Ranking data is messed up. Laxachusetts has 95 rating which would put them in 6th, but they are not on the list. I think Laxachussets has more like a 90 rating, then redoing the math and 3D not even in top 20
If it is like myhockeyrankings.com. you need a minimum of games, like 5, before you even show up on the list. On top of that, the list refreshes once a week, on Saturdays. So new games won't be reflected in the rankings until that weekly update. Games this past weekend, that show up, don't count until the whole thing is recalculated. 3d NE Red is the current #1 based on the data submitted. But there is a loss on their schedule that will show up in the rankings on Saturday. Whether it is enough to drop them, don't know. These ratings will change a lot initially then become more stable as more games are added into the alogrithm. Myhockeyrankings.com is the gold standard in youth and high school hockey. It is truly objective and is purely data driven. That is why colleges use data driven systems to determine rankings, like RPI, instead of subjective opinions of "so-called experts". If you don't like the results, win more games, with better differentials. Simple.
The us club lax methodology definitely doesn’t follow MyHockeyRankings approach. If you dig into 3d data there are random teams in there that have played two games that have a rating that would put them into the top 10. US Club Lax should post how they determine their rankings as well responses to FAQs, Otherwise this list will always lack credibility and transparency.
It's exactly like it. Teams need 5 games to even be included. Maybe it's more for lacrosse. If a team loses by 10 to the "number 1 team", the most goal differential is 7. Losing to a number 1 team boosts your strength of schedule and even if you lose by "7 goals" that helps your ranking. Now if the same team loses to the number 100 team or beat the number 50 team by 1, then it will negatively affect their ranking. Then i subsequent weeks, everything that every opponent of yours that you played, does, affects your ranking. It is all intertwined. But scores need to go in. There will be a lot more scores going in now that summer tourney season has started.
