The SOS Rating is obtained by adding a team's winning percentage
to the aggregate winning percentage of opponents they have faced
(not including head-to-head contests with that opponent).
 
NOTE: The following games have not been included in the SOS for the following
reasons:
 
Conn. College at Oswego (1/14) - No result reported
Potsdam at New England (1/15) - No result reported
Cortland 5, Cansisius 2 (1/20) - Designed as a non-conference game
due to Cansisius (Divsion I) scheduling 26 games against ECAC
(Division II/III) teams.
 
 
SOS ECAC West/SUNYAC Ratings
Games through 1/20/93
 
Ranking Team            Rating          Win     SOS     Change
Now     Prev                                    %       %
1       1       Plattsburgh     1.422           .857    .565    -.015
2       4       Mercyhurst      1.323           .750    .573    +0.67
3       2       Cansisius       1.267           .808    .461    -.056
4       3       Elmira          1.195           .714    .481    -.075
5       5       Cortland        1.182           .786    .396    +.030
6       6       Hobart  1.107           .583    .524    -.035
7       7       RIT             1.042           .536    .506    -.035
8       8       Oswego  0.903           .500    .403    -.085
9       9       Potsdam 0.902           .458    .496    -.052
10      10      Fredonia        0.885           .385    .500    +.0.65
11      11      Brockport       0.760           .250    .510    -.081
12      12      Geneseo 0.742           .267    .475    +.027
13      13      St. Bonas       0.595           .143    .452    -.038
14      14      Scranton        0.405           .000    .405    -0.55
 
Mercyhurst was the big winner this week, moving from 4th to 2nd as a result of
victories over RIT and Oswego. Cansisius's tie with lowly Geneseo hurt them,
ditto Elmira's loss to AIC.
 
Based entirely on winning percentages, the standings would be
(interesting because these would have been the official
standings had the ECAC West stayed intact):
Now     Prev
1       1       Plattsburgh     .857
2       2       Cansisius       .808
3       3       Cortland        .786
4       5       Mercyhurst      .750
5       4       Elmira          .714
6       7       Hobart  .583
7       6       RIT             .536
8       8       Oswego  .500
9       9       Potsdam .393
10      10t     Fredonia        .385
11      12      Geneseo .276
12      10t     Brockport       .250
13      13      St. Bonas       .143
14      14      Scranton        .000
 
 
And who's had the toughest (and easiest ) schedule to date?
Here they are, hardest to easiest:
Now     Prev
1       2       Mercyhurst      .573 (Opponent's winning %)
2       1       Plattsburgh     .565
3       3       Hobart  .524
4       5       Brockport       .510
5       8       Potsdam .509
6       12      RIT             .506
7       6       Fredonia        .500
8       4       Elmira          .481
9       9       Geneseo .475
10      7       Cansisius       .461
11      10      St. Bonas       .452
12      11      Scranton        .405
13      13      Oswego  .403
14      14      Cortland        .396
 
 
Chris Lerch
Xerox
RIT '84 & '91