'03 Girls FBR Rankings - 04-24-13

What's up with Cosmos dropping over the last few weeks?
They were number 8 on Feb 21st.

We have had several starters out with injuries. We made
Some improvement at the end of the season but all of our
Stats are not listed in this ranking for some reason.

sticksandstones wrote:We have had several starters out with injuries. We made
Some improvement at the end of the season but all of our
Stats are not listed in this ranking for some reason.

I did look and find that I somehow missed getting Cosmos' draw with Sting Hilton from last Saturday into the database. That did bump Cosmos up one spot and I have updated the ranking post above to reflect that.

Otherwise, I do believe that I have Cosmos results since Jan 1st correct. If you think that I still have a mistake, please send me a PM with the details and I'll look into it.

In response to Barca's question... Cosmos was in the top 10 back in Feb. based on strong fall results. For whatever reason, Cosmos has been unable to duplicate the same quality of results this Spring. As the old results from last fall have dropped from the history, Cosmos has seen a corresponding drop in their ranking this Spring.

Thanks BW, good work as always. You answered the question about Cosmos before I could finish typing

One thing I noticed was the sereration of the Top 4 right now. There's a 17 point difference in score between #4 and #5, then there's a 17 point difference between #5 and #16. Is that normal in these types of rankings?

Its interesting to see how many more games some of the teams have played. Predator has played 25 games, Rush has played 29 games while a team like RASE has only played 10 and then GIO has only played 7. Guess the ran this spring caused havoc on the schedules. Should start balancing out more over the next month or so with all the tournaments.

GrandTXSoccer wrote:Thanks BW, good work as always. You answered the question about Cosmos before I could finish typing

One thing I noticed was the sereration of the Top 4 right now. There's a 17 point difference in score between #4 and #5, then there's a 17 point difference between #5 and #16. Is that normal in these types of rankings?

Its interesting to see how many more games some of the teams have played. Predator has played 25 games, Rush has played 29 games while a team like RASE has only played 10 and then GIO has only played 7. Guess the ran this spring caused havoc on the schedules. Should start balancing out more over the next month or so with all the tournaments.

The points gap is indicative of the current landscape in the '03's. SRSA is still in a class by themselves, but the next 4 teams have established themselves as a clear "Tier 2" over everyone else. Just look at the W/L records for those teams compared to everyone else from #5-#16. Those 4 teams regularly beat everyone from #5 on down, while the rest of the teams from #5-#20 tend to beat up on each other with more regularity.

If you look at the current LHGCL D1 standings for the '02's, you see something similar where the top 2 teams have clearly separated themselves from everyone else, and then teams 3-6 are grouped together fairly tight.

So while it's never exactly the same, it's not uncommon to see a group of teams that are competitive with each other and separated a bit from the next group of teams below them.

Also, seeing a large disparity in the number of games played between top academy teams is nothing new. Handling such disparity in games played is one of the challenges involved in trying to put together an accurate ranking system.

Hey DTDad03...

Your account won't accept PM's, so I couldn't respond to the PM you sent me.

The answer to your question is YES. Those games are in the FBR.

Thanks