October 4, 2016
D3soccer.com Women's Top 25, Week 5
Through games of Sunday, October 2, 2016
| # | School (1st Pl. Votes) | Record | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | William Smith (17) | 10-0-0 | 1000 | 1 |
| 2 | Stevens | 9-0-0 | 946 | 2 |
| 3 | Trinity (Texas) | 10-0-0 | 908 | 4 |
| 4 | Williams | 8-0-1 | 887 | 6 |
| 5 | Thomas More | 10-0-1 | 826 | 7 |
| 6 | Chicago | 9-1-0 | 698 | 3 |
| 7 | Messiah | 7-2-0 | 687 | 12 |
| 8 | Brandeis | 10-0-1 | 626 | 13 |
| 9 | Rowan | 10-0-1 | 614 | 9 |
| 10 | Swarthmore | 9-1-0 | 598 | 5 |
| 11 | UW-Whitewater | 11-1-0 | 586 | 14 |
| 12 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-1-0 | 573 | 16 |
| 13 | Lynchburg | 6-0-3 | 525 | 8 |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins | 7-1-2 | 515 | 18 |
| 15 | TCNJ | 8-0-1 | 506 | 15 |
| 16 | Arcadia | 11-0-0 | 487 | 17 |
| 17 | Puget Sound | 8-1-1 | 370 | 11 |
| 18 | Pacific Lutheran | 8-0-2 | 318 | 19 |
| 19 | Chris. Newport | 8-1-0 | 280 | 21 |
| 20 | Montclair State | 10-1-1 | 234 | 23 |
| 21 | Washington U. | 7-2-1 | 221 | 10 |
| 22 | Centre | 10-1-2 | 204 | 20 |
| 23 | McDaniel | 9-0-0 | 197 | 24 |
| 24 | Connecticut Col. | 7-1-0 | 148 | 22 |
| 25 | Haverford | 7-1-1 | 45 | — |
Dropped out: No. 25 Amherst
Receiving Votes: RPI 35, Amherst 33, Central 28, Cal Lutheran 24, Emory 24, Scranton 19, St. Thomas 14, Bridgewater (Va.) 5, Misericordia 5, Bethel 5, Bowdoin 2, Ithaca 2, Pomona-Pitzer 2
The D3soccer.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of coaches, Sports Information Directors and D3soccer.com staff, and is published weekly.
