UPDATED: 09-08-25 10:43 PDT

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St Marys (MD)         
W-L: ( 7- 7) PR = 88.4887

Schedule/Results All Games

Date Opponent Conf/State (W-L, PR) Score 215 A Shenandoah Old Dominion (13- 7, 90.2) 14-15 222 H Christopher Newport Coast to Coas ( 8-11, 91.2) 9-11 301 H Roanoke Old Dominion (12- 7, 89.5) 9-18 305 A Stevenson MAC Commonwea (11- 7, 90.3) 12-16 316 H Hartwick Empire Eight ( 7- 8, 82.3) 22- 7 319 A York MAC Commonwea (16- 3, 94.2) 10-16 322 A Messiah MAC Commonwea (12- 5, 91.2) 9-16 329 A Widener MAC Commonwea ( 8-10, 85.6) 14- 8 401 A Notre Dame (MD) UnitedEast ( 0-11, 60.5) 26- 0 405 H Salisbury Coast to Coas (14- 4, 93.6) 11-18 408 H Wilson UnitedEast ( 3-10, 71.4) 22- 4 412 H Cedar Crest UnitedEast ( 5- 7, 65.4) 29- 0 416 A Mary Washington Coast to Coas (10- 7, 90.3) 8- 6 426 H Cedar Crest UnitedEast ( 5- 7, 65.4) 29- 0

PREDICTION LIST

               -------------------------------------
               |Real   = actual goal margin        |
               |Pred   = predicted goal margin     |
               |+      = slightly above prediction |
               |++     = above prediction          |
               |+++    = well above prediction     |
               |-      = slightly below prediction |
               |--     = below prediction          |
               |---    = well below prediction     |
               |Goals* = Goals over (+) under (-)  |
               |         prediction. N/A when ten  |
               |         goal limit is exceeded    |
               |n/a    = Outside division          |
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   Date  Opponent               Score     Real Pred    +/-   Goals*
   215 A Shenandoah             14-15      -1    -2           1.24
   222 H Christopher Newport     9-11      -2    -2           0.21
   301 H Roanoke                 9-18      -9    -1    --    -4.50
   305 A Stevenson              12-16      -4    -2          -1.69
   316 H Hartwick               22- 7      15     7           0.00
   319 A York                   10-16      -6    -6           0.00
   322 A Messiah                 9-16      -7    -3          -1.77
   329 A Widener                14- 8       6     2    +      2.65
   401 A Notre Dame (MD)        26- 0      26    28           0.00
   405 H Salisbury              11-18      -7    -5          -0.35
   408 H Wilson                 22- 4      18    18           0.00
   412 H Cedar Crest            29- 0      29    24           0.00
   416 A Mary Washington         8- 6       2    -2    ++     4.33
   426 H Cedar Crest            29- 0      29    24           0.00

UNDER-ACHIEVED GAMES

   Date  Opponent               Score     Real Pred    +/-   Goals*
   301 H Roanoke                 9-18      -9    -1    --    -4.50

OVER-ACHIEVED GAMES

   Date  Opponent               Score     Real Pred    +/-   Goals*
   416 A Mary Washington         8- 6       2    -2    ++     4.33
   329 A Widener                14- 8       6     2    +      2.65

St Marys (MD) Evaluation

The team that earns the point in the pair-wise comparison is based on three criteria: 
first is head-to-head, the winner gets the point, however, if they did not play each
other, than it considers w-l versus common opponents. If their records are tied or they
have no common opponents, than the tie-breaker becomes the better power rating.
The Common Opponent Point list in the table below has the record of the winner followed by the
record of the loser for all common opponents
Opponent Who Gets
the Point?
Head-2-Head
Point
Common Opponent
Point
Power Rating
Point
Adrian St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Albertus Magnus St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Albion St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Albright St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 2- 3)( 1- 4) St Marys (MD)
Alfred St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Alfred State St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Allegheny St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Alma St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Alvernia St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 3)( 0- 4) St Marys (MD)
Amherst Amherst   Amherst
Anderson (IN) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Anna Maria St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Arcadia St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Augsburg St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Augustana (IL) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Aurora St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Averett St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 2) ( 0- 2) St Marys (MD)
Babson Babson   Babson
Baldwin Wallace St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Bard St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Bates Bates   Bates
Beloit St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Berry St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Bethany St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Bowdoin Bowdoin   Bowdoin
Brevard St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Bridgewater St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 2) ( 0- 2) St Marys (MD)
Bridgewater State St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Brockport St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Buffalo State St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Cal Lutheran St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Calvin St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Canton St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Capital St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Carroll St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Carthage St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Castleton St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Catholic Catholic tied - ( 0- 1) ( 0- 1) Catholic
Cedar Crest St Marys (MD) St Marys (MD)  
Centenary (NJ) St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Centre St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Chapman St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Chatham St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Chicago Chicago   Chicago
Christopher Newport Christopher Newport Christopher Newport  
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Claremont-Mudd-Scripps   Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Clark St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Clarkson St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Coast Guard St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Colby Colby   Colby
Colby-Sawyer St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Colorado College Colorado College   Colorado College
Concordia-Wisconsin St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Connecticut College Connecticut College   Connecticut College
Cornell College St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Cortland St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 1) ( 1- 1) St Marys (MD)
Curry St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Dean St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Delaware Valley St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Denison Denison tied - ( 1- 1) ( 1- 1) Denison
DePauw St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
DeSales St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Dickinson St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 2) ( 0- 2) St Marys (MD)
Drew St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Eastern St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 2- 3)( 1- 4) St Marys (MD)
Eastern Connecticut St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Eastern Mennonite St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 1) ( 1- 1) St Marys (MD)
Edgewood St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Elizabethtown St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Elmhurst St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Elmira St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Elms St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Emerson St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Emmanuel (MA) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Endicott Endicott   Endicott
Farmingdale State St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
FDU-Florham St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Ferrum St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 2) ( 0- 2) St Marys (MD)
Fitchburg State St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Framingham State St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Franciscan St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Franklin St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Franklin & Marshall Franklin & Marshall Franklin & Marshall   4- 0 vs 0- 4
Fredonia St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Geneseo Geneseo insuffient: ( 1- 2)( 2- 1) Geneseo
Geneva College St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
George Fox St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Gettysburg Gettysburg Gettysburg   4- 0 vs 0- 4
Gordon St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Goucher St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Greensboro St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Grove City St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Guilford St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 2) ( 0- 2) St Marys (MD)
Gwynedd Mercy St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Hamilton Hamilton   Hamilton
Hamline St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Hanover St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Hartford St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Hartwick St Marys (MD) St Marys (MD)  
Haverford Haverford Haverford   4- 0 vs 1- 3
Hendrix St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Hilbert St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Hood St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 3)( 0- 4) St Marys (MD)
Hope St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Huntingdon St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Husson St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Illinois Tech St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Illinois Wesleyan St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Immaculata St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 3- 0)( 2- 1) St Marys (MD)
Ithaca Ithaca insuffient: ( 0- 1)( 1- 0) Ithaca
John Carroll St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Johnson & Wales St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Kalamazoo St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Kean St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Keene State St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Kenyon St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 1)( 0- 2) St Marys (MD)
Keuka St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Kings St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
La Roche St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Lake Forest St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Lasell St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Lawrence St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Lebanon Valley St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 1) ( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Lewis & Clark St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Linfield St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Lycoming St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Lynchburg St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 3) ( 0- 3) St Marys (MD)
Maine Maritime St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Maine-Farmington St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Manhattanville St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Marian (WI) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Marietta St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Maritime St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Mary Washington St Marys (MD) St Marys (MD)  
Marymount St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Marywood St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Massachusetts Maritime St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Massachusetts-Boston St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Massachusetts-Dartmouth St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
McDaniel St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Merchant Marine St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Meredith St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Messiah Messiah Messiah  
Methodist St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Middlebury Middlebury   Middlebury
Misericordia St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
MIT MIT   MIT
Mitchell St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Montclair State St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Moravian St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Morrisville St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Mount Aloysius St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Mount Holyoke St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Mount St Joseph St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Mount St Mary (NY) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Mount St Vincent St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Mount Union St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
MSOE St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Muhlenberg Muhlenberg   Muhlenberg
Muskingum St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Nazareth St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 1) ( 1- 1) St Marys (MD)
Neumann St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 2) ( 1- 2) St Marys (MD)
New England College St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
New Paltz St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Nichols St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
North Carolina Wesleyan St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
North Central (IL) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Norwich St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Notre Dame (MD) St Marys (MD) St Marys (MD)  
Oberlin St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Occidental St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Oglethorpe St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Ohio Northern St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Ohio Wesleyan St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Old Westbury St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Oneonta St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Oswego St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Otterbein St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Pacific St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Pacific Lutheran St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Pfeiffer St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Piedmont St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Plattsburgh St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Plymouth State St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Pomona Pitzer Pomona Pitzer   Pomona Pitzer
Potsdam St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Puget Sound St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Purchase St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Ramapo St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Randolph St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Randolph-Macon Randolph-Macon insuffient: ( 1- 3)( 2- 2) Randolph-Macon
Redlands St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Regis (MA) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Rhode Island College St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Rhodes St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 1)( 0- 2) St Marys (MD)
RIT RIT insuffient: ( 0- 1)( 1- 0) RIT
Rivier St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke  
Rochester St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 0- 1)( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Roger Williams St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Rowan Rowan insuffient: ( 0- 1)( 1- 0) Rowan
RPI St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 1) ( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Sage St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Salem State St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Salisbury Salisbury Salisbury  
Salve Regina St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Scranton Scranton tied - ( 0- 2) ( 0- 2) Scranton
Sewanee St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Shenandoah Shenandoah Shenandoah  
Simmons St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Skidmore St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Smith St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Southern Maine St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Southern Virginia St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Southwestern St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Spalding St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Springfield Springfield   Springfield
St Benedict St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
St John Fisher St John Fisher tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St John Fisher
St Joseph (CT) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
St Josephs (LI) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
St Josephs College (ME) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
St Lawrence St Lawrence   St Lawrence
St Marys (IN) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
St Vincent St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Stevens Stevens tied - ( 1- 1) ( 1- 1) Stevens
Stevenson Stevenson Stevenson  
Stockton St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Suffolk St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
SUNY Poly St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Susquehanna St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 1) ( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Swarthmore St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 1) ( 1- 1) St Marys (MD)
Sweet Briar St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 1) ( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
TCNJ TCNJ tied - ( 0- 1) ( 0- 1) TCNJ
Thiel St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Thomas St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Transylvania St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Trine St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Trinity Trinity   Trinity
Trinity Washington St Marys (MD) St Marys (MD)   2- 0 vs 0- 2
Tufts Tufts insuffient: ( 0- 1)( 1- 0) Tufts
U New England St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Union Union   Union
Ursinus St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 2)( 0- 3) St Marys (MD)
Utica St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Vassar Vassar   Vassar
Vermont State-Lyndon St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Virginia Wesleyan St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 2) ( 0- 2) St Marys (MD)
Warren Wilson St Marys (MD) tied - ( 0- 1) ( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Washington & Jefferson St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Washington & Lee Washington & Lee Washington & Lee   4- 1 vs 0- 5
Washington College Washington College tied - ( 2- 4) ( 2- 4) Washington College
Wellesley St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Wentworth Tech St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Wesleyan Wesleyan insuffient: ( 0- 1)( 1- 0) Wesleyan
Western Connecticut St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Western New England St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Westfield State St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Westminster (PA) St Marys (MD) tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) St Marys (MD)
Wheaton (MA) St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Whitman St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Whittier St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Whitworth St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Widener St Marys (MD) St Marys (MD)  
Wilkes St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Willamette St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
William Peace St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
William Smith William Smith tied - ( 0- 1) ( 0- 1) William Smith
Williams Williams   Williams
Wilson St Marys (MD) St Marys (MD)  
Wisconsin-Eau Claire St Marys (MD) insuffient: ( 1- 0)( 0- 1) St Marys (MD)
Wisconsin-La Crosse St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Wisconsin-River Falls St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Wisconsin-Stevens Point St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Wisconsin-Stout St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Wittenberg St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
Wooster Wooster tied - ( 1- 0) ( 1- 0) Wooster
Worcester State St Marys (MD)   St Marys (MD)
York York York  

PowerWise = 231


division Games Only
Average number of games used in Games Correction = 15.93

 Date  Opponent          (W-L  PR)      SCORE       SAFE        SAFE       Home       No Games           SCI              
                                                    Loss        Win       Field      Correction         Points            
                                                    SLP         SWP     Advantage      Factor                       
                                                      
   0 A Shenandoah      (13- 7, 90.2)    14-15       -9.66      31.06       0.49         1.14           -10.43
   0 H Christopher Ne  ( 8-11, 91.2)     9-11       -8.71      32.01      -0.49         1.14           -10.47
   0 H Roanoke         (12- 7, 89.5)     9-18      -10.42      30.30      -0.49         1.14           -12.41
   0 A Stevenson       (11- 7, 90.3)    12-16       -9.59      31.12       0.49         1.14           -10.35
   0 H Hartwick        ( 7- 8, 82.3)    22- 7      -17.65      23.07      -0.49         1.14            25.69
   0 A York            (16- 3, 94.2)    10-16       -5.67      35.04       0.49         1.14            -5.89
   0 A Messiah         (12- 5, 91.2)     9-16       -8.67      32.05       0.49         1.14            -9.30
   0 A Widener         ( 8-10, 85.6)    14- 8      -14.25      26.46       0.49         1.14            30.67
   0 A Notre Dame (MD  ( 0-11, 60.5)    26- 0      -39.43       1.28       0.49         1.14             2.02
   0 H Salisbury       (14- 4, 93.6)    11-18       -6.27      34.44      -0.49         1.14            -7.69
   0 H Wilson          ( 3-10, 71.4)    22- 4      -28.49      12.23      -0.49         1.14            13.35
   0 H Cedar Crest     ( 5- 7, 65.4)    29- 0      -34.48       6.24      -0.49         1.14             6.54
   0 A Mary Washingto  (10- 7, 90.3)     8- 6       -9.57      31.14       0.49         1.14            35.99
   0 H Cedar Crest     ( 5- 7, 65.4)    29- 0      -34.48       6.24      -0.49         1.14             6.54
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                                                                                                        54.24

winning pts = 120.7887 losing points = -66.5470

             SCI ={(SLP or SLW) +/- home-field advantage} * Game Correction.

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| (W-L PR) = Won-loss record and power rating |
| SCORE = game score |
| SAFE Loss (SLP) = Points deducted for losing to the opponent |
| SAFE Win (SWP) = Points awarded for defeating the opponent |
| Home-field Advantage = goals deducted/awarded for site |
| No games correction = normalzation based on a ~16 game schedule |
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