TOPSIDE LAX RANKINGS

Cornell

Cornell Men's
Claim Team Follow
Record (W-L-T)
10-5-0
Verified Games
15
Avg Goal
Diff
1.87
+
Strength
of Sched
13.75
=
Rating
15.61

Game History

15 Games
May 09 2026
VS Johns Hopkins
L
8 - 9
1
May 03 2026
VS Princeton
L
9 - 19
10 *
Apr 25 2026
VS Harvard
W
11 - 9
+2
Apr 18 2026
@ Dartmouth
W
15 - 9
+6
Apr 13 2026
VS High Point
W
17 - 9
+8 *
Apr 11 2026
VS Duke
W
9 - 7
+2
Apr 04 2026
@ Penn
W
16 - 8
+8 *
Mar 28 2026
VS Yale
L
12 - 13
1
Mar 21 2026
@ Princeton
W
13 - 11
+2
Mar 14 2026
VS Brown
W
18 - 9
+9 *
Mar 07 2026
@ Penn State
L
7 - 19
12 *
Feb 28 2026
VS Richmond
L
7 - 8
1
Feb 24 2026
VS Hobart
W
19 - 8
+11 *
Feb 21 2026
@ Denver
W
13 - 9
+4
Feb 14 2026
@ UAlbany
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.