TOPSIDE LAX RANKINGS

Princeton

Princeton Women's
Claim Team Follow
Record (W-L-T)
11-7-0
Verified Games
18
Avg Goal
Diff
1.94
+
Strength
of Sched
14.06
=
Rating
16.01

Game History

18 Games
May 08 2026
VS Rutgers
L
11 - 12
1
May 03 2026
@ Yale
W
12 - 8
+4
May 01 2026
@ Penn
W
15 - 10
+5
Apr 25 2026
VS Dartmouth
W
17 - 7
+10 *
Apr 18 2026
@ Brown
W
11 - 9
+2
Apr 15 2026
VS Towson
W
20 - 9
+11 *
Apr 11 2026
@ Columbia
W
18 - 7
+11 *
Apr 08 2026
VS Penn
L
9 - 10
1
Apr 04 2026
VS Cornell
W
14 - 12
+2
Apr 01 2026
VS Stony Brook
L
8 - 10
2
Mar 28 2026
VS Yale
L
8 - 16
8 *
Mar 18 2026
@ Hofstra
W
20 - 9
+11 *
Mar 15 2026
@ Penn State
W
14 - 11
+3
Mar 11 2026
@ Virginia
L
10 - 12
2
Mar 07 2026
@ Harvard
W
19 - 13
+6
Feb 28 2026
@ Maryland
L
12 - 16
4
Feb 25 2026
VS Rutgers
W
15 - 9
+6
Feb 21 2026
@ Loyola
L
10 - 14
4
* For ranking purposes, the goal differential is capped at +/- 7.

How the Rankings Work

The Formula: Rating = AGD + SCHED

1. Average Goal Differential (AGD)

This measures how well a team performs on the field. It is the average margin of victory across all verified games.

  • The Cap: To discourage running up the score, the maximum credit for any win is 7 goals. Winning by 20 counts the same as winning by 7.

2. Strength of Schedule (SCHED)

This measures the quality of a team's opponents. Beating a top-ranked team is worth more than beating a lower-ranked one.

  • Iterative Math: We run the math 15 times in a loop. In the first pass, everyone is equal. In the second pass, we see who beat who. By the 15th pass, the system knows exactly how strong every opponent is.
  • The Logic: If you play a team with a Rating of 10.0, your "Schedule Score" for that game is 10.0, regardless of whether you win or lose.
Why this matters: A team that wins every game by 10 goals against weak competition might have a lower rating than a team that loses close games to the best teams in the country.