TOPSIDE LAX RANKINGS

Rensselaer

Rensselaer Men's
Claim Team Follow
Record (W-L-T)
9-8-0
Verified Games
17
Avg Goal
Diff
-0.24
+
Strength
of Sched
15.79
=
Rating
15.56

Game History

17 Games
Apr 25 2026
VS RIT
L
8 - 17
9 *
Apr 18 2026
@ Clarkson
W
15 - 9
+6
Apr 15 2026
@ Amherst
L
9 - 21
12 *
Apr 11 2026
@ Ithaca
L
10 - 11
1
Apr 04 2026
VS St. Lawrence
L
10 - 15
5
Apr 01 2026
VS Vassar
W
13 - 11
+2
Mar 28 2026
VS Union (NY)
L
7 - 13
6
Mar 21 2026
@ Skidmore
L
12 - 16
4
Mar 18 2026
VS Williams
W
11 - 10
+1
Mar 07 2026
VS MIT
W
17 - 10
+7
Mar 04 2026
@ Middlebury
L
7 - 16
9 *
Feb 28 2026
@ Muhlenberg
W
15 - 11
+4
Feb 21 2026
@ SUNY Geneseo
W
18 - 13
+5
Feb 18 2026
VS Cortland
L
10 - 17
7
Feb 15 2026
@ Rhodes
W
18 - 7
+11 *
Feb 14 2026
@ Sewanee
W
12 - 11
+1
Feb 06 2026
@ Kean
W
23 - 9
+14 *
* 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.