TOPSIDE LAX RANKINGS

North Carolina

North Carolina Men's
Claim Team Follow
Record (W-L-T)
13-5-0
Verified Games
18
Avg Goal
Diff
2.00
+
Strength
of Sched
14.22
=
Rating
16.22

Game History

18 Games
May 16 2026
VS Syracuse
L
11 - 13
2
May 09 2026
VS UAlbany
W
24 - 6
+18 *
May 03 2026
VS Virginia
L
6 - 16
10 *
May 01 2026
VS Syracuse
W
12 - 10
+2
Apr 25 2026
VS Duke
L
12 - 16
4
Apr 18 2026
@ Virginia
W
16 - 15
+1
Apr 11 2026
@ Notre Dame
L
5 - 10
5
Apr 04 2026
VS Syracuse
W
14 - 9
+5
Mar 29 2026
VS Harvard
W
17 - 7
+10 *
Mar 21 2026
VS Army
W
12 - 11
+1
Mar 14 2026
@ Penn State
W
10 - 8
+2
Mar 07 2026
VS Brown
W
19 - 7
+12 *
Mar 01 2026
@ Princeton
L
9 - 11
2
Feb 27 2026
@ Penn
W
11 - 9
+2
Feb 20 2026
VS Johns Hopkins
W
17 - 9
+8 *
Feb 15 2026
VS Iona
W
23 - 7
+16 *
Feb 13 2026
VS High Point
W
20 - 9
+11 *
Feb 07 2026
VS Jacksonville
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.