D2 Men's Soccer Ratings

Updated Oct 2, 6:34 a.m. ET · 2026 season · 915 games between D2 teams so far

Rankings · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Super Region 3

Lake Erie College

Ranked 76th of 202 D2 teams (likely between 40th and 116th) and 4th of 11 in the G-MAC. 17% chance of making the NCAA tournament.

Record 5-4-2 (W-L-T) · 5-4-2 against D2 teams

NCAA tournament chance

17%

With 4 or more wins from its last 7 games against D2 teams, its NCAA chance is about 25%; with fewer, about 6%.

Top-four seed in Super Region 3 (first chance to host games): 0%

Rank

76 of 202

Likely between 40th and 116th

4th of 11 in the G-MAC (likely 2nd to 6th)

Rating

+0.28

Would beat an average D2 team by about 0.3 goals a game, on a neutral field.

Likely range −0.09 to +0.64

Attack and defense

Attack +0.08: scores 0.08 more goals a game than an average D2 team.

Defense +0.20: concedes 0.20 fewer goals a game than an average D2 team.

Attack + defense = rating.

What it takes to make the NCAA tournament

There are two ways in. How qualifying works.

How many more wins it needs

Its last 7 games against D2 teams: how many it might win, and its NCAA chance in each case. A tie counts as half a win.

WinsHow likelyNCAA chance then
0 under 1% –
1 3% under 5%
2 13% about 5%
3 25% about 5%
4 30% about 15%
5 23% about 25%
6 6% about 65%
7 (all) 1% over 99%

– means too few simulated seasons to say. Which games are won matters as well as how many: wins over strong teams and away wins count for more.

If Lake Erie wins all 7: it makes the NCAA tournament as an at-large team, even without the conference title.

Rating over the season

Line: rating after each daily update. Shaded: likely range. Above 0 is better than an average D2 team.

−0.50+0.5+1.0Oct

How sure is the rank?

Taller bars are more likely. Lake Erie likely (8 in 10) ranks between 40th and 116th.

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Still to play

win tie loss chances for each game. A tie can be the likeliest single score even when a win is more likely overall.

Oct 3 at Tiffin W 17% · T 25% · L 58% likeliest 0–1
Oct 8 v Malone W 72% · T 17% · L 11% likeliest 2–0
Oct 10 v Ashland W 54% · T 22% · L 24% likeliest 1–1
Oct 15 at Walsh W 71% · T 17% · L 12% likeliest 2–0
Oct 17 at Ohio Dominican W 66% · T 19% · L 15% likeliest 2–0
Oct 22 v Northwood W 68% · T 18% · L 14% likeliest 2–0
Oct 27 v Tiffin W 23% · T 27% · L 50% likeliest 0–1

Results

How much each result changed the rating. A win can lower it if the model expected a bigger win; a narrow loss to a strong team can raise it.

Oct 1 v Cedarville L 1–2 Rating −0.06
Sep 26 v Walsh W 2–0 Rating −0.01
Sep 24 at Findlay L 1–2 Rating −0.02
Sep 19 at Malone W 1–0 Rating −0.02
Sep 17 v Ohio Dominican W 4–0 Rating +0.07
Sep 12 at Thomas More T 3–3 Rating −0.00
Sep 10 at Ky. Wesleyan W 4–1 Rating +0.08
Sep 5 v Roosevelt T 1–1 Rating +0.00
Sep 3 at Northern Mich. L 2–3 Rating −0.04
Aug 30 at UIndy L 0–1 Rating −0.02
Aug 27 at Gannon W 2–0 Rating +0.13