Talisman Red's Mens College Soccer Computer Ratings
David Rothman/FACT Rankings
David Rothman (1935-2004) was a pioneer in the sports ratings world, with his rating system being recognized by the NCAA from 1968-2006 as a national championship selector in college football. Here, I use his original system (and nearly original code) to provide an alternative rating. More details at the bottom of the page.
If you'd prefer, you can save the original text file. Don't forget about the full ratings list, either.
David's method considers only scores. Game locations, dates, and any other information is ignored.
Warning! Since David's formula starts every season from scratch, it usually takes 6-7 games in a season for the results to "converge" to something useful. Be careful if you are looking here too soon!
< DAVID ROTHMAN'S MENS SOCCER RANKINGS >
BASED ON 1777 GAMES BETWEEN 213 TEAMS AND NO OTHER INFORMATION
THROUGH GAMES OF FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2025
Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments
Within each conference, teams are listed in order of
their overall rating using Rothman's FACT formula. All
conferences are sorted and listed at the end.
BigTen
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 3 Maryland 8 1 2 12 1 3 58.92
2 13 Indiana 5 5 0 11 5 1 56.53
3 21 Washington 7 4 0 11 6 2 55.37
4 26 Michigan 7 3 2 12 4 4 55.04
5 35 UCLA 7 3 2 8 6 5 54.19
6 49 Rutgers 3 5 2 8 6 3 52.97
7 57 Northwestern 3 5 2 8 6 3 51.83
8 63 Wisconsin 4 6 0 7 8 0 51.59
9 97 Michigan St. 2 5 3 5 8 3 49.69
10 109 Penn St. 1 6 3 4 8 4 49.23
11 112 Ohio St. 3 7 0 6 10 0 49.14
ACC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 4 Virginia 7 1 3 12 2 4 58.28
2 7 NC State 5 2 3 12 2 4 57.52
3 9 Stanford 5 3 1 12 3 2 57.39
4 10 SMU 7 2 3 11 4 4 56.90
5 25 Duke 4 3 2 8 3 6 55.18
6 28 North Carolina 3 3 4 9 5 5 54.68
7 37 Wake Forest 2 3 3 7 3 6 54.13
8 43 Clemson 4 3 2 7 6 3 53.70
9 47 Notre Dame 3 4 2 8 6 4 53.34
10 51 Virginia Tech 2 4 3 7 4 5 52.94
11 52 Syracuse 6 4 1 9 8 3 52.74
12 55 California 4 6 1 8 8 2 52.53
13 61 Pittsburgh 2 5 3 6 7 5 51.68
14 70 Louisville 1 6 2 5 7 5 50.86
15 102 Boston College 1 7 1 5 9 1 49.56
AmericaEast
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 6 Vermont 7 0 1 13 0 5 57.95
2 14 Bryant 6 2 0 15 2 2 56.31
3 119 New Hampshire 3 3 2 5 7 5 48.51
4 145 UAlbany 2 2 3 4 6 6 47.04
5 151 UMass Lowell 1 4 3 6 7 4 46.86
6 152 UMBC 2 2 3 6 5 5 46.79
7 185 NJIT 1 3 2 3 8 5 43.89
8 194 Binghamton 0 6 0 4 12 1 42.98
American
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 29 Fla. Atlantic 7 1 2 11 4 2 54.55
2 42 Charlotte 5 1 3 8 4 4 53.71
3 45 South Fla. 5 3 1 9 3 5 53.48
4 68 Missouri St. 3 4 2 6 6 4 51.04
5 75 FIU 5 5 1 7 9 3 50.70
6 100 UAB 3 4 1 6 7 2 49.62
7 113 Tulsa 4 4 2 5 9 4 49.08
8 136 Memphis 3 5 0 4 8 3 47.46
9 191 Temple 0 8 0 1 13 2 43.10
ASUN
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 53 North Florida 4 2 1 10 5 2 52.73
2 90 Bellarmine 3 2 3 7 4 5 49.85
3 98 FGCU 2 2 1 5 6 3 49.67
4 116 Jacksonville 3 2 2 5 7 4 48.86
5 118 Stetson 3 3 1 5 8 2 48.56
6 132 Queens (NC) 0 2 3 5 6 5 47.82
7 156 Central Ark. 3 3 1 4 10 2 46.41
8 168 Lipscomb 1 3 2 2 9 5 45.39
Atlantic10
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 22 Saint Louis 7 0 3 11 2 6 55.35
2 62 VCU 3 3 2 6 6 4 51.64
3 65 Dayton 6 1 3 7 2 7 51.40
4 71 Davidson 4 3 2 7 7 3 50.84
5 87 George Mason 3 3 2 6 6 3 50.01
6 106 Fordham 5 2 2 8 6 3 49.37
7 140 Saint Joseph's 3 1 4 6 6 5 47.24
8 141 Duquesne 2 6 0 7 6 2 47.19
9 154 Loyola Chicago 1 3 3 3 5 6 46.61
10 155 La Salle 2 3 3 3 5 7 46.48
11 158 Rhode Island 1 3 3 3 8 5 46.27
12 192 St. Bonaventure 1 4 2 3 8 3 43.09
13 202 George Washington 0 6 1 2 10 4 41.95
BigEast
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 11 Georgetown 8 0 2 12 3 4 56.84
2 24 Akron 5 3 1 11 4 3 55.28
3 30 Seton Hall 3 1 4 7 3 8 54.45
4 31 UConn 6 3 1 11 4 4 54.40
5 48 Creighton 4 2 2 8 4 4 53.14
6 56 St. John's (NY) 3 3 2 8 6 4 52.20
7 80 Providence 4 3 2 6 7 3 50.56
8 105 Villanova 2 3 3 6 6 5 49.42
9 117 Xavier 1 4 3 5 6 4 48.68
10 127 Marquette 1 7 0 6 7 2 48.12
11 159 Butler 2 4 2 5 10 2 46.25
12 173 DePaul 0 6 2 2 8 7 44.91
BigSouth
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 12 High Point 8 0 0 12 1 4 56.78
2 38 Gardner-Webb 6 2 1 13 3 2 54.04
3 133 UNC Asheville 3 3 1 7 6 2 47.59
4 142 Presbyterian 4 4 1 6 8 5 47.14
5 160 USC Upstate 3 4 2 5 11 3 46.17
6 174 Longwood 1 4 2 3 8 4 44.84
7 190 Radford 1 4 2 2 10 4 43.18
8 210 Winthrop 0 5 1 0 12 3 40.02
BigWest
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 44 UC Irvine 6 0 4 10 4 5 53.55
2 64 UC Santa Barbara 4 1 6 6 5 8 51.51
3 66 Cal Poly 6 3 2 9 6 4 51.32
4 76 Cal St. Fullerton 4 3 2 7 6 6 50.68
5 101 CSUN 1 4 3 5 5 6 49.61
6 129 UC Davis 4 4 2 4 9 5 48.08
7 138 UC Riverside 2 5 1 4 8 4 47.30
8 144 UC San Diego 2 3 4 2 9 6 47.07
9 171 Sacramento St. 1 5 2 2 11 4 45.06
10 175 CSU Bakersfield 2 4 2 2 11 3 44.81
CAA
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 40 Hofstra 6 2 0 12 5 0 53.85
2 50 Elon 6 1 3 9 2 7 52.94
3 81 Stony Brook 6 4 1 8 5 5 50.51
4 83 Campbell 4 2 2 8 5 4 50.27
5 110 Col. of Charleston 3 2 2 6 7 3 49.19
6 128 UNCW 3 4 0 4 8 2 48.09
7 137 Drexel 2 5 0 4 6 5 47.40
8 143 Monmouth 2 4 2 5 8 2 47.12
9 149 Northeastern 2 4 1 4 6 4 46.91
10 184 William & Mary 0 6 1 1 10 4 43.91
Horizon
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 111 Cleveland St. 6 1 3 8 4 6 49.15
2 126 Green Bay 6 2 2 9 6 2 48.13
3 131 Purdue Fort Wayne 5 3 2 7 3 5 47.85
4 162 Robert Morris 3 2 5 5 4 7 45.96
5 164 IU Indy 3 4 1 6 7 3 45.87
6 170 Milwaukee 3 2 4 4 7 7 45.10
7 186 Oakland 2 4 3 2 9 6 43.62
8 187 Northern Ky. 2 4 2 3 9 3 43.52
9 189 Detroit Mercy 1 5 2 4 10 3 43.26
10 207 Wright St. 2 6 0 2 12 1 40.75
IvyLeague
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 2 Princeton 8 0 0 14 1 2 58.94
2 15 Cornell 5 2 1 13 3 2 56.03
3 59 Harvard 2 3 2 6 5 5 51.79
4 67 Penn 2 3 2 7 5 4 51.09
5 96 Brown 2 3 1 6 6 2 49.73
6 125 Columbia 1 4 1 3 7 4 48.16
7 147 Dartmouth 2 4 0 3 7 3 46.96
8 169 Yale 1 4 1 2 9 3 45.38
MAAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 78 Sacred Heart 7 1 3 8 4 5 50.58
2 82 Siena 8 1 2 9 5 4 50.37
3 95 Marist 4 3 2 8 3 4 49.76
4 108 Fairfield 6 2 3 8 5 4 49.28
5 124 Iona 7 2 2 9 4 4 48.20
6 176 Niagara 4 5 1 7 7 1 44.69
7 181 Quinnipiac 5 6 0 6 10 1 44.19
8 193 Manhattan 2 4 3 2 8 4 43.03
9 195 Mount St. Mary's 3 5 1 3 8 5 42.82
10 196 Merrimack 2 5 2 4 8 3 42.77
11 197 Canisius 3 6 0 5 9 1 42.50
12 205 Rider 1 6 2 2 11 3 41.11
13 206 Saint Peter's 1 7 1 3 10 2 41.06
MVC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 60 Drake 3 1 4 7 2 7 51.74
2 72 Belmont 3 3 2 8 3 6 50.82
3 73 UIC 3 2 4 10 3 5 50.75
4 91 Evansville 3 2 3 6 5 8 49.82
5 93 NIU 2 2 3 6 5 4 49.80
6 94 Western Mich. 4 1 4 7 8 4 49.78
7 153 Bowling Green 1 4 2 5 8 4 46.77
8 183 Bradley 0 4 2 1 8 6 44.04
NEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 104 FDU 9 1 1 13 5 3 49.51
2 139 LIU 5 2 3 8 3 7 47.26
3 180 Saint Francis 8 3 0 8 9 1 44.41
4 182 New Haven 3 3 3 5 5 6 44.04
5 199 LeMoyne 4 4 2 5 9 2 42.22
6 203 Stonehill 3 3 3 5 10 3 41.92
7 208 Mercyhurst 3 5 1 3 10 4 40.39
8 209 Howard 3 5 1 4 11 2 40.23
9 212 Central Conn. St. 1 7 1 1 14 2 36.10
10 213 Chicago St. 1 7 1 1 15 1 35.71
OVC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 74 Lindenwood 7 2 4 13 3 4 50.71
2 103 Houston Christian 7 3 3 11 5 3 49.52
3 130 Liberty 5 3 4 8 5 6 47.97
4 165 UIW 2 5 4 4 7 6 45.71
5 167 SIUE 5 5 2 6 11 2 45.46
6 177 Eastern Ill. 3 5 3 4 9 4 44.60
7 179 Western Ill. 3 4 4 5 10 4 44.46
8 201 Southern Ind. 1 4 5 1 10 5 41.95
9 204 TX Rio Grande 0 2 1 0 7 2 41.73
Patriot
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 77 American 7 1 1 8 7 2 50.67
2 79 Lehigh 6 1 4 9 5 6 50.57
3 85 Boston U. 6 5 0 10 8 0 50.14
4 86 Bucknell 3 3 3 8 4 6 50.05
5 92 Army West Point 5 3 1 7 5 5 49.80
6 120 Lafayette 4 2 5 7 7 7 48.43
7 148 Colgate 0 4 4 4 7 5 46.93
8 172 Holy Cross 1 5 3 3 8 6 44.91
9 178 Loyola Maryland 2 5 2 3 10 3 44.54
10 188 Navy 0 5 3 3 7 7 43.52
SoCon
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 8 Furman 6 0 0 13 1 3 57.40
2 18 UNC Greensboro 5 2 0 12 3 5 55.59
3 161 Wofford 1 5 0 5 11 2 46.02
4 163 Mercer 3 2 0 4 9 3 45.91
5 198 ETSU 1 4 0 1 8 4 42.36
6 211 VMI 1 4 0 2 11 2 39.90
SummitLeague
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 16 Kansas City 4 2 1 11 3 5 55.80
2 17 Denver 6 0 1 12 6 2 55.70
3 34 Delaware 3 2 2 10 2 3 54.23
4 99 Massachusetts 0 3 2 5 5 6 49.63
5 122 St. Thomas (MN) 0 3 2 5 5 5 48.36
6 123 Oral Roberts 1 3 2 4 9 3 48.23
7 146 Omaha 1 2 2 3 8 4 47.04
SunBelt
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 20 Marshall 7 3 1 11 3 5 55.49
2 23 Ga. Southern 6 3 0 13 3 1 55.33
3 27 West Virginia 6 3 1 12 4 3 54.92
4 39 UCF 6 3 2 10 6 3 53.98
5 41 Kentucky 6 2 2 9 4 5 53.79
6 88 South Carolina 1 5 2 7 8 2 49.93
7 89 Old Dominion 1 3 6 4 5 8 49.87
8 135 Georgia St. 2 4 3 4 7 6 47.48
9 150 James Madison 0 5 3 1 9 5 46.88
10 157 Coastal Carolina 2 6 2 3 9 2 46.39
WAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 33 California Baptist 4 2 1 9 3 3 54.24
2 36 Grand Canyon 5 1 3 11 3 5 54.16
3 46 San Jose St. 4 3 2 11 4 4 53.36
4 54 Utah Valley 2 3 2 8 3 3 52.55
5 107 UNLV 1 2 3 4 6 5 49.31
6 114 San Diego St. 2 3 2 5 9 2 49.00
7 134 Utah Tech 3 2 2 4 7 5 47.58
8 200 Air Force 0 5 1 1 12 2 41.98
WCC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 1 Portland 6 1 1 12 1 2 59.46
2 5 San Diego 6 1 1 12 2 3 58.20
3 19 Oregon St. 5 1 2 9 5 2 55.54
4 32 San Francisco 5 3 0 10 5 1 54.30
5 58 Santa Clara 3 3 2 6 5 6 51.83
6 69 LMU (CA) 1 3 4 5 6 6 50.94
7 84 Seattle U 1 4 3 3 7 6 50.15
8 115 Saint Mary's (CA) 2 4 2 2 7 6 48.97
9 121 Gonzaga 2 5 1 4 8 2 48.41
10 166 Pacific 1 7 0 4 13 0 45.47
CONFERENCES RANKED
CONFERENCE AVE RATING
1 ACC 54.10
2 BigTen 53.14
3 WCC 52.33
4 SunBelt 51.40
5 SummitLeague 51.29
6 BigEast 51.19
7 IvyLeague 51.01
8 American 50.30
9 WAC 50.27
10 MVC 49.19
11 CAA 49.02
12 BigWest 48.90
13 AmericaEast 48.79
14 ASUN 48.66
15 Atlantic10 48.27
16 Patriot 47.96
17 SoCon 47.86
18 BigSouth 47.47
19 OVC 45.79
20 MAAC 45.41
21 Horizon 45.32
22 NEC 42.18
More Details
I've preserved David's original source code (last update: 1990!!) if you'd like to get it and try it out yourself. In my testing, it has good results for football, basketball, soccer, and ice hockey, so I imagine it would be useful for just about any sport. (That was the point, when he created it.)
David's rankings were part of college football's Bowl Championship Series from 1999 to 2001, but the next year the BCS managers decided to remove margin of victory from all of the computers that were part of the formula. David refused to change, and that ended his BCS run. If you grab the code and want to do a "politically correct" calculation that does not consider margin of victory, then just change all the scores to 1-0, or 2-0, whatever. Serves the same purpose.
If you download his code (link above), and use it, let me know. I'd love to hear about it.
I make one adjustment...
...to David's code when using it for soccer. Because his original formula was designed for sports like football and basketball -- where a 3- or 4-point game would actually mean the game was close -- I have adjusted the margin of victory factor he uses. Before adjustment, a team who wins by 6 earns about 0.83 of a win. But with a soccer adjustment, that number is 1.00. A two-goal win, instead of counting for only 0.78, now counts about 0.90.
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