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(This info is from US Club Lax's Instagram. Copied and pasted.)

Understanding the Rankings:

Rankings are determined using these factors: tournament strength, playoff outcomes, undefeated points, winning percentage and bracket placement.

How RPI is calculated:
The index comprises a team's winning %, it's opponents' winning %, the winning % of those opponents' opponents and goal differential (maximum 8 goals). The opponents' winning % and the winning % of those opponents' opponents both comprise the Strength of Schedule (SOS).

Strength of Schedule:
After playing in a tournament and or bracket the computer will look at the winning %/opponents' win % and opponents' opponent's win % of those in the bracket and will calculate whether this tournament and or bracket is a SOS denomination of 1 through 5 (5 being the Highest)

Head to Head:
"We beat that team!", "We have beaten the #7 team how are we ranked lower?".. We get these questions every time we put out the rankings. Head to head match ups only matter for the SOS portion of the rankings.. Just because you beat a team ahead of you does not mean you leap frog them in the rankings. Example: If Duke basketball is #1 and loses to a non-ranked opponent, that does not mean that, that team now becomes the #1 team in the country. It helps their overall SOS but does not catapult teams ahead of them.

Losing Record and Ranked or Winning Record and Not Ranked:
"We are 17-2. Why are you ignoring us? There is a team with a losing record that is ranked above us, how is that possible?".. If there is a team with a losing record in the rankings, you have to look at their SOS. That means they are playing in the top brackets and tournaments in the country, week in and week out. If your team has an amazing record and is not ranked, it has nothing to do with US Club Lacrosse ignoring your program or team. It simply means the computer calculated that the tournament, bracket or teams you played against was not competitive enough.