October 2, 2018
D3soccer.com Women's Top 25, Week 5
Through games of Sunday, September 30, 2018
| # | School (1st Pl. Votes) | Record | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Washington U. (13) | 10-0-0 | 991 | 1 |
| 2 | Messiah (2) | 8-1-0 | 936 | 4 |
| 3 | Williams (2) | 8-0-1 | 925 | 2 |
| 4 | Hope | 8-0-1 | 880 | 5 |
| 5 | Chicago | 8-1-1 | 793 | 3 |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins | 9-1-0 | 769 | 7 |
| 7 | Hardin-Simmons | 7-1-0 | 760 | 6 |
| 8 | William Smith | 7-2-0 | 699 | 10 |
| 9 | TCNJ | 7-1-0 | 664 | 8 |
| 10 | Lynchburg | 9-1-0 | 624 | 12 |
| 11 | Swarthmore | 9-0-1 | 581 | 13 |
| 12 | Middlebury | 9-0-0 | 569 | 15 |
| 13 | Brandeis | 8-0-0 | 546 | 14 |
| 14 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2-0 | 451 | 23 |
| 15 | Chris. Newport | 6-1-0 | 428 | 9 |
| 16 | Centre | 11-0-0 | 414 | 17 |
| 17 | Amherst | 7-1-1 | 353 | 20 |
| 18 | Trinity (Texas) | 8-1-1 | 325 | 16 |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon | 6-2-1 | 323 | 11 |
| 20 | St. Thomas | 8-1-0 | 264 | 19 |
| 21 | Illinois Wesleyan | 7-2-1 | 158 | 18 |
| 22 | Misericordia | 6-2-1 | 157 | 25 |
| 23 | UW-La Crosse | 7-2-1 | 78 | — |
| 24 | Calvin | 6-2-1 | 66 | — |
| 25 | Ithaca | 8-0-2 | 45 | — |
Dropped out: No. 21 MIT, No. 22 Tufts, No. 24 Emory
Receiving Votes: Emory 42, Tufts 40, Bridgewater (Va.) 33, Rowan 28, Central 26, MIT 26, Pomona-Pitzer 24, Texas-Dallas 16, Hanover 12, UW-Stevens Point 9, Ohio Northern 9, Illinois Tech 7, Montclair State 7, Loras 5, Willamette 5
The D3soccer.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of coaches, Sports Information Directors and D3soccer.com staff, and is published weekly.
