2025 Women's Soccer Standings
Patriot League Tiebreaking Procedure/Selection Seeding.
[February 2007] Non-League contests completed before the Monday prior to the championship will be included in the tiebreaker formula, if necessary. Any non-League contest played on or after the Monday prior to the championship will not be included in the tiebreaker formula.
Two-Team Tiebreaker
1. In the case of a two-way between teams in the final standings for regular season League play, the following process will be used until all ties are broken and the seeding process is completed (ties will be broken in rank order beginning with the highest seed):
a. Head-to-head competition: The higher seed will go to the team that has won the most League contests played against the other team involved in the tie.) [June 2005]
b. If a tie still exists, a comparison of records will be made between the tied institutions starting at the highest possible
seed and continuing through the lowest seed, if necessary.
c. Sport-specific tiebreaking procedure, if any (see Sport Specific regulations).
d. Comparison of records versus out-of-League common opponents.
e. Coin flip for sports other than Baseball and Softball. In the sports of Baseball and Softball: RPI comparison based on data available the week after the end of the original Patriot League regular season schedule (strikes “coin flip” from baseball and softball). [February 2010]
Multiple-Team Tiebreaker (revised in February 2024)
2. In the case of multiple ties (more than two teams tied for the same spot), the following process will be used (ties will be broken in rank order beginning with the highest seed):
Note:The multi-team tiebreaker process will revert back to the beginning of the two-way tie formula once a multiple-team tie has been reduced to two teams.
a. Records between the tied teams will be evaluated to determine if one team won more contests against the other tied institutions. [June 2005]
b. If a tie still exists, a comparison of records will be conducted for each team starting with the highest seed not involved in the tie and continuing through the lowest seed, if necessary.
c. Sport-specific tie-breaking procedure, if any (see Sport-Specific regulations).
d. Comparison of records versus out-of-League common opponents.
e. Coin flip (two teams) or draw (multiple teams) for sports other than Baseball and Softball.
Women’s Soccer Specific:
a. Goal differential (in League only)
b. Goals against (in League only)
c. Results against common opponents outside the League