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CIF Southern Section

Information

Good ratings start with accurate scores.

This report helps you see the data behind the ratings and spot errors that could affect your team. This report provides a way to view that data.

This report is a snapshot.

Changes made to scores in CIF-SS Home will not appear until a new report is posted. Check the report’s “Last updated” date and time.

Common questions

A score is incorrect. Can you fix it?

Only the coaches of the two teams can add or change their reported scores. Start by checking your team’s entry in CIF-SS Home. If yours is correct, ask your opponent to check theirs—both teams can report the same contest, and their entries may disagree.

One of my games appears twice. Can you delete it?

Please check both teams’ entries in CIF-SS Home, especially the dates and scores. Identical duplicate entries are removed during import, but entries with different details can remain. The report may flag different results for the same teams on the same date for review; they could be a reporting error or a same-day rematch.

If an entry needs correcting or removing, the teams need to fix it at the source.

Why are we rated below a team we beat?

The ratings consider the season’s full body of work. A head-to-head win is part of that picture, but it does not necessarily put the winner above the other team in the overall ratings.

As a coach, some of my greatest wins have been over teams that were stronger than mine. That doesn’t take anything away from the win, it’s what makes it more meaningful.

Can you change our strength of schedule?

Strength of schedule reflects the opponents in your reported games. I can’t manually adjust the calculated value. If the opponents or games are incorrect, work with the teams to correct those entries in CIF-SS Home. Otherwise, playing stronger opponents is how you build a stronger schedule.