TOPSIDE LAX RANKINGS

Yale

Yale Men's
Claim Team Follow
Record (W-L-T)
9-6-0
Verified Games
15
Avg Goal
Diff
1.47
+
Strength
of Sched
13.17
=
Rating
14.64

Game History

15 Games
May 10 2026
@ Syracuse
L
15 - 16
1
May 01 2026
@ Princeton
L
10 - 12
2
Apr 25 2026
@ Brown
W
14 - 13
+1
Apr 18 2026
VS UAlbany
W
15 - 2
+13 *
Apr 14 2026
@ Hofstra
W
16 - 9
+7
Apr 11 2026
VS Harvard
W
15 - 9
+6
Apr 04 2026
@ Dartmouth
W
18 - 7
+11 *
Mar 28 2026
@ Cornell
W
13 - 12
+1
Mar 21 2026
VS Penn
L
7 - 9
2
Mar 14 2026
VS Princeton
L
10 - 11
1
Mar 07 2026
@ Fairfield
W
15 - 14
+1
Feb 28 2026
@ Penn State
L
7 - 17
10 *
Feb 21 2026
VS Boston U
W
16 - 11
+5
Feb 17 2026
VS Marist
W
15 - 9
+6
Feb 14 2026
@ Army
L
6 - 12
6
* 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.