TOPSIDE LAX RANKINGS

Penn

Penn Women's
Claim Team Follow
Record (W-L-T)
8-8-0
Verified Games
16
Avg Goal
Diff
-0.69
+
Strength
of Sched
14.02
=
Rating
13.33

Game History

16 Games
May 01 2026
VS Princeton
L
10 - 15
5
Apr 26 2026
VS Brown
L
13 - 14
1
Apr 22 2026
VS Towson
W
20 - 8
+12 *
Apr 18 2026
@ Cornell
W
8 - 7
+1
Apr 11 2026
@ Yale
L
4 - 7
3
Apr 08 2026
@ Princeton
W
10 - 9
+1
Apr 04 2026
VS Harvard
W
10 - 8
+2
Mar 28 2026
VS Columbia
W
15 - 8
+7
Mar 19 2026
@ Maryland
L
9 - 15
6
Mar 15 2026
VS Georgetown
W
11 - 10
+1
Mar 11 2026
@ Florida
L
9 - 18
9 *
Mar 07 2026
@ Dartmouth
W
14 - 10
+4
Feb 28 2026
VS Loyola
L
8 - 10
2
Feb 25 2026
VS Temple
L
9 - 14
5
Feb 21 2026
VS Johns Hopkins
L
9 - 15
6
Feb 14 2026
VS Drexel
W
11 - 10
+1
* 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.