TOPSIDE LAX RANKINGS

Columbia

Columbia Women's
Claim Team Follow
Record (W-L-T)
7-8-0
Verified Games
15
Avg Goal
Diff
-0.73
+
Strength
of Sched
9.94
=
Rating
9.20

Game History

15 Games
Apr 25 2026
VS Harvard
W
11 - 10
+1
Apr 18 2026
@ Dartmouth
L
9 - 19
10 *
Apr 11 2026
VS Princeton
L
7 - 18
11 *
Apr 07 2026
@ UMass
L
9 - 20
11 *
Apr 04 2026
VS Brown
L
12 - 13
1
Mar 28 2026
@ Penn
L
8 - 15
7
Mar 21 2026
@ Cornell
L
6 - 12
6
Mar 15 2026
@ San Diego St.
W
17 - 15
+2
Mar 11 2026
VS Rider
W
19 - 4
+15 *
Mar 07 2026
@ Yale
L
6 - 16
10 *
Mar 04 2026
VS Howard
W
23 - 6
+17 *
Feb 28 2026
@ Marist
W
12 - 9
+3
Feb 21 2026
VS Lehigh
L
15 - 18
3
Feb 18 2026
VS Lafayette
W
19 - 10
+9 *
Feb 14 2026
@ Sacred Heart
W
14 - 5
+9 *
* 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.