College: Soccer America Women's Top 20 (Sept. 29)
- by Soccer America , Sep 29, 1997
| Rank/Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1. North Carolina | 9-0-1 | 1 |
| 2. Notre Dame | 9-0-1 | 2 |
| 3. Texas A&M | 9-1-0 | 3 |
| 4. Portland | 5-3-0 | 5 |
| 5. Virginia | 8-1-1 | 4 |
| 6. Santa Clara | 7-0-1 | 6 |
| 7. Connecticut | 9-1-0 | 7 |
| 8. Duke | 6-2-0 | 9 |
| 9. Clemson | 7-2-0 | 10 |
| 10. Maryland | 6-1-2 | 8 |
| 11. Florida | 6-2-1 | 13 |
| 12. Wake Forest | 7-2-0 | 12 |
| 13. Nebraska | 8-2-0 | 14 |
| 14. Hartford | 6-1-0 | 15 |
| 15. George Mason | 6-1-3 | nr |
| 16. William & Mary | 7-3-0 | 11 |
| 17. Minnesota | 8-1-1 | 20 |
| 18. SMU | 6-3-0 | 16 |
| 19. UCLA | 7-1-0 | nr |
| 20. Massachusetts | 7-2-0 | 18 |
