Talisman Red's Womens 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 not included.
Warning: since David's method starts every team from scratch, it usually takes 6-7 games in a season for the results to "converge" to something useful.
< DAVID ROTHMAN'S WOMENS SOCCER RANKINGS >
BASED ON 3202 GAMES BETWEEN 350 TEAMS AND NO OTHER INFORMATION
THROUGH GAMES OF FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21 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.
BIG10
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 9 Michigan St. 9 1 4 14 3 6 61.96
2 13 Washington 10 1 3 15 2 6 61.20
3 14 UCLA 7 3 3 12 5 4 60.70
4 21 Wisconsin 7 4 2 14 6 2 59.67
5 23 Ohio St. 4 3 5 9 4 6 59.38
6 26 Iowa 6 3 3 12 5 4 59.32
7 31 Northwestern 5 3 5 9 4 8 58.24
8 33 Penn St. 5 5 2 10 8 3 57.98
9 36 Illinois 6 5 2 13 6 2 57.70
10 47 Southern California 4 6 2 7 7 3 56.26
11 52 Nebraska 3 5 3 8 5 5 55.69
12 70 Michigan 3 4 4 6 8 4 54.02
13 74 Indiana 2 4 5 5 6 6 53.67
14 79 Minnesota 2 6 3 6 8 3 53.49
15 82 Rutgers 2 7 2 4 7 5 53.39
16 109 Oregon 1 6 4 3 10 5 51.63
17 126 Purdue 3 7 1 6 10 3 50.96
18 145 Maryland 2 8 1 6 11 1 50.20
A10
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 49 Dayton 12 0 1 15 4 3 56.11
2 54 Saint Louis 9 2 1 14 4 2 55.62
3 95 Loyola Chicago 4 3 4 9 4 6 52.71
4 100 Rhode Island 7 3 3 13 5 3 52.55
5 114 Duquesne 7 3 1 12 5 2 51.46
6 163 Fordham 5 5 2 10 7 3 49.48
7 188 La Salle 4 5 2 7 8 3 48.28
8 191 VCU 5 5 1 7 10 3 48.15
9 205 Davidson 3 5 2 7 7 3 47.16
10 250 George Mason 3 5 2 4 9 4 45.28
11 255 Richmond 1 5 4 4 7 7 44.94
12 262 Saint Joseph's 2 6 2 5 9 3 44.67
13 271 George Washington 2 7 1 5 9 4 44.38
14 327 St. Bonaventure 0 10 0 2 13 2 39.27
ACC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 1 Stanford 10 0 2 18 1 2 65.76
2 2 Notre Dame 9 1 2 15 2 3 64.07
3 5 Virginia 6 3 3 14 3 4 62.87
4 6 Florida St. 6 2 3 12 2 4 62.52
5 7 Duke 8 4 0 15 4 1 62.21
6 22 Louisville 6 3 2 13 5 3 59.59
7 27 North Carolina 6 4 0 13 6 1 59.19
8 29 Wake Forest 5 3 3 11 5 4 58.53
9 34 Clemson 4 5 2 8 6 5 57.85
10 37 California 4 2 4 8 3 8 57.66
11 77 Pittsburgh 2 8 0 6 10 2 53.57
12 78 SMU 2 7 2 8 8 2 53.53
13 85 Miami (FL) 1 7 2 7 8 3 53.26
14 90 Virginia Tech 1 8 2 4 10 4 52.85
15 92 NC State 4 4 2 5 9 4 52.78
16 115 Boston College 1 7 2 5 8 5 51.45
17 130 Syracuse 1 8 1 5 9 4 50.81
AMEAST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 152 Binghamton 5 1 3 10 2 5 49.89
2 221 Maine 5 3 3 6 8 4 46.54
3 222 NJIT 2 3 3 7 5 5 46.50
4 223 Vermont 6 1 3 8 5 6 46.48
5 226 UMass Lowell 3 2 4 5 5 6 46.43
6 247 Bryant 2 3 5 4 5 8 45.43
7 273 New Hampshire 2 3 4 3 6 7 44.32
8 275 UMBC 2 5 1 6 8 4 44.03
9 326 UAlbany 1 7 0 2 13 2 39.57
AMER
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 19 Memphis 10 0 2 16 1 3 59.95
2 83 Charlotte 6 3 2 10 6 2 53.30
3 87 UTSA 6 3 4 9 6 6 53.14
4 94 Rice 4 3 6 10 4 6 52.75
5 111 South Fla. 5 4 3 9 8 3 51.54
6 118 UAB 4 4 3 7 6 6 51.36
7 123 Tulsa 4 4 3 8 6 5 51.07
8 146 East Carolina 4 5 2 6 8 4 50.12
9 197 North Texas 2 5 3 6 10 4 47.56
10 210 Fla. Atlantic 1 7 2 4 12 3 46.97
11 290 American 0 0 0 3 10 4 42.72
12 320 Temple 1 9 0 3 15 0 40.28
ASUN
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 97 Lipscomb 10 2 1 15 6 2 52.68
2 135 Eastern Ky. 5 3 3 10 4 5 50.60
3 154 FGCU 8 2 1 10 5 2 49.76
4 180 Bellarmine 5 6 1 9 6 3 48.98
5 195 North Ala. 4 3 4 8 5 6 47.82
6 203 Jacksonville 6 2 4 8 5 5 47.17
7 213 North Florida 7 4 2 9 9 3 46.91
8 228 Central Ark. 3 5 2 6 9 2 46.30
9 295 Austin Peay 0 6 4 0 11 7 42.29
10 303 Queens (NC) 2 7 2 3 11 5 41.62
11 321 Stetson 2 8 0 5 14 0 40.14
12 323 West Ga. 2 6 2 4 13 2 39.86
BIG12
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 3 TCU 9 1 2 17 2 2 63.69
2 4 Colorado 9 2 2 17 3 3 63.00
3 10 Texas Tech 7 1 4 14 2 5 61.56
4 11 Kansas 8 5 1 16 5 3 61.50
5 12 Baylor 7 4 2 14 4 4 61.32
6 15 West Virginia 8 1 3 14 3 4 60.61
7 18 BYU 6 5 3 11 6 6 60.08
8 28 UCF 5 2 5 12 4 5 59.09
9 40 Arizona St. 3 5 3 10 5 4 57.16
10 50 Houston 2 4 5 6 4 7 55.97
11 51 Kansas St. 2 5 4 7 6 5 55.77
12 53 Utah 2 7 2 6 9 3 55.64
13 69 Arizona 2 8 1 7 11 1 54.13
14 91 Cincinnati 3 6 2 5 8 6 52.80
15 98 Iowa St. 1 8 2 4 9 4 52.67
16 124 Oklahoma St. 0 10 1 4 13 2 51.04
BIGEAST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 20 Georgetown 11 1 0 16 3 3 59.82
2 25 Xavier 10 1 1 16 4 2 59.34
3 58 UConn 7 2 2 11 4 3 55.04
4 103 Creighton 4 4 3 7 8 4 52.34
5 132 Butler 2 3 5 5 4 8 50.76
6 137 Providence 3 4 3 6 6 4 50.50
7 138 Villanova 4 5 1 8 8 1 50.50
8 140 Marquette 3 4 3 6 7 4 50.34
9 229 St. John's (NY) 1 6 3 3 9 5 46.29
10 230 DePaul 1 7 2 4 12 2 46.28
11 265 Seton Hall 0 9 1 3 10 5 44.58
BIGSKY
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 66 Montana 5 1 4 10 4 5 54.18
2 75 Weber St. 6 2 2 12 6 2 53.66
3 153 Idaho 3 2 5 6 5 9 49.84
4 171 Northern Ariz. 3 4 3 5 6 7 49.25
5 174 Eastern Wash. 4 4 1 7 7 4 49.14
6 185 Idaho St. 2 4 2 5 7 4 48.55
7 208 Portland St. 3 4 2 3 9 4 46.98
8 218 Sacramento St. 2 5 1 6 11 1 46.77
9 220 Northern Colo. 2 4 2 3 10 6 46.63
BIGSTH
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 241 USC Upstate 6 2 2 10 6 3 45.70
2 251 Radford 7 2 0 8 5 1 45.26
3 263 Longwood 6 3 1 9 7 3 44.66
4 289 High Point 5 3 3 5 10 5 42.79
5 310 Charleston So. 3 5 1 5 8 4 40.96
6 314 Winthrop 2 3 3 3 6 6 40.80
7 322 UNC Asheville 1 5 2 4 9 3 39.99
8 334 Gardner-Webb 3 4 2 4 11 3 38.30
9 339 Presbyterian 0 6 2 3 10 3 37.09
BIGWEST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 48 Cal St. Fullerton 7 3 2 14 3 3 56.16
2 61 Cal Poly 8 2 2 10 3 9 54.82
3 76 UC Santa Barbara 6 3 4 13 5 5 53.59
4 88 UC Irvine 5 3 3 8 5 7 53.10
5 121 CSUN 6 1 4 8 7 5 51.27
6 125 CSU Bakersfield 5 5 1 8 9 2 50.98
7 134 UC San Diego 3 3 4 5 6 8 50.65
8 161 Long Beach St. 2 4 4 4 8 5 49.53
9 162 Hawaii 2 4 4 4 7 8 49.48
10 225 UC Davis 1 8 1 3 12 4 46.46
11 306 UC Riverside 0 9 1 0 16 2 41.36
CAA
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 93 UNCW 7 0 3 11 3 4 52.76
2 133 Stony Brook 7 4 1 11 6 2 50.67
3 136 Elon 5 2 5 11 3 7 50.51
4 165 Monmouth 5 4 1 10 6 2 49.44
5 179 Col. of Charleston 4 3 2 8 6 3 48.99
6 182 Hofstra 3 4 3 6 5 7 48.75
7 190 William & Mary 5 3 2 7 7 4 48.25
8 231 Towson 3 3 3 5 5 6 46.26
9 242 Northeastern 2 4 3 3 7 6 45.63
10 246 Campbell 2 4 3 4 7 5 45.51
11 278 Drexel 2 5 2 3 7 7 43.60
12 342 Hampton 0 9 0 2 12 1 35.86
CUSA
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 56 Liberty 8 0 2 13 4 4 55.39
2 142 Delaware 2 2 4 9 2 6 50.26
3 151 Kennesaw State 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
4 155 FIU 3 4 1 6 6 4 49.70
5 166 Middle Tenn. 5 3 1 10 6 3 49.39
6 172 Sam Houston 5 3 2 8 6 3 49.23
7 187 Missouri St. 3 4 3 6 9 4 48.49
8 189 Western Ky. 5 1 2 6 5 3 48.28
9 236 New Mexico St. 1 3 4 2 12 4 45.95
10 252 UTEP 0 4 3 3 9 4 45.03
11 254 Jacksonville St. 0 6 1 6 8 3 44.98
12 260 Louisiana Tech 3 5 1 4 13 2 44.78
HORZ
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 119 Milwaukee 10 0 2 13 5 3 51.35
2 206 Northern Ky. 7 2 2 9 3 6 47.01
3 274 Wright St. 4 2 5 7 7 5 44.31
4 277 Youngstown St. 6 3 2 8 10 2 43.92
5 283 Green Bay 6 4 3 8 9 3 43.09
6 297 Oakland 3 3 6 4 8 8 42.23
7 300 Cleveland St. 1 3 6 4 6 7 41.90
8 318 Robert Morris 2 5 3 4 9 4 40.53
9 319 IU Indy 3 5 2 4 11 3 40.44
10 332 Detroit Mercy 0 7 3 1 13 3 38.58
11 345 Purdue Fort Wayne 1 9 0 1 15 1 35.19
IVY
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 101 Dartmouth 6 1 1 10 4 3 52.50
2 102 Brown 2 3 2 7 4 4 52.47
3 116 Princeton 5 3 0 7 6 3 51.41
4 149 Pennsylvania 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
5 156 Harvard 3 2 1 5 5 3 49.67
6 160 Columbia 4 3 0 6 7 2 49.54
7 194 Cornell 1 5 0 4 7 4 47.84
8 239 Yale 1 5 0 3 11 0 45.80
MAAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 104 Fairfield 10 1 2 15 2 2 52.22
2 201 Quinnipiac 8 0 5 8 3 6 47.36
3 224 Siena 6 4 3 9 5 6 46.47
4 232 Sacred Heart 9 5 1 11 9 2 46.25
5 258 Canisius 8 4 3 8 8 3 44.82
6 266 Manhattan 6 5 1 7 6 5 44.49
7 280 Marist 5 3 5 5 8 5 43.38
8 296 Niagara 3 7 2 6 8 2 42.25
9 311 Saint Peter's 3 8 1 6 9 3 40.93
10 315 Iona 4 6 2 6 10 3 40.67
11 316 Rider 1 6 5 3 8 7 40.66
12 317 Merrimack 3 9 0 4 12 2 40.59
13 338 Mount St. Mary's 1 9 2 1 11 2 37.10
MAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 60 Western Mich. 11 2 1 15 5 1 54.84
2 107 Buffalo 8 4 1 12 5 2 51.72
3 113 Miami (OH) 9 1 3 12 4 3 51.48
4 120 Bowling Green 5 2 8 10 3 9 51.32
5 168 Ball St. 7 5 2 10 7 3 49.33
6 170 Kent St. 6 4 3 8 6 6 49.28
7 202 Ohio 3 5 4 5 9 5 47.17
8 214 Eastern Mich. 4 4 4 6 8 4 46.89
9 217 Massachusetts 3 6 2 5 8 4 46.83
10 245 Akron 2 7 3 5 9 4 45.53
11 253 NIU 2 7 2 4 10 3 44.99
12 267 Toledo 1 7 4 4 8 6 44.47
13 298 Central Mich. 1 8 3 1 14 3 42.19
MEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 301 Fairmont St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 41.84
MTNW
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 55 Utah St. 7 2 4 10 6 7 55.58
2 67 San Diego St. 6 2 5 9 4 7 54.16
3 72 Boise St. 8 0 4 10 3 8 54.00
4 84 Colorado St. 4 3 4 10 4 5 53.28
5 99 Air Force 6 3 2 8 6 4 52.62
6 108 New Mexico 4 3 4 8 5 5 51.65
7 122 Wyoming 2 4 4 5 6 6 51.26
8 139 Colorado Col. 2 3 5 5 6 7 50.48
9 143 Grand Canyon 3 5 2 8 8 2 50.24
10 144 Fresno St. 4 4 2 7 6 5 50.22
11 200 UNLV 2 4 4 4 10 5 47.39
12 268 San Jose St. 0 7 3 1 14 3 44.47
13 269 Nevada 1 9 1 2 14 2 44.42
MVC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 169 Murray St. 5 1 4 10 4 5 49.32
2 176 Drake 6 3 1 9 6 4 49.09
3 196 Illinois St. 5 2 5 8 6 7 47.59
4 198 UIC 4 3 5 7 8 6 47.56
5 234 Belmont 2 4 3 4 6 7 46.17
6 235 Southern Ill. 4 5 1 10 6 3 46.03
7 240 Indiana St. 4 3 3 7 6 6 45.70
8 249 Evansville 3 5 1 7 7 2 45.32
9 292 Valparaiso 2 4 3 5 8 4 42.67
10 304 UNI 1 6 2 2 9 3 41.42
NEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 243 Wagner 9 1 2 10 3 6 45.59
2 259 FDU 8 1 2 8 5 5 44.79
3 284 Central Conn. St. 6 2 4 6 6 5 43.04
4 299 Howard 6 3 2 8 7 3 42.09
5 305 Stonehill 5 3 2 5 8 4 41.37
6 309 LIU 4 3 3 6 5 5 41.12
7 333 Chicago St. 2 6 2 4 9 5 38.49
8 337 Delaware St. 3 6 1 5 9 2 37.49
9 340 Mercyhurst 2 6 2 2 13 3 37.02
10 344 Le Moyne 1 6 3 1 13 4 35.35
11 347 Saint Francis 0 9 1 0 14 3 33.09
OVC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 207 Tennessee Tech 7 0 4 7 7 7 47.00
2 227 Lindenwood 7 3 2 10 5 5 46.39
3 244 Little Rock 5 1 4 7 4 6 45.55
4 276 Southern Ind. 6 2 4 9 7 5 44.01
5 285 Eastern Ill. 5 4 1 8 8 3 42.97
6 287 UT Martin 3 3 4 3 7 9 42.84
7 324 SIUE 2 5 4 3 12 5 39.70
8 330 Morehead St. 1 6 2 3 13 2 38.89
9 335 Southeast Mo. St. 2 6 2 2 15 2 38.13
10 346 Western Ill. 0 8 1 0 17 1 33.14
PATR
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 110 Army West Point 8 2 1 14 6 2 51.58
2 128 Boston U. 7 2 1 11 5 3 50.90
3 183 Colgate 5 3 1 9 6 4 48.74
4 215 Navy 1 3 4 8 6 4 46.84
5 216 Loyola Maryland 1 3 5 5 5 8 46.83
6 233 Holy Cross 3 3 3 6 7 6 46.18
7 261 Lafayette 2 4 4 5 8 6 44.78
8 270 Bucknell 1 3 4 3 9 6 44.38
9 291 Lehigh 1 6 1 3 11 3 42.68
SEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 8 Vanderbilt 9 2 2 17 3 2 62.10
2 16 Tennessee 6 3 2 12 4 3 60.33
3 17 LSU 8 2 4 15 5 4 60.32
4 24 Arkansas 7 2 2 10 5 4 59.38
5 32 Georgia 6 2 4 10 5 6 58.18
6 35 Mississippi St. 7 5 1 12 7 1 57.81
7 38 South Carolina 4 3 4 10 5 5 57.47
8 39 Kentucky 6 2 4 12 4 5 57.22
9 41 Alabama 5 7 0 11 9 2 57.07
10 45 Oklahoma 3 5 3 10 5 4 56.54
11 59 Auburn 1 4 6 4 6 7 54.96
12 62 Florida 2 4 5 6 7 5 54.56
13 68 Texas A&M 2 6 2 5 7 5 54.14
14 105 Missouri 1 7 2 4 10 3 52.17
15 112 Ole Miss 0 7 3 4 8 3 51.51
16 127 Texas 2 8 0 4 12 1 50.91
SOCON
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 89 Samford 10 0 2 13 3 5 53.03
2 159 Western Caro. 6 3 2 10 6 4 49.56
3 164 Chattanooga 4 3 3 10 5 4 49.46
4 175 ETSU 4 2 4 9 4 6 49.12
5 181 Furman 4 3 4 9 4 5 48.98
6 212 Mercer 5 4 3 9 7 3 46.94
7 272 UNC Greensboro 3 5 3 4 12 3 44.35
8 282 Wofford 3 5 3 6 9 6 43.11
9 312 The Citadel 2 6 2 5 9 3 40.87
10 341 VMI 0 10 0 2 17 1 36.84
STHLD
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 192 Northwestern St. 8 3 1 12 5 3 48.11
2 199 SFA 6 2 5 8 4 10 47.49
3 219 Houston Christian 7 4 2 12 9 2 46.63
4 248 East Texas A&M 4 3 4 7 8 4 45.43
5 256 Lamar University 4 4 4 6 8 5 44.87
6 281 Southeastern La. 5 4 2 6 8 4 43.31
7 293 UIW 2 5 3 4 8 4 42.39
8 294 A&M-Corpus Christi 3 4 4 3 8 6 42.34
9 307 UTRGV 3 6 1 4 10 2 41.31
10 313 McNeese 3 6 2 4 12 4 40.84
11 325 Nicholls 1 5 4 3 9 5 39.59
SUMMIT
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 65 South Dakota St. 7 1 3 11 3 6 54.35
2 71 Denver 6 2 1 9 5 4 54.00
3 106 Oral Roberts 7 2 1 11 5 2 51.99
4 177 Kansas City 4 4 2 8 8 3 49.00
5 184 South Dakota 3 4 2 6 6 6 48.68
6 193 North Dakota 2 4 2 7 7 3 48.03
7 204 Omaha 3 5 1 6 9 4 47.16
8 286 North Dakota St. 1 6 1 2 12 1 42.93
9 288 St. Thomas (MN) 0 5 3 2 8 4 42.80
SUNBLT
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 63 James Madison 5 2 4 9 4 6 54.51
2 64 Old Dominion 7 2 3 11 3 4 54.43
3 73 Texas St. 7 1 5 9 4 7 53.95
4 80 South Alabama 6 2 4 10 4 4 53.49
5 96 ULM 8 1 4 13 3 4 52.70
6 141 Marshall 4 3 4 7 5 5 50.30
7 147 App State 3 4 3 7 7 3 50.07
8 157 Louisiana 4 3 4 7 6 5 49.59
9 167 Coastal Carolina 0 2 8 3 5 8 49.37
10 178 Georgia St. 5 5 1 7 8 2 48.99
11 211 Ga. Southern 0 5 5 2 10 5 46.96
12 237 Arkansas St. 2 6 2 4 7 4 45.91
13 257 Troy 0 7 3 4 9 3 44.83
14 308 Southern Miss. 1 9 0 2 14 1 41.29
SWAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 150 Miss. Valley St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
2 279 Grambling 8 0 3 11 7 4 43.38
3 302 Jackson St. 8 2 1 9 7 3 41.78
4 328 Alcorn 4 4 2 5 8 4 39.24
5 329 Alabama A&M 6 3 1 9 9 1 39.22
6 331 Texas Southern 5 3 1 5 8 4 38.81
7 336 Prairie View 4 4 1 5 10 2 37.49
8 343 Southern U. 2 6 1 3 12 1 35.64
9 349 Alabama St. 1 8 0 1 15 0 29.07
10 350 Ark.-Pine Bluff 0 8 0 0 12 0 26.21
WAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 44 Utah Valley 10 0 2 13 5 3 56.58
2 131 California Baptist 6 3 3 10 9 4 50.78
3 158 Utah Tech 4 4 3 7 7 5 49.57
4 209 Abilene Christian 2 6 3 6 11 3 46.97
5 238 Tarleton St. 1 5 4 6 7 6 45.87
6 264 Southern Utah 2 7 1 3 12 3 44.61
WCC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 30 Saint Mary's (CA) 7 1 3 12 2 4 58.30
2 42 Seattle U 6 3 2 10 3 6 56.67
3 43 Portland 7 1 3 10 3 6 56.62
4 46 Pepperdine 8 2 1 11 7 2 56.47
5 57 Santa Clara 4 2 5 8 6 5 55.24
6 81 Gonzaga 6 3 2 7 9 2 53.41
7 86 Washington St. 5 4 2 7 7 5 53.25
8 117 LMU (CA) 2 5 4 5 7 5 51.41
9 129 San Diego 1 7 3 4 7 7 50.85
10 148 San Francisco 2 7 2 3 11 4 50.01
11 173 Pacific 1 6 4 4 9 6 49.17
12 186 Oregon St. 1 9 1 2 12 5 48.54
INDEP
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 348 South Carolina St. 0 0 0 1 13 0 30.74
CONFERENCES RANKED
CONFERENCE AVE RATING
1 BIG12 57.88
2 ACC 57.56
3 SEC 56.54
4 BIG10 56.42
5 WCC 53.33
6 BIGEAST 51.44
7 MTNW 50.75
8 BIGWEST 50.67
9 AMER 50.06
10 IVY 49.90
11 SUNBLT 49.74
12 BIGSKY 49.44
13 WAC 49.06
14 SUMMIT 48.77
15 A10 48.58
16 CUSA 48.46
17 MAC 48.16
18 CAA 47.19
19 PATR 46.99
20 SOCON 46.23
21 ASUN 46.18
22 MVC 46.09
23 AMEAST 45.46
24 STHLD 43.85
25 MAAC 43.63
26 HORZ 42.59
27 OVC 41.86
28 MEC 41.84
29 BIGSTH 41.73
30 NEC 39.95
31 SWAC 38.08
32 INDEP 30.74
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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