| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | California | Cal is now 10-0-2 after a quality 1-0 victory over Stanford. This week they go outside the Pac-12 and face San Diego. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | Following a draw with Northwestern and a win over North Carolina State, the Irish are still undefeated. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Washington | Behind two goals each from Darwin Jones and Cristian Roldan, Washington crushed San Diego State. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Louisville | It was a pretty big week for Louisville and they came away with a win at Indiana and a draw against Connecticut. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Georgetown | The Hoyas got back to their winning ways with a relatively easy 4-1 victory over conference foe Butler. | 6 |
| 6 |  | UMBC | UMBC survived what is likely the toughest week of games they have left. This week they head to Binghamton. | 8 |
| 7 |  | UCLA | A late equalizer by Gage Zerboni saw the Bruins get a point against a scrappy Oregon State squad. | 9 |
| 8 |  | Maryland | Patrick Mullins netted two goals against Wake Forest, but that wasn't enough for Maryland to get a result. | 5 |
| 9 |  | Cal State Northridge | The Matadors failed to find the back of the net against UC Riverside. This week they face Fullerton and Irvine. | 7 |
| 10 |  | Akron | Akron answered the call and got an absolutely huge 1-0 win over Wake Forest. This week they host Michigan State. | 12 |
| 11 |  | Coastal Carolina | CCU keeps taking care of business in the Big South. In six games they have outscored conference foes 13-2. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Wake Forest | The Demon Deacons fell at Akron, but followed it up with a very, very nice win at Maryland. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Furman | It was a huge week for Furman as they beat Clemson and Elon. They are looking good for a SoCon title and NCAA bid. | 18 |
| 14 |  | Northwestern | Getting a draw against Notre Dame and Ohio State is not all bad for Northwestern. A trip to Penn State awaits. | 14 |
| 15 |  | North Carolina | UNC added a much needed win to their tally last week and this one came against a quality Syracuse squad. | 15 |
| 16 |  | UAB | The Blazers will get another opportunity for a quality win when they head to New Mexico in a couple weeks. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Creighton | Creighton has now lost three games in a row 1-0. The latest came against Michigan and Villanova. | 10 |
| 18 |  | Clemson | Clemson fell to Furman mid-week before beating up on winless Pitt. Charlotte and BC are up this week. | 16 |
| 19 |  | VCU | VCU got a nice win over Indiana and head back to conference play this weekend with games against La Salle and SJU. | 21 |
| 20 |  | Saint Louis | The Billikens beat Dayton 3-1 to get into the win column in Atlantic 10 play. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Penn State | Penn State went to East Lansing in their lone game of the week and left with a 2-1 win. | 25 |
| 22 |  | Marquette | The good times keep rolling for Marquette who got their fourth quality win in a row at Providence. | NR |
| 23 |  | Michigan State | The Spartans stumbled at home against Penn State and now have to travel to Akron and Wisconsin. | 19 |
| 24 |  | Connecticut | Despite all of the disappointments, Connecticut only has losses against Bradley and Syracuse this season. | 22 |
| 25 |  | New Mexico | That bad stretch in September is just a memory now and the Lobos are poised to take the CUSA title. | 23 |
10/21 Men's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 10/21/2013
