | Duke (12–2–1) (2) | Florida State (14–1–2) (2) | Virginia (16–2–2) (3) | BYU (16–5–2) (4) | 2. |
| 3. | North Carolina (3) | Virginia (2–0–0) (1) | Virginia (4–0–0) | Virginia (6–0–0) (1) | UCLA (6–0–0) (1) | UCLA (8–0–0) (1) | UCLA (8–0–1) | UCLA (10–0–1) (3) | North Carolina (10–1–2) | Pepperdine (13–1–0) | Florida State (14–1–1) (5) | UCLA (15–0–3) (2) | UCLA (16–0–3) (2) | Rutgers (18–4–2) (2) | 3. |
| 4. | Virginia (1) | UCLA (2–0–0) (2) | UCLA (3–0–0) (1) | UCLA (4–0–0) (2) | Duke (8–0–0) | North Carolina (7–1–0) | Duke (7–1–1) | Duke (8–1–1) (1) | Pepperdine (12–1–0) (2) | Arkansas (12–2–0) (1) | Arkansas (14–2–0) (1) | Rutgers (16–2–0) (2) | Duke (13–3–1) | Santa Clara (15–5–3) (3) | 4. |
| 5. | UCLA | Duke (2–0–0) | Duke (4–0–0) | Duke (5–0–0) | TCU (8–0–0) | LSU (8–0–0) | North Carolina (8–1–1) | North Carolina (8–1–2) | USC (10–2–0) | USC (11–2–0) | UCLA (13–0–3) | Arkansas (14–3–0) | Rutgers (17–3–0) | Duke (15–4–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Duke | TCU (2–0–0) | TCU (3–0–0) | TCU (5–0–0) | LSU (7–0–0) | Pepperdine (9–1–0) | Pepperdine (9–1–0) | Pepperdine (10–1–0) | Arkansas (11–2–0) | Duke (10–2–1) | Rutgers (15–2–0) | Duke (13–3–1) | Tennessee (18–2–0) | Arkansas (19–4–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Clemson | Penn State (2–0–0) | Penn State (3–0–0) | LSU (6–0–0) | Virginia (8–1–0) | Virginia (8–1–0) | Stanford (7–2–0) | Arkansas (9–2–0) | UCLA (11–0–2) | North Carolina (10–2–2) | North Carolina (11–2–3) | North Carolina (12–2–3) | Arkansas (16–4–0) | Michigan (18–4–3) | 7. |
| 8. | TCU | Pepperdine (2–0–0) | Georgetown (2–0–1) | Santa Clara (3–1–2) | Penn State (6–1–0) | TCU (7–1–0) | Arkansas (8–2–0) | Rutgers (9–2–0) | Duke (9–2–1) | UCLA (12–0–2) | TCU (14–2–1) | USC (13–2–2) | TCU (17–2–2) | Virginia (18–3–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Texas A&M | Clemson (2–0–0) | Santa Clara (2–0–2) | Rutgers (4–0–0) | Pepperdine (7–1–0) | Rutgers (6–2–0) | Rutgers (7–2–0) | West Virginia (8–2–1) | Rutgers (11–2–0) | Rutgers (13–2–0) | Stanford (12–3–1) | TCU (15–2–2) | Michigan (15–3–3) | TCU (19–2–3) | 9. |
| 10. | Penn State | Santa Clara (1–0–1) (1) | Stanford (3–0–0) | Auburn (5–0–0) | Stanford (5–2–0) | Stanford (6–2–0) | TCU (8–2–0) | Hofstra (10–1–0) | Tennessee (12–1–0) | Tennessee (13–1–0) | USC (11–2–2) | Tennessee (15–2–0) | North Carolina (12–2–3) | South Carolina (14–7–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Georgetown | Georgetown (1–0–1) | Auburn (3–0–0) | Stanford (3–2–0) | Santa Clara (3–2–2) | Auburn (7–1–0) | Hofstra (9–1–0) | USC (8–2–0) | TCU (11–2–1) | TCU (13–2–1) | BYU (11–3–1) | Xavier (16–1–1) | USC (13–3–2) | Tennessee (20–3–0) | 11. |
| 12. | West Virginia | West Virginia (1–1–0) | South Carolina (3–0–0) | South Carolina (4–0–0) | Auburn (7–2–0) | Penn State (6–2–0) | West Virginia (7–2–1) | Tennessee (10–1–0) | Hofstra (12–1–0) | BYU (9–3–1) | Tennessee (14–2–0) | BYU (11–4–1) | Santa Clara (11–5–2) | USC (14–3–3) | 12. |
| 13. | Arkansas | Stanford (1–0–0) | West Virginia (3–1–0) | Pepperdine (5–1–0) | Tennessee (7–0–1) | West Virginia (6–2–1) | Auburn (8–2–0) | TCU (9–2–1) | Stanford (10–3–0) | Ole Miss (11–2–2) | Pepperdine (13–2–1) | Michigan (13–3–3) | BYU (13–4–1) | Pepperdine (17–4–1) | 13. |
| 14. | USC | Auburn (2–0–0) | BYU (2–1–0) | Penn State (4–1–0) | UCF (5–2–0) | Hofstra (8–1–0) | SMU (7–1–0) | Stanford (8–3–0) | Memphis (10–1–1) | Stanford (10–3–1) | SMU (10–2–2) | Stanford (12–5–1) | Xavier (16–1–1) | North Carolina (12–3–3) | 14. |
| 15. | BYU | South Florida (2–0–0) | Clemson (2–1–0) | Memphis (5–0–1) | West Virginia (4–2–1) | Arizona State (8–1–0) | Tennessee (9–1–0) | SMU (7–1–1) | BYU (8–3–1) | Notre Dame (12–2–1) | Xavier (16–1–1) | Santa Clara (9–5–2) | Washington State (13–2–4) | UCLA (16–1–3) | 15. |
| 16. | Oklahoma State | South Carolina (1–0–0) | Rutgers (2–0–0) | Michigan (5–1–0) | Rutgers (4–2–0) | Arkansas (6–2–0) | Gonzaga (10–1–0) | Michigan (8–1–3) | Harvard (9–0–1) | SMU (8–2–2) | Ole Miss (11–3–3) | Pepperdine (14–2–1) | Brown (12–3–0) | Notre Dame (14–6–2) | 16. |
| 17. | South Carolina | Tennessee (1–0–0) | LSU (4–0–0) | UCF (3–2–0) | Xavier (7–0–0) | SMU (6–1–0) | Michigan (7–1–2) | Virginia Tech (8–2–2) | Notre Dame (12–1–1) | Xavier (14–1–1) | Michigan (12–3–3) | SMU (11–3–2) | Ole Miss (12–5–3) | Washington State (14–3–4) | 17. |
| 18. | Vanderbilt | Michigan (2–0–0) | UCF (2–1–0) | West Virginia (3–2–0) | BYU (5–2–1) | Michigan (7–1–1) | Wisconsin (7–1–3) | Harvard (8–0–1) | Ole Miss (10–2–2) | Purdue (11–3–2) | Purdue (13–3–2) | Washington State (12–2–4) | Memphis (13–4–2) | Ole Miss (12–6–3) | 18. |
| 19. | Washington | UCF (1–0–0) | Rice (4–0–0) | Tennessee (6–0–0) | Pittsburgh (7–1–0) | Santa Clara (3–3–2) | Virginia Tech (7–2–2) | South Carolina (9–2–0) | Purdue (10–2–2) | Auburn (11–3–0) | Auburn (11–4–1) | Purdue (14–3–2) | Pepperdine (15–3–1) | Xavier (16–3–1) | 19. |
| 20. | South Florida | California (1–0–1) | Pittsburgh (4–0–0) | Pittsburgh (5–1–0) | Arizona State (7–1–0) | Gonzaga (9–1–0) | Harvard (7–0–1) | BYU (6–3–1) | SMU (8–2–1) | Georgetown (9–0–6) | Texas (9–3–5) | Texas (11–3–5) | Stanford (13–5–1) | Memphis (14–5–2) | 20. |
| 21. | Saint Louis | Texas A&M (0–2–0) | Arizona State (4–0–0) | Texas Tech (5–0–1) | Michigan (6–2–1) | Xavier (7–0–1) | USC (6–2–0) | Memphis (8–1–1) | West Virginia (8–3–2) | Texas (8–3–4) | Georgetown (11–0–6) | Ole Miss (11–4–3) | Texas (11–4–6) | SMU (12–5–2) | 21. |
| 22. | Rice | Rutgers (1–0–0) | Tennessee (4–0–0) | BYU (3–2–0) | Princeton (5–0–1) | Clemson (6–2–0) | Memphis (8–1–1) | Auburn (8–3–0) | Michigan (9–2–3) | South Florida (9–3–2) | Notre Dame (12–4–1) | Brown (11–3–0) | Georgetown (12–1–6) | Georgetown (14–2–6) | 22. |
| 23. | Ole Miss | Rice (2–0–0) | Pepperdine (3–1–0) | Xavier (5–0–0) | Hofstra (7–1–0) | Harvard (6–0–1) | Georgetown (5–0–5) | Baylor (7–2–3) | Auburn (10–3–0) | Memphis (10–2–1) | South Florida (10–3–2) | South Florida (11–3–2) | South Florida (12–3–3) | Penn State (12–8–1) | 23. |
| 24. | Stanford | BYU (1–1–0) | Michigan (4–0–0) | Georgetown (2–0–3) | SMU (4–2–0) | Rice (7–2–1) | LSU (8–2–0) | Notre Dame (10–1–1) | Oregon State (11–2–0) | Penn State (10–5–0) | Brown (10–3–0) | Clemson (12–5–1) | Purdue (14–4–2) | Purdue (15–4–3) | 24. |
| 25. | Rutgers | USC (0–1–0) | Hofstra (3–1–0) | Hofstra (5–1–0) | Georgetown (3–0–4) | Georgetown (4–0–4) | South Carolina (8–2–0) | Purdue (9–2–2) | Texas (8–3–3) | Hofstra (12–2–1) | Santa Clara (8–5–2) | Wake Forest (15–4–0) | SMU (11–4–2) | Wake Forest (16–6–0) | 25. |
| | Preseason Aug 4 | Week 1 Aug 24 | Week 2 Aug 30 | Week 3 Sep 7 | Week 4 Sep 14 | Week 5 Sep 21 | Week 6 Sep 28 | Week 7 Oct 5 | Week 8 Oct 12 | Week 9 Oct 19 | Week 10 Oct 26 | Week 11 Nov 2 | Week 12 Nov 9 | Final Dec 7 | |
| | | Dropped: No. 13 ArkansasNo. 16 Oklahoma StateNo. 18 VanderbiltNo. 19 WashingtonNo. 21 Saint LouisNo. 23 Ole Miss | Dropped: No. 15 South FloridaNo. 20 CaliforniaNo. 21 Texas A&MNo. 25 USC | Dropped: No. 15 ClemsonNo. 19 RiceNo. 21 Arizona State | Dropped: No. 12 South CarolinaNo. 15 MemphisNo. 21 Texas Tech | Dropped: No. 13 TennesseeNo. 14 UCFNo. 18 BYUNo. 19 PittsburghNo. 22 Princeton | Dropped: No. 12 Penn StateNo. 15 Arizona StateNo. 19 Santa ClaraNo. 21 XavierNo. 22 ClemsonNo. 24 Rice | Dropped: No. 16 GonzagaNo. 18 WisconsinNo. 23 GeorgetownNo. 24 LSU | Dropped: No. 17 Virginia TechNo. 19 South CarolinaNo. 23 Baylor | Dropped: No. 16 HarvardNo. 21 West VirginiaNo. 22 MichiganNo. 24 Oregon State | Dropped: No. 23 MemphisNo. 24 Penn StateNo. 25 Hofstra | Dropped: No. 19 AuburnNo. 21 GeorgetownNo. 22 Notre Dame | Dropped: No. 24 ClemsonNo. 25 Wake Forest | Dropped: No. 16 BrownNo. 20 StanfordNo. 21 TexasNo. 23 South Florida | |

## Top Drawer Soccer

Source:
| | Week 1 Aug 19 | Week 2 Aug 23 | Week 3 Aug 30 | Week 4 Sep 6 | Week 5 Sep 13 | Week 6 Sep 20 | Week 7 Sep 27 | Week 8 Oct 4 | Week 9 Oct 11 | Week 10 Oct 18 | Week 11 Oct 25 | Week 12 Nov 1 | Week 13 Nov 8 | Week 14 Nov 15 | Week 15 Nov 22 | Week 16 Nov 29 | Final Dec 6 | |
| 1. | Santa Clara | Santa Clara (1–0–1) | Florida State (4–0–0) | Florida State (5–0–0) | Florida State (7–0–0) | Florida State (8–0–0) | Florida State (10–0–0) | Florida State (11–0–0) | Florida State (13–0–0) | Florida State (14–0–0) | Virginia (15–1–1) | Virginia (15–1–2) | Florida State (16–1–2) | Florida State (17–1–2) | Florida State (19–1–2) | Florida State (20–1–2) | Florida State (21–1–2) | 1. |
| 2. | Florida State | Florida State (2–0–0) | Virginia (4–0–0) | Virginia (6–0–0) | North Carolina (7–0–0) | UCLA (8–0–0) | Virginia (10–1–0) | Virginia (10–1–1) | Virginia (12–1–1) | Virginia (13–1–1) | Florida State (14–1–1) | Florida State (14–1–2) | UCLA (16–0–3) | Virginia (17–2–2) | Rutgers (19–3–1) | Rutgers (19–3–2) | BYU (17–4–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Virginia | Virginia (2–0–0) | North Carolina (4–0–0) | North Carolina (6–0–0) | UCLA (5–0–0) | Duke (7–0–0) | UCLA (8–0–1) | UCLA (10–0–1) | North Carolina (10–1–2) | UCLA (12–0–2) | UCLA (13–0–3) | UCLA (15–0–3) | Virginia (16–2–2) | TCU (18–2–2) | Arkansas (19–4–0) | BYU (17–4–1) | Rutgers (19–4–2) | 3. |
| 4. | North Carolina | North Carolina (2–0–0) | Santa Clara (2–0–2) | UCLA (4–0–0) | Duke (6–0–0) | North Carolina (7–1–0) | North Carolina (8–1–1) | North Carolina (8–1–2) | UCLA (11–0–2) | Pepperdine (13–1–0) | Arkansas (14–2–0) | North Carolina (12–2–3) | North Carolina (12–2–3) | Tennessee (19–2–0) | Duke (16–3–1) | Santa Clara (15–5–2) | Santa Clara (15–5–3) | 4. |
| 5. | UCLA | UCLA (2–0–0) | UCLA (3–0–0) | Duke (5–0–0) | TCU (7–0–0) | Virginia (8–1–0) | Pepperdine (9–1–0) | Pepperdine (10–1–0) | Pepperdine (12–1–0) | Arkansas (12–2–0) | North Carolina (11–2–3) | Rutgers (16–2–0) | TCU (17–2–2) | Rutgers (18–3–0) | Michigan (18–3–3) | Arkansas (19–4–1) | Arkansas (19–4–1) | 5. |
| 6. | USC | Duke (2–0–0) | Duke (4–0–0) | TCU (5–0–0) | Penn State (6–1–0) | LSU (8–0–0) | Duke (7–1–1) | Duke (8–1–1) | Hofstra (12–1–0) | North Carolina (10–2–2) | TCU (14–2–1) | Arkansas (14–3–0) | Tennessee (18–2–0) | Arkansas (17–4–0) | BYU (16–4–1) | Duke (16–4–1) | Duke (16–4–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Duke | Clemson (2–0–0) | Georgetown (2–0–1) | South Carolina (4–0–0) | Virginia (7–1–0) | Pepperdine (9–1–0) | Hofstra (9–1–0) | Hofstra (10–1–0) | Arkansas (10–2–0) | TCU (13–2–1) | Rutgers (14–3–0) | TCU (15–2–2) | Rutgers (17–3–0) | Pepperdine (16–3–1) | Santa Clara (14–5–2) | Michigan (18–4–3) | Michigan (18–4–3) | 7. |
| 8. | Clemson | Georgetown (1–0–1) | TCU (3–0–0) | Santa Clara (3–1–2) | LSU (7–0–0) | TCU (7–1–0) | Arkansas (7–2–0) | Arkansas (8–2–0) | Harvard (9–0–1) | Tennessee (13–1–0) | Duke (12–2–1) | Pepperdine (14–2–1) | Arkansas (16–4–0) | USC (14–3–2) | South Carolina (14–6–1) | South Carolina (14–7–1) | South Carolina (14–7–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Georgetown | TCU (2–0–0) | South Carolina (3–0–0) | LSU (6–0–0) | Hofstra (7–1–0) | Penn State (6–2–0) | West Virginia (7–2–1) | West Virginia (8–2–1) | TCU (11–2–1) | Rutgers (13–2–0) | Pepperdine (13–2–1) | Tennessee (15–2–0) | Brown (12–3–0) | Duke (14–3–1) | Virginia (18–3–2) | Virginia (18–3–2) | Virginia (18–3–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Arkansas | South Carolina (1–0–0) | Clemson (2–1–0) | Rutgers (4–0–0) | Tennessee (7–0–0) | Hofstra (8–1–0) | Harvard (7–0–1) | Harvard (8–0–1) | Tennessee (12–1–0) | Duke (10–2–1) | Tennessee (14–2–0) | USC (13–2–2) | Pepperdine (15–3–1) | Michigan (16–3–3) | TCU (19–2–3) | TCU (19–2–3) | TCU (19–2–3) | 10. |
| 11. | TCU | South Florida (2–0–0) | Penn State (3–0–0) | Penn State (4–1–0) | Pepperdine (7–1–0) | Arkansas (5–2–0) | TCU (8–2–0) | TCU (9–2–1) | Rutgers (11–2–0) | USC (11–2–0) | USC (11–2–2) | Duke (13–2–1) | USC (13–3–2) | Georgetown (14–1–6) | Tennessee (20–3–0) | Tennessee (20–3–0) | Tennessee (20–3–0) | 11. |
| 12. | BYU | USC (0–1–0) | BYU (2–1–0) | Hofstra (5–1–0) | Georgetown (3–0–4) | Georgetown (4–0–4) | Tennessee (9–1–0) | Tennessee (10–1–0) | Duke (9–2–1) | Hofstra (12–2–1) | Brown (10–3–0) | Brown (11–3–0) | Duke (13–3–1) | BYU (14–4–1) | Pepperdine (17–4–1) | Pepperdine (17–4–1) | Pepperdine (17–4–1) | 12. |
| 13. | Texas A&M | Penn State (2–0–0) | Rice (4–0–0) | Georgetown (2–0–3) | Santa Clara (3–2–2) | Auburn (7–1–0) | Stanford (7–2–0) | South Carolina (9–2–0) | Notre Dame (12–1–1) | Brown (9–3–0) | Stanford (12–3–1) | Xavier (16–1–1) | Princeton (14–2–1) | UCLA (16–1–3) | USC (14–3–3) | USC (14–3–3) | Penn State (12–8–1) | 13. |
| 14. | West Virginia | Hofstra (2–0–0) | Hofstra (3–1–0) | Rice (5–0–1) | Arkansas (3–2–0) | West Virginia (6–2–1) | LSU (8–2–0) | Rutgers (9–2–0) | West Virginia (8–3–2) | Notre Dame (12–2–1) | Xavier (16–1–1) | Princeton (13–2–1) | Michigan (15–3–3) | North Carolina (12–3–3) | Georgetown (14–2–6) | Georgetown (14–2–6) | Wisconsin (10–6–6) | 14. |
| 15. | South Carolina | BYU (1–1–0) | Rutgers (2–0–0) | Texas A&M (3–2–0) | Texas A&M (4–2–1) | Harvard (6–0–1) | Georgetown (5–0–5) | Notre Dame (10–1–1) | Memphis (10–1–1) | Harvard (9–1–1) | Georgetown (11–0–6) | Michigan (13–3–3) | Stanford (13–5–1) | Brown (12–4–0) | UCLA (16–1–3) | UCLA (16–1–3) | Notre Dame (14–6–2) | 15. |
| 16. | Saint Louis | Rice (2–0–0) | LSU (4–0–0) | Auburn (5–0–0) | Auburn (6–1–0) | Clemson (6–2–0) | Auburn (8–2–0) | SMU (7–1–1) | Stanford (10–3–0) | Stanford (10–3–1) | SMU (10–2–2) | Stanford (12–5–1) | Georgetown (13–1–6) | Princeton (15–2–1) | North Carolina (12–3–3) | North Carolina (12–3–3) | UCLA (16–1–3) | 16. |
| 17. | Oklahoma State | Vanderbilt (1–0–1) | West Virginia (3–1–0) | Tennessee (6–0–0) | West Virginia (4–2–1) | Tennessee (7–1–0) | South Carolina (8–2–0) | Princeton (9–1–1) | USC (10–2–0) | Xavier (14–1–1) | Notre Dame (12–4–1) | Georgetown (11–1–6) | BYU (13–4–1) | Hofstra (17–3–1) | Brown (12–4–0) | Brown (12–4–0) | North Carolina (12–3–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Washington | West Virginia (1–1–0) | Texas A&M (1–2–0) | Arkansas (1–2–0) | BYU (4–2–1) | Stanford (6–2–0) | Clemson (7–3–0) | Memphis (8–1–1) | Xavier (12–1–1) | Auburn (11–3–0) | Princeton (12–2–1) | SMU (11–3–2) | Xavier (16–2–1) | Memphis (14–4–2) | Princeton (15–3–1) | Princeton (15–3–1) | USC (14–3–3) | 18. |
| 19. | South Florida | Arkansas (0–2–0) | Auburn (3–0–0) | West Virginia (3–2–0) | Harvard (4–0–1) | South Carolina (6–2–0) | Rutgers (7–2–0) | Stanford (8–3–0) | Auburn (10–3–0) | West Virginia (9–4–2) | BYU (11–3–1) | BYU (11–4–1) | Hofstra (16–3–1) | Purdue (15–4–2) | Hofstra (17–4–1) | Hofstra (17–4–1) | Princeton (15–3–1) | 19. |
| 20. | Penn State | Texas A&M (0–2–0) | Arkansas (0–2–0) | BYU (3–2–0) | Pittsburgh (7–1–0) | Arizona State (8–1–0) | Notre Dame (9–1–1) | USC (8–2–0) | SMU (8–2–1) | SMU (8–2–2) | Auburn (11–4–1) | Purdue (14–3–2) | Memphis (13–4–2) | Notre Dame (14–5–1) | Memphis (14–5–2) | Memphis (14–5–2) | Hofstra (17–4–1) | 20. |
| 21. | Vanderbilt | Rutgers (1–0–0) | Pittsburgh (4–0–0) | Harvard (3–0–0) | Clemson (5–2–0) | Rutgers (6–2–0) | Michigan (7–1–2) | Xavier (10–1–1) | Georgetown (8–0–6) | Georgetown (9–0–6) | West Virginia (9–4–4) | Hofstra (14–3–1) | Purdue (14–4–2) | Santa Clara (12–5–2) | Purdue (15–4–3) | Purdue (15–4–3) | Georgetown (14–2–6) | 21. |
| 22. | Rice | Auburn (2–0–0) | Oklahoma State (3–1–0) | Pittsburgh (5–1–0) | South Carolina (5–2–0) | Notre Dame (7–1–1) | SMU (7–1–0) | Michigan (8–1–3) | Brown (8–3–0) | Memphis (10–2–1) | Michigan (12–3–3) | South Florida (11–3–2) | South Florida (12–3–3) | South Carolina (12–6–1) | Notre Dame (14–6–2) | Notre Dame (14–6–2) | Memphis (14–5–2) | 22. |
| 23. | Hofstra | Pittsburgh (2–0–0) | South Florida (3–1–0) | Clemson (3–2–0) | Arizona State (7–1–0) | Michigan (7–1–1) | Penn State (6–4–0) | Auburn (8–3–0) | Wake Forest (12–2–0) | Princeton (10–2–1) | Purdue (13–3–2) | Auburn (11–5–1) | Notre Dame (13–5–1) | Milwaukee (19–1–0) | Milwaukee (19–2–0) | Milwaukee (19–2–0) | St. John's (12–8–3) | 23. |
| 24. | Rutgers | Oklahoma State (1–1–0) | Michigan (4–0–0) | Brown (3–1–0) | Notre Dame (6–1–1) | SMU (6–1–0) | Princeton (7–1–1) | Georgetown (6–0–6) | Princeton (9–2–1) | BYU (9–3–1) | Hofstra (13–3–1) | Texas (11–3–5) | Auburn (12–6–1) | SMU (12–4–2) | Penn State (12–8–1) | Penn State (12–8–1) | Brown (12–4–0) | 24. |
| 25. | Brown | Brown (0–0–0) | Arizona State (4–0–0) | Michigan (5–1–0) | Michigan (6–1–1) | Santa Clara (3–3–2) | Memphis (8–1–1) | Virginia Tech (8–2–2) | Michigan (9–2–3) | VCU (12–2–0) | South Florida (10–3–2) | Notre Dame (13–5–1) | Texas (11–4–6) | Washington State (14–2–4) | Washington State (14–3–4) | Washington State (14–3–4) | Purdue (15–4–3) | 25. |
| | Week 1 Aug 19 | Week 2 Aug 23 | Week 3 Aug 30 | Week 4 Sep 6 | Week 5 Sep 13 | Week 6 Sep 20 | Week 7 Sep 27 | Week 8 Oct 4 | Week 9 Oct 11 | Week 10 Oct 18 | Week 11 Oct 25 | Week 12 Nov 1 | Week 13 Nov 8 | Week 14 Nov 15 | Week 15 Nov 22 | Week 16 Nov 29 | Final Dec 6 | |
| | | Dropped: No. 16 Saint LouisNo. 18 Washington | Dropped: No. 12 USCNo. 17 VanderbiltNo. 25 Brown | Dropped: No. 22 Oklahoma StateNo. 23 South FloridaNo. 25 Arizona State | Dropped: No. 10 RutgersNo. 14 RiceNo. 24 Brown | Dropped: No. 15 Texas A&MNo. 18 BYUNo. 20 Pittsburgh | Dropped: No. 20 Arizona StateNo. 25 Santa Clara | Dropped: No. 14 LSUNo. 18 ClemsonNo. 23 Penn State | Dropped: No. 13 South CarolinaNo. 25 Virginia Tech | Dropped: No. 23 Wake ForestNo. 25 Michigan | Dropped: No. 15 HarvardNo. 22 MemphisNo. 25 VCU | Dropped: No. 21 West Virginia | Dropped: No. 18 SMU | Dropped: No. 15 StanfordNo. 18 XavierNo. 22 South FloridaNo. 24 AuburnNo. 25 Texas | Dropped: No. 24 SMU | Dropped: None | Dropped: No. 23 MilwaukeeNo. 25 Washington State | |