| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut gave up their third goal of the season to Notre Dame, but came away with a quality 2-1 win. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Maryland | Maryland will get back into conference play this weekend as they host a desperate Virginia squad. | 2 |
| 3 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina avoided an upset at rival Duke last week. This week they host GSU and travel to Clemson. | 3 |
| 4 |  | UCLA | UCLA's trip to northern California resulted in victories over Stanford and Cal. A big game against OSU is next. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Akron | Akron took care of business in MAC play. Things will not change in that regard for a while. | 5 |
| 6 |  | New Mexico | Houston Baptist made a game out of New Mexico's conference opener. Air Force and Denver hope to do the same. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Georgetown | The Hoyas have yet to lose a game, but face Connecticut and Notre Dame this week in a couple great games. | 9 |
| 8 |  | UCSB | The Gauchos kicked off conference play with a win at Riverside and a draw at Fullerton. Struggling Irvine is next. | 7 |
| 9 |  | Marquette | Marquette is a perfect 10-0, but the schedule starts getting much tougher this week against Uconn and NIU. | 17 |
| 10 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish are 0-2 in Big East play, but they did get a nice win against Indiana last week. Georgetown could be loss 3. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Indiana | After losing at home to Notre Dame, the Hoosiers picked up a quality conference road win in Happy Valley. | 8 |
| 12 |  | St. John's | Beating Columbia and DePaul is nothing to write home about, but the Red Storm needed to get back on track. | 16 |
| 13 |  | Old Dominion | Old Dominion got a thrilling 3-2 win over George Mason on Friday to regain their status as the CAA favorite. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Northwestern | Northwestern's toughest tests are yet to come. A trip to Bradley this week will be interesting, but ND is next. | 13 |
| 15 |  | Xavier | Xavier had a pretty easy week to prepare for their big conference opener against a surprise Saint Louis squad. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Charlotte | Charlotte got a quality win against a good UCF squad. This week they will kick off A-10 play against VCU. | 18 |
| 17 |  | Louisville | Louisville really needed to string some more wins together, but fell 2-1 at Rutgers. They'll try again with DePaul. | 12 |
| 18 |  | South Florida | USF has had some trouble on the road. A win at Cincinnati would be a good way to start changing that. | 19 |
| 19 |  | Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina keeps finding the back of the net and there is nobody in the Big South that can stop them. | 24 |
| 20 |  | Creighton | Creighton had a chance to string together some much needed wins, but lost to Tulsa and drew Drake. | 10 |
| 21 |  | Wake Forest | The Demon Deacons beat Appalachian State and Virginia Tech 4-0. They'll look to continue getting conference W's. | 25 |
| 22 |  | Brown | Brown got their win total up to eight after opening up conference play with a 2-1 win against Columbia. | 21 |
| 23 |  | West Virginia | WVU had a disappointing draw in Kalamazoo. Their next road trip is not for a while, but it's against Akron and NIU. | 20 |
| 24 |  | Washington | Washington got a huge win over Oregon State in a battle for second place in the Pac-12. A trip to UCLA is looming. | NR |
| 25 |  | Furman | Furman had a disappointing draw against East Tennessee State, but are ready to kick off SoCon play this week. | 22 |
10/1 Men's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 10/01/2012
