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                  
                THROUGH GAMES OF MONDAY 02 NOVEMBER 2026                
                      Standings by Conference (D1)                      

Teams are sorted by their overall ranking and not by their
winning percentage, in or out of conference.


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Conf Rank  1           BIG10              Average  52.52
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1    4 Indiana                  6  1  2   12  1  3     54.24    50.20  47
  2    5 Washington               6  1  2   10  3  3     53.47    50.08  53
  3    6 Maryland                 4  4  1   10  4  1     53.43    51.17   7
  4    7 Wisconsin                3  2  4    9  2  4     53.35    49.53 110
  5    9 Michigan St.             5  2  2   10  3  3     53.14    49.87  70
  6   14 UCLA                     3  3  3    7  3  5     52.86    50.98  14
  7   15 Rutgers                  6  3  1    8  6  2     52.74    51.15   8
  8   24 Ohio St.                 2  6  1    7  6  2     52.04    49.46 114
  9   40 Northwestern             2  4  3    5  6  4     51.34    49.93  64
 10   66 Michigan                 0  5  4    3  7  5     50.55    49.46 115
 11   68 Penn St.                 0  6  3    3  8  3     50.52    50.75  23


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Conf Rank 14            A10               Average  49.21
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   63 Saint Louis              5  1  2    7  4  5     50.62    50.44  31
  2   74 Duquesne                 6  2  0    9  5  2     50.42    49.33 129
  3   86 Dayton                   3  3  2    8  4  3     49.98    48.77 165
  4   91 George Mason             5  2  1    6  6  3     49.90    50.94  16
  5   97 Davidson                 4  3  1    5  5  5     49.67    49.84  73
  6  113 Loyola Chicago           3  4  1    8  6  3     49.27    48.91 155
  7  127 Fordham                  4  3  1    6  7  2     48.92    48.82 161
  8  131 Rhode Island             5  3  0    7  9  0     48.79    49.02 144
  9  135 La Salle                 2  3  3    5  7  4     48.74    48.94 151
 10  140 St. Bonaventure          2  3  3    5  6  5     48.52    48.59 180
 11  141 Saint Joseph's           1  5  2    5  6  6     48.51    48.40 193
 12  149 VCU                      2  5  1    2 10  3     48.32    51.69   5
 13  166 George Washington        0  5  3    4  8  4     48.06    48.98 147


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Conf Rank  2            ACC               Average  52.21
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1    2 SMU                      6  0  2   12  0  3     54.85    49.36 121
  2    3 Clemson                  6  1  1   12  2  2     54.27    50.99  12
  3    8 Louisville               4  2  2   11  2  3     53.18    49.18 135
  4   10 Pittsburgh               4  2  2    9  4  3     53.11    51.79   2
  5   13 North Carolina           3  1  4    8  2  5     52.86    49.78  82
  6   16 Wake Forest              5  3  0   11  4  2     52.62    49.61 103
  7   26 Stanford                 1  4  3    8  4  3     51.98    49.32 130
  8   31 California               2  4  2    6  5  4     51.79    49.92  65
  9   32 Notre Dame               4  4  0    7  5  3     51.75    50.21  45
 10   34 Virginia Tech            4  2  2    8  5  3     51.62    48.97 150
 11   36 NC State                 1  3  4    5  5  6     51.48    50.20  48
 12   41 Virginia                 3  3  2    7  6  3     51.31    50.19  49
 13   47 Syracuse                 1  5  2    7  7  2     51.13    49.42 119
 14   64 Boston College           1  6  1    5  6  3     50.61    48.81 162
 15   67 Duke                     1  6  1    6  9  1     50.53    50.38  37


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Conf Rank 13           AMEAST             Average  49.66
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   35 Vermont                  3  1  2    9  2  4     51.54    49.58 106
  2   38 Bryant                   4  1  1   11  2  3     51.45    49.36 122
  3   51 UAlbany                  4  2  0    9  4  1     50.93    49.55 108
  4   76 New Hampshire            2  3  1    7  5  3     50.18    49.81  79
  5   80 NJIT                     4  1  1    8  5  3     50.07    48.87 159
  6  150 UMass Lowell             1  4  1    5  6  3     48.30    47.77 209
  7  176 Binghamton               1  2  3    2  7  6     47.66    48.55 185
  8  194 UMBC                     0  5  1    3  8  2     47.13    47.55 212


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Conf Rank  6            AMER              Average  50.07
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   17 Missouri St.             5  1  2   12  1  3     52.58    48.99 145
  2   37 Charlotte                4  2  2    8  3  4     51.46    50.16  51
  3   55 Fla. Atlantic            3  2  3    6  2  7     50.86    49.43 118
  4   56 Memphis                  2  2  4    7  4  5     50.86    49.90  68
  5   59 FIU                      2  2  4    6  4  5     50.71    50.52  28
  6   62 Tulsa                    5  1  2    8  4  4     50.62    49.64  96
  7  105 UAB                      2  3  3    5  5  5     49.47    48.75 169
  8  189 Temple                   1  5  2    2 10  4     47.25    48.31 196
  9  202 South Fla.               0  6  2    1 12  3     46.82    49.18 134


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Conf Rank 17            ASUN              Average  48.77
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   61 North Florida            7  0  1   10  4  3     50.63    50.34  40
  2   88 Central Ark.             5  2  1    7  6  2     49.95    50.70  24
  3  107 Bellarmine               2  3  3    7  3  4     49.37    47.07 213
  4  133 FGCU                     1  4  3    5  7  4     48.76    49.84  75
  5  134 Jacksonville             2  4  2    6  6  3     48.75    48.56 184
  6  145 Stetson                  3  4  1    5  8  3     48.46    49.34 125
  7  163 West Florida             5  3  0    5  7  1     48.13    48.78 163
  8  182 Queens (NC)              2  3  3    3 10  3     47.55    50.07  54
  9  185 Lipscomb                 2  6  0    3 12  1     47.33    50.40  35


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Conf Rank  3          BIGEAST             Average  50.99
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1    1 Georgetown               7  0  0   14  1  1     55.39    51.70   4
  2   11 Akron                    3  1  3   10  1  4     53.03    49.96  61
  3   12 Creighton                3  1  3   11  1  5     53.02    49.63  99
  4   30 Xavier                   2  2  3    9  2  4     51.82    48.61 178
  5   48 Marquette                3  4  0    9  5  1     51.09    48.92 153
  6   65 Seton Hall               3  2  2    6  4  6     50.56    49.76  86
  7   77 Providence               0  4  2    5  6  3     50.15    49.55 109
  8   78 UConn                    4  3  0    7  7  2     50.12    49.81  80
  9   81 St. John's (NY)          2  3  2    6  8  2     50.06    50.25  42
 10  101 DePaul                   2  3  2    5  5  5     49.52    48.52 191
 11  125 Villanova                0  6  1    5  8  3     48.97    48.75 166
 12  161 Butler                   2  2  2    2  8  3     48.17    49.69  89


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Conf Rank 19           BIGSTH             Average  48.54
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   42 High Point               5  0  2    9  3  4     51.28    50.78  22
  2   60 Gardner-Webb             5  1  1    9  4  2     50.68    49.84  74
  3   90 UNC Asheville            3  3  1    8  5  2     49.93    49.27 131
  4  126 Longwood                 3  4  0    7  7  1     48.95    49.51 111
  5  146 Winthrop                 3  3  1    5  8  3     48.39    49.38 120
  6  165 USC Upstate              3  4  0    5 12  0     48.06    50.42  33
  7  177 Radford                  2  3  2    4  7  4     47.62    48.57 182
  8  213 Presbyterian             0  6  1    0 14  1     43.37    47.90 205


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Conf Rank  8          BIGWEST             Average  49.99
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   33 Utah Valley              5  1  0   10  2  3     51.66    49.64  98
  2   46 UC Santa Barbara         3  1  2    9  5  4     51.15    50.62  25
  3   49 UC Irvine                4  1  1   10  6  2     51.03    50.23  44
  4   87 CSU Bakersfield          1  1  4    5  4  7     49.96    49.64  97
  5  122 Cal St. Fullerton        1  5  0    5  9  4     49.05    49.96  62
  6  123 CSUN                     1  4  1    6  8  2     49.03    49.14 138
  7  168 Sacramento St.           1  3  2    5 10  2     48.03    48.64 176


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Conf Rank 12            COL               Average  49.69
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   21 UNCW                     7  0  1   11  2  2     52.30    50.40  34
  2   44 Elon                     3  1  4    8  2  6     51.20    49.17 137
  3   53 Stony Brook              4  1  3    8  1  6     50.89    48.93 152
  4   71 Col. of Charleston       2  3  3    7  4  5     50.46    49.50 112
  5   72 Hofstra                  4  1  3    9  4  4     50.44    49.62 100
  6  112 William & Mary           2  4  2    7  8  2     49.31    48.72 172
  7  120 Drexel                   3  4  1    7  7  2     49.10    48.75 167
  8  144 Northeastern             2  4  2    5  7  4     48.49    48.66 175
  9  179 Monmouth                 1  4  3    2  8  3     47.56    48.98 148
 10  192 Campbell                 1  7  0    1 13  2     47.18    49.78  83


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Conf Rank 23           HORIZ              Average  47.70
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1  128 NIU                      5  2  2    8  5  2     48.85    48.99 146
  2  147 Purdue Fort Wayne        4  2  3    4  4  3     48.37    50.90  17
  3  154 Cleveland St.            4  3  3    6  6  4     48.26    49.17 136
  4  156 Milwaukee                4  1  4    6  4  6     48.23    47.76 210
  5  158 Robert Morris            2  1  5    4  4  6     48.19    49.09 141
  6  169 Oakland                  2  1  6    3  5  7     47.99    50.36  39
  7  171 Wright St.               4  2  2    5  6  3     47.91    49.66  94
  8  190 Detroit Mercy            3  5  1    4  8  3     47.23    49.33 126
  9  193 Green Bay                3  3  3    4  8  4     47.17    49.05 143
 10  203 IU Indy                  0  6  3    3  8  4     46.79    48.75 168
 11  209 Northern Ky.             1  6  2    1 12  3     45.74    49.76  84


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Conf Rank  5            IVY               Average  50.24
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   25 Cornell                  5  0  1   10  3  2     52.01    49.91  67
  2   43 Princeton                2  3  1    7  4  4     51.28    50.87  18
  3   54 Penn                     2  1  3    6  3  5     50.88    50.05  57
  4   93 Brown                    2  3  1    7  5  3     49.84    48.61 177
  5   94 Dartmouth                2  3  1    4  6  4     49.79    50.00  59
  6  102 Yale                     2  1  3    4  6  4     49.50    49.82  77
  7  111 Columbia                 0  3  3    5  4  5     49.36    48.28 197
  8  114 Harvard                  2  3  1    4  7  3     49.27    49.76  85


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Conf Rank 22            MAAC              Average  47.92
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1  100 Quinnipiac               3  0  1    7  5  2     49.53    49.44 117
  2  115 Rider                    2  2  1    7  4  4     49.27    48.73 170
  3  148 Saint Peter's            2  1  1    5  6  4     48.36    48.88 156
  4  152 Merrimack                2  1  1    4  3  9     48.29    48.49 192
  5  159 Niagara                  1  2  1    4  6  4     48.18    49.26 132
  6  207 Manhattan                1  3  1    2 10  2     46.44    48.72 171
  7  210 Canisius                 1  3  0    1 12  1     45.35    48.57 183


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Conf Rank 16           METRO              Average  48.94
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   57 Fairfield                3  1  0   10  2  3     50.77    48.60 179
  2   98 Marist                   1  2  1    6  3  6     49.65    48.83 160
  3  110 Sacred Heart             0  1  2    5  5  7     49.36    49.56 107
  4  137 Siena                    0  1  2    4  5  7     48.62    48.78 164
  5  170 Iona                     1  1  2    3  6  6     47.96    48.52 190
  6  186 Mount St. Mary's         2  1  1    2  7  8     47.30    48.34 195


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Conf Rank 18           MOVAL              Average  48.60
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1  103 Evansville               4  1  0    6  8  2     49.49    50.87  19
  2  121 Bowling Green            4  1  0    7  6  2     49.08    48.92 154
  3  124 Belmont                  2  1  2    6  5  4     49.00    48.88 157
  4  130 Drake                    1  4  1    4  7  4     48.80    50.18  50
  5  157 UIC                      1  2  2    3  6  4     48.21    49.35 123
  6  160 Western Mich.            1  1  3    3  8  5     48.17    49.82  78
  7  183 Bradley                  1  4  0    3  6  5     47.48    47.95 203


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Conf Rank 20            MWC               Average  48.17
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   92 Grand Canyon             7  0  2   10  5  2     49.89    49.61 102
  2   95 UNLV                     5  3  1    9  5  3     49.76    49.73  88
  3  151 San Jose St.             3  4  2    6  8  3     48.30    49.33 127
  4  178 Air Force                3  4  2    4  7  5     47.59    48.52 188
  5  197 UC Davis                 2  5  2    2 10  5     46.96    49.81  81
  6  205 Utah Tech                2  6  1    3 12  2     46.52    49.10 139


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Conf Rank 25            NEC               Average  47.06
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   79 FDU                      4  1  2   10  3  3     50.08    49.33 128
  2  155 LeMoyne                  3  2  2    6  4  4     48.26    47.99 201
  3  164 Mercyhurst               2  2  3    5  4  6     48.13    48.24 198
  4  175 LIU                      5  1  0    5  7  0     47.73    49.64  95
  5  187 Stonehill                3  3  0    5  8  2     47.27    48.67 174
  6  188 Central Conn. St.        4  2  1    6  8  1     47.27    47.98 202
  7  191 New Haven                2  2  2    3 10  2     47.22    50.46  29
  8  211 Howard                   1  5  1    3 12  1     45.10    48.53 186
  9  214 Chicago St.              0  6  1    0 14  1     42.44    48.70 173


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Conf Rank 24            OVC               Average  47.21
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1  153 Lindenwood               5  2  3    7  4  6     48.28    47.85 206
  2  167 Houston Christian        4  3  2    6  7  4     48.06    49.69  90
  3  174 SIUE                     5  3  2    6  7  3     47.77    50.59  26
  4  184 UIW                      5  3  2    5  7  3     47.47    50.26  41
  5  199 TX Rio Grande            2  4  3    4  6  4     46.95    47.91 204
  6  204 Eastern Ill.             3  5  2    4  9  4     46.58    48.17 199
  7  206 Western Ill.             4  5  1    4  9  3     46.46    48.34 194
  8  208 Southern Ind.            3  6  1    3 10  4     46.11    48.53 187


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Conf Rank  9           PAC12              Average  49.87
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   27 Oregon St.               4  1  1    9  4  3     51.92    51.05  10
  2   29 California Baptist       3  1  2   12  3  2     51.83    49.83  76
  3   99 Cal Poly                 1  3  3    6  7  5     49.65    49.95  63
  4  108 UC San Diego             1  1  4    7  6  4     49.36    48.52 189
  5  129 UC Riverside             2  2  2    4  7  5     48.84    49.35 124
  6  132 San Diego St.            1  0  6    2  7  9     48.76    49.74  87
  7  136 Gonzaga                  1  5  0    4  9  3     48.70    49.92  66


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Conf Rank 21            PATR              Average  48.00
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   73 Boston U.                7  1  0    8  3  4     50.42    50.23  43
  2  118 American                 5  1  2    5  6  5     49.15    51.02  11
  3  138 Bucknell                 4  3  1    7  8  1     48.54    50.14  52
  4  142 Lehigh                   5  2  1    5  6  5     48.50    49.66  91
  5  162 Colgate                  2  4  2    4  8  4     48.16    50.39  36
  6  180 Loyola Maryland          3  3  2    4  9  3     47.56    49.62 101
  7  196 Holy Cross               1  4  3    2  8  7     47.00    48.87 158
  8  198 Lafayette                2  3  3    3  9  4     46.96    48.98 149
  9  200 Army West Point          1  6  1    2  8  4     46.89    49.60 104
 10  201 Navy                     2  5  1    4  8  4     46.85    47.80 208


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Conf Rank 15           SOCON              Average  48.97
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   45 Furman                   3  1  2    7  3  6     51.15    50.84  21
  2   58 UNC Greensboro           2  0  4    5  2  9     50.72    50.42  32
  3   75 Wofford                  3  1  2    8  4  4     50.23    49.66  92
  4  106 ETSU                     2  0  4    7  6  5     49.41    49.24 133
  5  109 Liberty                  3  3  0    6  7  2     49.36    49.99  60
  6  195 Mercer                   0  4  2    0 12  5     47.01    50.37  38
  7  212 VMI                      1  5  0    2 12  0     44.94    47.66 211


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Conf Rank 10           SUMMIT             Average  49.85
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   19 Kansas City              4  1  0   11  3  2     52.46    51.08   9
  2   52 Omaha                    3  1  1    8  4  3     50.89    49.50 113
  3   89 Delaware                 0  2  3    7  4  6     49.94    49.09 140
  4   96 Massachusetts            2  2  1    6  7  4     49.70    50.07  56
  5  139 Oral Roberts             1  2  2    3  7  5     48.53    49.08 142
  6  181 St. Thomas (MN)          1  3  1    4  8  3     47.56    47.82 207


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Conf Rank  4            SUN               Average  50.83
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   20 South Carolina           3  3  2    9  4  2     52.34    50.98  13
  2   22 West Virginia            5  1  2    9  2  4     52.23    50.03  58
  3   23 Marshall                 5  1  2    9  2  4     52.04    49.87  69
  4   39 UCF                      4  3  1    7  4  3     51.40    49.86  71
  5   50 Old Dominion             2  5  1   10  5  1     50.93    48.59 181
  6   69 James Madison            4  1  3    6  5  4     50.52    49.60 105
  7   70 Ga. Southern             2  4  2    6  5  4     50.46    49.84  72
  8   85 Coastal Carolina         3  3  2    5  6  4     49.99    49.66  93
  9  116 Georgia St.              1  6  1    7  8  2     49.22    48.03 200
 10  117 Kentucky                 2  4  2    2  9  4     49.15    50.87  20


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Conf Rank 11            WCC               Average  49.71
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   18 Portland                 7  0  0    9  3  1     52.55    51.77   3
  2   28 San Diego                4  1  2    9  4  3     51.90    51.43   6
  3   82 San Francisco            2  2  3    6  6  4     50.05    50.53  27
  4   83 Denver                   3  1  3    4  7  4     50.02    52.05   1
  5  104 Seattle U                2  3  2    5  7  3     49.48    50.20  46
  6  119 Santa Clara              1  3  4    4  8  4     49.12    50.46  30
  7  143 LMU (CA)                 1  5  1    2  9  3     48.49    50.96  15
  8  172 Saint Mary's (CA)        0  4  3    2  9  6     47.91    50.07  55
  9  173 Pacific                  2  3  2    3 10  4     47.87    49.45 116


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Conf Rank  7           NOND1              Average  50.00
Rank All Team                    CW CL CT    W  L  T    Rating   NonConf SOS
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  1   84 Saint Francis            0  0  0    0  0  0     50.00     0.00 214


      DAVID ROTHMAN'S MENS SOCCER RANKINGS      
    THROUGH GAMES OF MONDAY 02 NOVEMBER 2026    
              Conference Rankings               

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 Rank Conference      Avg. Rating  Var
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    1 BIG10              52.52  +- 0.6
    2 ACC                52.21  +- 0.6
    3 BIGEAST            50.99  +- 1.0
    4 SUN                50.83  +- 0.6
    5 IVY                50.24  +- 0.5
    6 AMER               50.07  +- 1.0
    7 NOND1              50.00  +- nan
    8 BIGWEST            49.99  +- 0.7
    9 PAC12              49.87  +- 0.7
   10 SUMMIT             49.85  +- 0.9
   11 WCC                49.71  +- 0.8
   12 COL                49.69  +- 0.8
   13 AMEAST             49.66  +- 0.9
   14 A10                49.21  +- 0.4
   15 SOCON              48.97  +- 1.1
   16 METRO              48.94  +- 0.6
   17 ASUN               48.77  +- 0.5
   18 MOVAL              48.60  +- 0.3
   19 BIGSTH             48.54  +- 1.2
   20 MWC                48.17  +- 0.7
   21 PATR               48.00  +- 0.6
   22 MAAC               47.92  +- 0.8
   23 HORIZ              47.70  +- 0.4
   24 OVC                47.21  +- 0.4
   25 NEC                47.06  +- 1.1

Explanation:
  The simple average of all teams in a conference is shown
  here.  The 'var' column is half of the standard deviation
  of those teams, which is not the best way but a simple-
  enough way of describing the reasonableness of using a
  single number to describe that conference's strength.

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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, you either need to make edits to the code (complicated) or could 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.

But on this site...

...I use a version of his code that I developed in Python. Why? So that I can run it in my modern workflow. The numbers reproduce exactly (I've checked in multiple sports), even with over 15,000 games, so I hope that David wouldn't take offense to modernizing the hardware. But I absolutely do preserve the math.