TOPSIDE LAX RANKINGS

Yale

Yale Women's
Claim Team Follow
Record (W-L-T)
13-5-0
Verified Games
18
Avg Goal
Diff
2.83
+
Strength
of Sched
12.45
=
Rating
15.28

Game History

18 Games
May 08 2026
@ Boston College
L
4 - 10
6
May 03 2026
VS Princeton
L
8 - 12
4
May 01 2026
VS Brown
W
11 - 6
+5
Apr 25 2026
@ Cornell
L
10 - 11
1
Apr 18 2026
VS Harvard
W
14 - 13
+1
Apr 11 2026
VS Penn
W
7 - 4
+3
Apr 04 2026
@ Dartmouth
W
11 - 8
+3
Mar 31 2026
VS Army
L
8 - 12
4
Mar 28 2026
@ Princeton
W
16 - 8
+8 *
Mar 22 2026
VS Brown
W
10 - 8
+2
Mar 17 2026
@ Syracuse
L
5 - 6
1
Mar 14 2026
VS UConn
W
17 - 5
+12 *
Mar 07 2026
VS Columbia
W
16 - 6
+10 *
Mar 04 2026
VS Central Conn. St.
W
22 - 4
+18 *
Feb 28 2026
@ Michigan
W
11 - 6
+5
Feb 21 2026
VS Boston U
W
17 - 5
+12 *
Feb 17 2026
VS Quinnipiac
W
15 - 9
+6
Feb 14 2026
@ UMass Lowell
W
14 - 4
+10 *
* 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.