October 3, 2017
D3soccer.com Women's Top 25, Week 5
Through games of Sunday, October 1, 2017
| # | School (1st Pl. Votes) | Record | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Chicago (14) | 10-0-0 | 995 | 1 |
| 2 | TCNJ | 9-0-0 | 943 | 2 |
| 3 | Williams | 8-0-1 | 900 | 4 |
| 4 | Washington U. (2) | 9-0-1 | 898 | 3 |
| 5 | Chris. Newport | 9-0-1 | 828 | 5 |
| 6 | William Smith | 8-1-0 | 815 | 6 |
| 7 | MIT | 11-0-0 | 753 | 7 |
| 8 | Messiah | 7-1-2 | 700 | 9 |
| 9 | Hardin-Simmons | 9-0-0 | 670 | 8 |
| 10 | Trinity (Texas) | 9-1-0 | 613 | 11 |
| 11 | Geneseo State | 9-0-1 | 578 | 12 |
| 12 | Johns Hopkins | 8-2-1 | 548 | 10 |
| 13 | Lynchburg | 8-1-0 | 503 | 15 |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-1-1 | 488 | 18 |
| 15 | Connecticut Col. | 7-1-1 | 458 | 13 |
| 16 | Brandeis | 8-1-1 | 420 | 19 |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan | 8-2-0 | 305 | 20 |
| 18 | UW-Whitewater | 7-1-3 | 258 | 16 |
| 19 | Emory | 6-3-0 | 251 | 21 |
| 20 | Hope | 9-1-0 | 238 | 22 |
| 21 | Loras | 8-1-1 | 237 | 23 |
| 22 | Swarthmore | 9-2-0 | 236 | 14 |
| 23 | Western Conn. | 11-0-0 | 118 | — |
| 24 | Cal Lutheran | 7-1-1 | 107 | — |
| 25 | Stevens | 7-1-1 | 100 | — |
Dropped out: No. 17 Pacific Lutheran, No. 24 Otterbein, No. 25 McDaniel
Receiving Votes: Central 58, Rowan 40, Ohio Northern 20, Misericordia 18, Saint Benedict 10, Texas-Dallas 8, Susquehanna 5, UW-La Crosse 5, Pacific Lutheran 3, Arcadia 3, Dominican 3
The D3soccer.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of coaches, Sports Information Directors and D3soccer.com staff, and is published weekly.
