I can not understand why San Diego Soccer Club is droping in the Ranking?
Thanks for the question. Just a quick look at it, they are either not beating weaker teams or not beating them by the expected amount of goals.
Let's go back to the beginning of October and look at their results vs expected results.
The Strength Rating (SRS) for SDSC is 6.66, which means they should beat a team with an SRS of 4.66 by 2 goals. A negative number in the (Actual - Expected) column is a bad result, a positive number is a good result. With that in mind...
Date / Opponent / Opponent SRS / SDSC Expected Win Margin / Actual Win Margin / Actual - Expected
Oct 2 / Encinitas Express / 4.52 / 2.14 / 0 / -2.38
Oct 8 / Slammers Winn / 7.15 / -0.49 / 0 / +0.49
Oct 16 / SD Surf Velloso / 4.28 / 2.38 / 0 / -2.38
Oct 22 / Strikers North Flores / 5.78 / 0.88 / 1 / +0.12
Oct 22 / Soccer Life Academy / 5.75 / 0.91 / 1 / +0.09
Oct 29 / South Slammers Black / 2.44 / 4.22 / 5 / +0.78
Oct 30 / California Football Academy / 2.93 / 3.73 / 2 / -1.73
Nov 5 / Encinitas Express / 4.52 / 2.14 / 1 / -1.14
Nov 6 / SD Surf Velloso / 4.28 / 2.38 / 0 / -2.38
So it looks like bad results are weighing them down. If any of the data looks bad let me know.