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 3217 GAMES BETWEEN 350 TEAMS AND NO OTHER INFORMATION
THROUGH GAMES OF WEDNESDAY JULY 08 2026
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 8 Michigan St. 9 1 4 15 4 6 62.22
2 12 Washington 10 1 3 15 3 7 61.02
3 13 UCLA 7 3 3 12 5 4 60.78
4 20 Ohio St. 4 3 5 10 5 6 59.80
5 24 Wisconsin 7 4 2 14 6 2 59.67
6 27 Iowa 6 3 3 12 5 4 59.38
7 31 Northwestern 5 3 5 9 4 8 58.38
8 34 Penn St. 5 5 2 10 8 3 58.15
9 37 Illinois 6 5 2 13 6 2 57.84
10 47 Southern California 4 6 2 7 7 3 56.36
11 51 Nebraska 3 5 3 8 5 5 55.79
12 67 Michigan 3 4 4 6 8 4 54.18
13 76 Indiana 2 4 5 5 6 6 53.78
14 81 Minnesota 2 6 3 6 8 3 53.55
15 82 Rutgers 2 7 2 4 7 5 53.53
16 110 Oregon 1 6 4 3 10 5 51.71
17 125 Purdue 3 7 1 6 10 3 51.05
18 143 Maryland 2 8 1 6 11 1 50.35
A10
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 48 Dayton 12 0 1 15 4 3 56.26
2 52 Saint Louis 9 2 1 14 4 2 55.74
3 95 Loyola Chicago 4 3 4 9 4 6 52.83
4 98 Rhode Island 7 3 3 13 5 3 52.69
5 114 Duquesne 7 3 1 12 5 2 51.59
6 162 Fordham 5 5 2 10 7 3 49.59
7 188 La Salle 4 5 2 7 8 3 48.43
8 191 VCU 5 5 1 7 10 3 48.33
9 203 Davidson 3 5 2 7 7 3 47.33
10 250 George Mason 3 5 2 4 9 4 45.43
11 255 Richmond 1 5 4 4 7 7 45.09
12 263 Saint Joseph's 2 6 2 5 9 3 44.82
13 269 George Washington 2 7 1 5 9 4 44.52
14 327 St. Bonaventure 0 10 0 2 13 2 39.41
ACC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 1 Stanford 11 1 2 21 2 2 66.51
2 2 Florida St. 7 2 3 16 2 4 64.80
3 3 Notre Dame 9 1 2 15 2 3 64.58
4 5 Virginia 6 3 3 14 3 5 63.27
5 6 Duke 8 5 0 17 5 1 63.09
6 19 Louisville 6 3 2 13 5 3 59.95
7 21 North Carolina 6 4 0 13 6 2 59.76
8 29 Wake Forest 5 3 3 11 5 4 58.90
9 33 Clemson 4 5 2 8 6 5 58.18
10 35 California 4 2 4 8 3 8 57.97
11 74 Pittsburgh 2 8 0 6 10 2 53.86
12 75 SMU 2 7 2 8 8 2 53.82
13 78 Miami (FL) 1 7 2 7 8 3 53.68
14 89 Virginia Tech 1 8 2 4 10 4 53.17
15 90 NC State 4 4 2 5 9 4 53.14
16 108 Boston College 1 7 2 5 8 5 51.73
17 123 Syracuse 1 8 1 5 9 4 51.19
AMEAST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 149 Binghamton 5 1 3 10 2 5 50.05
2 220 Maine 5 3 3 6 8 4 46.67
3 222 NJIT 2 3 3 7 5 5 46.64
4 224 Vermont 6 1 3 8 5 6 46.62
5 225 UMass Lowell 3 2 4 5 5 6 46.55
6 247 Bryant 2 3 5 4 5 8 45.57
7 272 New Hampshire 2 3 4 3 6 7 44.46
8 275 UMBC 2 5 1 6 8 4 44.17
9 325 UAlbany 1 7 0 2 13 2 39.72
AMER
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 18 Memphis 10 0 2 16 1 3 60.03
2 83 Charlotte 6 3 2 10 6 2 53.46
3 88 UTSA 6 3 4 9 6 6 53.21
4 94 Rice 4 3 6 10 4 6 52.87
5 112 South Fla. 5 4 3 9 8 3 51.67
6 118 UAB 4 4 3 7 6 6 51.47
7 124 Tulsa 4 4 3 8 6 5 51.18
8 144 East Carolina 4 5 2 6 8 4 50.27
9 197 North Texas 2 5 3 6 10 4 47.68
10 206 Fla. Atlantic 1 7 2 4 12 3 47.17
11 289 American 0 0 0 3 10 4 42.87
12 320 Temple 1 9 0 3 15 0 40.42
ASUN
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 93 Lipscomb 10 2 1 15 6 2 52.92
2 134 Eastern Ky. 5 3 3 10 4 5 50.75
3 154 FGCU 8 2 1 10 5 2 49.90
4 180 Bellarmine 5 6 1 9 6 3 49.13
5 195 North Ala. 4 3 4 8 5 6 47.97
6 202 Jacksonville 6 2 4 8 5 5 47.35
7 211 North Florida 7 4 2 9 9 3 47.07
8 228 Central Ark. 3 5 2 6 9 2 46.43
9 294 Austin Peay 0 6 4 0 11 7 42.43
10 303 Queens (NC) 2 7 2 3 11 5 41.79
11 321 Stetson 2 8 0 5 14 0 40.33
12 323 West Ga. 2 6 2 4 13 2 40.02
BIG12
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 4 TCU 9 1 2 18 3 3 63.36
2 7 Colorado 9 2 2 17 4 3 62.41
3 10 Texas Tech 7 1 4 14 2 5 61.45
4 11 Kansas 8 5 1 16 6 3 61.11
5 14 Baylor 7 4 2 14 5 4 60.69
6 15 West Virginia 8 1 3 14 3 4 60.57
7 22 BYU 6 5 3 11 7 6 59.72
8 28 UCF 5 2 5 12 4 5 59.04
9 41 Arizona St. 3 5 3 10 5 4 57.07
10 50 Houston 2 4 5 6 4 7 55.83
11 53 Kansas St. 2 5 4 7 6 5 55.66
12 56 Utah 2 7 2 6 9 3 55.50
13 70 Arizona 2 8 1 7 11 1 54.08
14 97 Cincinnati 3 6 2 5 8 6 52.79
15 102 Iowa St. 1 8 2 4 9 4 52.55
16 128 Oklahoma St. 0 10 1 4 13 2 50.99
BIGEAST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 23 Georgetown 11 1 0 16 4 3 59.70
2 26 Xavier 10 1 1 16 4 2 59.41
3 58 UConn 7 2 2 11 4 3 55.13
4 103 Creighton 4 4 3 7 8 4 52.43
5 131 Butler 2 3 5 5 4 8 50.85
6 137 Villanova 4 5 1 8 8 1 50.62
7 138 Providence 3 4 3 6 6 4 50.61
8 140 Marquette 3 4 3 6 7 4 50.42
9 230 St. John's (NY) 1 6 3 3 9 5 46.41
10 232 DePaul 1 7 2 4 12 2 46.37
11 264 Seton Hall 0 9 1 3 10 5 44.69
BIGSKY
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 68 Montana 5 1 4 10 4 5 54.16
2 77 Weber St. 6 2 2 12 6 2 53.68
3 155 Idaho 3 2 5 6 5 9 49.87
4 173 Northern Ariz. 3 4 3 5 6 7 49.27
5 175 Eastern Wash. 4 4 1 7 7 4 49.16
6 186 Idaho St. 2 4 2 5 7 4 48.57
7 215 Portland St. 3 4 2 3 9 4 46.98
8 218 Sacramento St. 2 5 1 6 11 1 46.81
9 221 Northern Colo. 2 4 2 3 10 6 46.65
BIGSTH
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 240 USC Upstate 6 2 2 10 6 3 45.88
2 249 Radford 7 2 0 8 5 1 45.43
3 262 Longwood 6 3 1 9 7 3 44.83
4 287 High Point 5 3 3 5 10 5 42.98
5 310 Charleston So. 3 5 1 5 8 4 41.13
6 313 Winthrop 2 3 3 3 6 6 40.97
7 322 UNC Asheville 1 5 2 4 9 3 40.17
8 334 Gardner-Webb 3 4 2 4 11 3 38.48
9 338 Presbyterian 0 6 2 3 10 3 37.26
BIGWEST
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 49 Cal St. Fullerton 7 3 2 14 3 3 56.23
2 61 Cal Poly 8 2 2 10 3 9 54.88
3 79 UC Santa Barbara 6 3 4 13 5 5 53.63
4 91 UC Irvine 5 3 3 8 5 7 53.13
5 121 CSUN 6 1 4 8 7 5 51.31
6 127 CSU Bakersfield 5 5 1 8 9 2 51.02
7 136 UC San Diego 3 3 4 5 6 8 50.70
8 164 Long Beach St. 2 4 4 4 8 5 49.57
9 165 Hawaii 2 4 4 4 7 8 49.53
10 226 UC Davis 1 8 1 3 12 4 46.49
11 306 UC Riverside 0 9 1 0 16 2 41.40
CAA
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 92 UNCW 7 0 3 11 3 4 52.93
2 132 Stony Brook 7 4 1 11 6 2 50.83
3 135 Elon 5 2 5 11 3 7 50.71
4 161 Monmouth 5 4 1 10 6 2 49.60
5 177 Col. of Charleston 4 3 2 8 6 3 49.15
6 182 Hofstra 3 4 3 6 5 7 48.91
7 189 William & Mary 5 3 2 7 7 4 48.42
8 229 Towson 3 3 3 5 5 6 46.42
9 242 Northeastern 2 4 3 3 7 6 45.78
10 244 Campbell 2 4 3 4 7 5 45.70
11 278 Drexel 2 5 2 3 7 7 43.75
12 342 Hampton 0 9 0 2 12 1 36.01
CUSA
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 55 Liberty 8 0 2 13 4 4 55.53
2 142 Delaware 2 2 4 9 2 6 50.39
3 152 Kennesaw State 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
4 153 FIU 3 4 1 6 6 4 49.93
5 166 Middle Tenn. 5 3 1 10 6 3 49.52
6 171 Sam Houston 5 3 2 8 6 3 49.34
7 185 Missouri St. 3 4 3 6 9 4 48.59
8 190 Western Ky. 5 1 2 6 5 3 48.40
9 237 New Mexico St. 1 3 4 2 12 4 46.00
10 252 Jacksonville St. 0 6 1 6 8 3 45.11
11 254 UTEP 0 4 3 3 9 4 45.10
12 261 Louisiana Tech 3 5 1 4 13 2 44.88
HORZ
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 117 Milwaukee 10 0 2 13 5 3 51.49
2 207 Northern Ky. 7 2 2 9 3 6 47.13
3 274 Wright St. 4 2 5 7 7 5 44.44
4 277 Youngstown St. 6 3 2 8 10 2 44.04
5 283 Green Bay 6 4 3 8 9 3 43.20
6 297 Oakland 3 3 6 4 8 8 42.36
7 300 Cleveland St. 1 3 6 4 6 7 42.03
8 318 Robert Morris 2 5 3 4 9 4 40.66
9 319 IU Indy 3 5 2 4 11 3 40.56
10 332 Detroit Mercy 0 7 3 1 13 3 38.71
11 345 Purdue Fort Wayne 1 9 0 1 15 1 35.31
IVY
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 99 Dartmouth 6 1 1 10 4 3 52.64
2 100 Brown 2 3 2 7 4 4 52.62
3 115 Princeton 5 3 0 7 6 3 51.59
4 150 Pennsylvania 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
5 156 Harvard 3 2 1 5 5 3 49.80
6 159 Columbia 4 3 0 6 7 2 49.67
7 194 Cornell 1 5 0 4 7 4 48.01
8 238 Yale 1 5 0 3 11 0 45.92
MAAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 104 Fairfield 10 1 2 15 2 2 52.37
2 200 Quinnipiac 8 0 5 8 3 6 47.52
3 223 Siena 6 4 3 9 5 6 46.63
4 231 Sacred Heart 9 5 1 11 9 2 46.39
5 256 Canisius 8 4 3 8 8 3 44.97
6 265 Manhattan 6 5 1 7 6 5 44.63
7 279 Marist 5 3 5 5 8 5 43.53
8 296 Niagara 3 7 2 6 8 2 42.41
9 311 Saint Peter's 3 8 1 6 9 3 41.08
10 315 Iona 4 6 2 6 10 3 40.81
11 316 Rider 1 6 5 3 8 7 40.80
12 317 Merrimack 3 9 0 4 12 2 40.74
13 339 Mount St. Mary's 1 9 2 1 11 2 37.25
MAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 60 Western Mich. 11 2 1 15 5 1 54.97
2 107 Buffalo 8 4 1 12 5 2 51.85
3 113 Miami (OH) 9 1 3 12 4 3 51.61
4 120 Bowling Green 5 2 8 10 3 9 51.44
5 168 Ball St. 7 5 2 10 7 3 49.45
6 170 Kent St. 6 4 3 8 6 6 49.42
7 204 Ohio 3 5 4 5 9 5 47.31
8 212 Eastern Mich. 4 4 4 6 8 4 47.01
9 217 Massachusetts 3 6 2 5 8 4 46.96
10 246 Akron 2 7 3 5 9 4 45.65
11 253 NIU 2 7 2 4 10 3 45.10
12 267 Toledo 1 7 4 4 8 6 44.59
13 298 Central Mich. 1 8 3 1 14 3 42.30
MEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 301 Fairmont St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 41.97
MTNW
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 54 Utah St. 7 2 4 10 6 7 55.54
2 66 San Diego St. 6 2 5 9 4 7 54.20
3 71 Boise St. 8 0 4 10 3 8 54.02
4 85 Colorado St. 4 3 4 10 4 5 53.31
5 101 Air Force 6 3 2 8 6 4 52.62
6 111 New Mexico 4 3 4 8 5 5 51.68
7 122 Wyoming 2 4 4 5 6 6 51.26
8 139 Colorado Col. 2 3 5 5 6 7 50.51
9 145 Grand Canyon 3 5 2 8 8 2 50.27
10 146 Fresno St. 4 4 2 7 6 5 50.25
11 201 UNLV 2 4 4 4 10 5 47.41
12 271 San Jose St. 0 7 3 1 14 3 44.51
13 273 Nevada 1 9 1 2 14 2 44.44
MVC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 169 Murray St. 5 1 4 10 4 5 49.43
2 178 Drake 6 3 1 9 6 4 49.14
3 196 Illinois St. 5 2 5 8 6 7 47.70
4 198 UIC 4 3 5 7 8 6 47.66
5 234 Belmont 2 4 3 4 6 7 46.28
6 235 Southern Ill. 4 5 1 10 6 3 46.14
7 241 Indiana St. 4 3 3 7 6 6 45.81
8 251 Evansville 3 5 1 7 7 2 45.42
9 292 Valparaiso 2 4 3 5 8 4 42.78
10 305 UNI 1 6 2 2 9 3 41.51
NEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 243 Wagner 9 1 2 10 3 6 45.72
2 259 FDU 8 1 2 8 5 5 44.93
3 284 Central Conn. St. 6 2 4 6 6 5 43.18
4 299 Howard 6 3 2 8 7 3 42.23
5 304 Stonehill 5 3 2 5 8 4 41.51
6 309 LIU 4 3 3 6 5 5 41.27
7 333 Chicago St. 2 6 2 4 9 5 38.62
8 336 Delaware St. 3 6 1 5 9 2 37.63
9 340 Mercyhurst 2 6 2 2 13 3 37.16
10 344 Le Moyne 1 6 3 1 13 4 35.50
11 347 Saint Francis 0 9 1 0 14 3 33.23
OVC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 208 Tennessee Tech 7 0 4 7 7 7 47.12
2 227 Lindenwood 7 3 2 10 5 5 46.49
3 245 Little Rock 5 1 4 7 4 6 45.65
4 276 Southern Ind. 6 2 4 9 7 5 44.12
5 285 Eastern Ill. 5 4 1 8 8 3 43.08
6 288 UT Martin 3 3 4 3 7 9 42.95
7 324 SIUE 2 5 4 3 12 5 39.81
8 330 Morehead St. 1 6 2 3 13 2 39.02
9 335 Southeast Mo. St. 2 6 2 2 15 2 38.24
10 346 Western Ill. 0 8 1 0 17 1 33.24
PATR
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 109 Army West Point 8 2 1 14 6 2 51.71
2 126 Boston U. 7 2 1 11 5 3 51.03
3 183 Colgate 5 3 1 9 6 4 48.90
4 213 Navy 1 3 4 8 6 4 46.99
5 214 Loyola Maryland 1 3 5 5 5 8 46.99
6 233 Holy Cross 3 3 3 6 7 6 46.34
7 260 Lafayette 2 4 4 5 8 6 44.92
8 268 Bucknell 1 3 4 3 9 6 44.53
9 291 Lehigh 1 6 1 3 11 3 42.83
SEC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 9 Vanderbilt 10 2 2 18 4 2 62.14
2 16 Tennessee 6 3 2 12 4 3 60.45
3 17 LSU 8 3 4 15 6 4 60.08
4 25 Arkansas 7 2 2 10 5 4 59.49
5 32 Georgia 6 2 4 10 5 6 58.30
6 36 Mississippi St. 7 5 1 12 7 1 57.86
7 38 South Carolina 4 3 4 10 5 5 57.60
8 39 Kentucky 6 2 4 12 4 5 57.35
9 40 Alabama 5 7 0 11 9 2 57.25
10 44 Oklahoma 3 5 3 10 5 4 56.62
11 59 Auburn 1 4 6 4 6 7 55.01
12 62 Florida 2 4 5 6 7 5 54.74
13 69 Texas A&M 2 6 2 5 7 5 54.15
14 105 Missouri 1 7 2 4 10 3 52.23
15 116 Ole Miss 0 7 3 4 8 3 51.59
16 129 Texas 2 8 0 4 12 1 50.93
SOCON
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 87 Samford 10 0 2 13 3 5 53.27
2 157 Western Caro. 6 3 2 10 6 4 49.74
3 160 Chattanooga 4 3 3 10 5 4 49.61
4 172 ETSU 4 2 4 9 4 6 49.28
5 176 Furman 4 3 4 9 4 5 49.15
6 210 Mercer 5 4 3 9 7 3 47.10
7 270 UNC Greensboro 3 5 3 4 12 3 44.51
8 282 Wofford 3 5 3 6 9 6 43.28
9 312 The Citadel 2 6 2 5 9 3 41.05
10 341 VMI 0 10 0 2 17 1 37.02
STHLD
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 192 Northwestern St. 8 3 1 12 5 3 48.19
2 199 SFA 6 2 5 8 4 10 47.56
3 219 Houston Christian 7 4 2 12 9 2 46.71
4 248 East Texas A&M 4 3 4 7 8 4 45.50
5 257 Lamar University 4 4 4 6 8 5 44.95
6 281 Southeastern La. 5 4 2 6 8 4 43.39
7 293 UIW 2 5 3 4 8 4 42.47
8 295 A&M-Corpus Christi 3 4 4 3 8 6 42.42
9 308 UTRGV 3 6 1 4 10 2 41.38
10 314 McNeese 3 6 2 4 12 4 40.92
11 326 Nicholls 1 5 4 3 9 5 39.67
SUMMIT
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 65 South Dakota St. 7 1 3 11 3 6 54.36
2 73 Denver 6 2 1 9 5 4 53.96
3 106 Oral Roberts 7 2 1 11 5 2 52.02
4 181 Kansas City 4 4 2 8 8 3 49.05
5 184 South Dakota 3 4 2 6 6 6 48.72
6 193 North Dakota 2 4 2 7 7 3 48.07
7 205 Omaha 3 5 1 6 9 4 47.22
8 286 North Dakota St. 1 6 1 2 12 1 42.98
9 290 St. Thomas (MN) 0 5 3 2 8 4 42.86
SUNBLT
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 63 James Madison 5 2 4 9 4 6 54.65
2 64 Old Dominion 7 2 3 11 3 4 54.56
3 72 Texas St. 7 1 5 9 4 7 53.97
4 80 South Alabama 6 2 4 10 4 4 53.57
5 96 ULM 8 1 4 13 3 4 52.80
6 141 Marshall 4 3 4 7 5 5 50.41
7 147 App State 3 4 3 7 7 3 50.23
8 158 Louisiana 4 3 4 7 6 5 49.69
9 167 Coastal Carolina 0 2 8 3 5 8 49.51
10 179 Georgia St. 5 5 1 7 8 2 49.13
11 209 Ga. Southern 0 5 5 2 10 5 47.10
12 236 Arkansas St. 2 6 2 4 7 4 46.00
13 258 Troy 0 7 3 4 9 3 44.95
14 307 Southern Miss. 1 9 0 2 14 1 41.39
SWAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 151 Miss. Valley St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.00
2 280 Grambling 8 0 3 11 7 4 43.48
3 302 Jackson St. 8 2 1 9 7 3 41.88
4 328 Alcorn 4 4 2 5 8 4 39.34
5 329 Alabama A&M 6 3 1 9 9 1 39.34
6 331 Texas Southern 5 3 1 5 8 4 38.89
7 337 Prairie View 4 4 1 5 10 2 37.58
8 343 Southern U. 2 6 1 3 12 1 35.73
9 349 Alabama St. 1 8 0 1 15 0 29.19
10 350 Ark.-Pine Bluff 0 8 0 0 12 0 26.32
WAC
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 45 Utah Valley 10 0 2 13 5 3 56.53
2 133 California Baptist 6 3 3 10 9 4 50.78
3 163 Utah Tech 4 4 3 7 7 5 49.57
4 216 Abilene Christian 2 6 3 6 11 3 46.98
5 239 Tarleton St. 1 5 4 6 7 6 45.91
6 266 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 58.38
2 42 Seattle U 6 3 2 10 3 6 56.70
3 43 Portland 7 1 3 10 3 6 56.67
4 46 Pepperdine 8 2 1 11 7 2 56.51
5 57 Santa Clara 4 2 5 8 6 5 55.35
6 84 Gonzaga 6 3 2 7 9 2 53.42
7 86 Washington St. 5 4 2 7 7 5 53.31
8 119 LMU (CA) 2 5 4 5 7 5 51.46
9 130 San Diego 1 7 3 4 7 7 50.89
10 148 San Francisco 2 7 2 3 11 4 50.09
11 174 Pacific 1 6 4 4 9 6 49.22
12 187 Oregon St. 1 9 1 2 12 5 48.57
INDEP
CNF ALL TEAM CW CL CT W L T RATING
1 348 South Carolina St. 0 0 0 1 13 0 30.89
CONFERENCES RANKED
CONFERENCE AVE RATING
1 ACC 58.09
2 BIG12 57.68
3 SEC 56.61
4 BIG10 56.53
5 WCC 53.38
6 BIGEAST 51.51
7 MTNW 50.77
8 BIGWEST 50.72
9 AMER 50.19
10 IVY 50.03
11 SUNBLT 49.85
12 BIGSKY 49.46
13 WAC 49.06
14 SUMMIT 48.80
15 A10 48.72
16 CUSA 48.57
17 MAC 48.28
18 CAA 47.35
19 PATR 47.14
20 SOCON 46.40
21 ASUN 46.34
22 MVC 46.19
23 AMEAST 45.61
24 STHLD 43.92
25 MAAC 43.78
26 HORZ 42.72
27 OVC 41.97
28 MEC 41.97
29 BIGSTH 41.90
30 NEC 40.09
31 SWAC 38.18
32 INDEP 30.89
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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