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.
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.
...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.
