Team Points & Standings

How Does The Alliance Calculate Points & league Standings?

How Does My Team Earn Points?

Teams earn points by live scoring and streaming Points Events with AthletesGoLive.

FINDING TOURNAMENTS/EVENTS WHERE YOU CAN EARN TEAM POINTS

  • League Schedules include a list of existing tournaments in your area
  • Look for "Event Type" to see which tournaments are 'Points Events' or Qualifiers (Qualifiers count as Points Events + AFCS Berths)
  • Use the AGL EVENT ID when scoring and streaming your games with AthletesGoLive
  • The Alliance only receives game results from events with an AGL EVENT ID and when teams score and stream with AthletesGoLive
  • Game results from these events are automatically added to your Alliance Rating and will be visible in your Alliance Team Profile
  • Playing in tournaments that are not listed on our schedules? Add those tournaments here to be considered!

WHY TEAMS MUST SCORE WITH ATHLETESGOLIVE TO RECEIVE POINTS:

  • All games MUST be streamed & scored using AthletesGoLive (AGL) to calculate team points and your Alliance Rating. 
  • AthletesGoLive created an automated process for the Alliance Fastpitch to automatically receive all game results for Alliance Teams – including a report of what teams played each other, game scores, and stats.

If you do not score your games in AGL, they will not be included in our leaderboard calculations because the Alliance does not receive an automated record of your game results scored on any other platform. 

  • To confirm your Alliance ID has been tied to your AGL account, log into your AGL team account (app or web) and your Alliance ID will be listed on the HOME page. If it is blank, please follow these instructions to register for AGL: Click here
  • Confirm your AGL Team ID is also in your Alliance Team Dashboard. Your team should always have an AGL Team ID and an Alliance Team ID.
    • Click here to log in to your Alliance Team Dashboard and add your AGL Team ID if needed.

The Alliance Rating System

The Alliance Rating System is based on the ELO rating system.

  • The Alliance Rating System is your team's current rating (very similar to RPI in college softball)
  • Teams exchange points based on outcome of games
    • A team that does better than expected improves its rating
    • A team that does worse than expected lowers its rating
  • Teams have an incentive to play STRONG teams
    • Stronger teams must beat weaker teams consistently to maintain or increase rating
    • Weaker teams can play stronger teams without having to win a lot of games and still improve their rating

League Division Defaults:

  • The default Alliance Rating for the Super Division and 10U Teams is 1600 at the beginning of the season (see below for rules on carryover)
  • The default Alliance Rating for the Champions Division is 1400 at the beginning of the season (see below for rules on carryover)

Alliance Rating Carryover Rules:

  • If you RENEW your Team each season (meaning you retain the same Team ID instead of creating a new Team in the Alliance membership registration), you will carryover your Alliance Rating to the next season with the following Carryover Rules:
    • If your team stays in the same age division and same league division, you will retain 75% of your Alliance Rating
    • If your team changes age division but stays in the same league division, you will retain 25% of your Alliance Rating
    • If your Alliance Rating was below the League Division Default (Supers - 1600 and Champions - 1400) to end the previous season, then you will start the new season at the League Division Default Rating
      • Example: Your team ended the 2024 Season with a 1580 Rating and you are playing in the Super Division, then you would start the 2025 Season at 1600 - the Super Division Default
    • If you change league division, your Alliance Rating will default for that League Division (1600 - Super, 1400 - Champions) 

Why Renewing your Team and the Carryover Rules are Important?

  • Renewing your Team each season (meaning you retain the same Team ID instead of creating a new Team in Alliance membership registration each year) provides historical data season over season
  • The Carryover Rules provides teams a more accurate score to start the year - which also helps teams competing against you - instead of starting back at the league division default
  • The Carryover helps new teams rise quicker in the rankings because you’re competing against teams with a more accurate score (instead of everyone starting back at 1600 each season) 
    • If a new team plays a team with a high carryover from last season and they win, that new team receives more points earlier in the season. 
    • If a new team plays a team with a high carryover from last season they lose, that new team is rewarded by playing a challenging schedule and does not lose as many points. 

What is the Alliance Rating System used for?

  • Your Alliance Rating will rank your team within your League and within National leaderboards.
    • League rankings can be found on each Alliance Member League website and your Team Profile
    • National rankings can be found on Alliance National Leaderboards and your Team Profile
  • Leagues will use the Alliance Rating System to assist in the seeding of League Championships
  • The AFCS Seeding Committee will use the Alliance Rating System to assist in the seeding process of the AFCS (*Note that your team rating is only part of the process. To review the full Seeding Committee process click here).

Earning Points

 

  • OFFICIAL SCORING: You must stream & score the game in AthletesGoLive (AGL) in order to receive points.

 

  • EVENT: Use the AGL EVENT ID to identify the tournament you are playing in.

 

  • OPPONENT: Ensure you select the correct opponent AGL ID when scheduling your games within AGL. This will help with the accuracy of the points awarded based on the matchup.
    • If using team name you need to confirm the AGL ID next to the team name is correct to ensure we are accurately capturing your points based on your opponent.
    • Reference the ALLIANCE TEAM LIST or your LEAGUE TEAM LIST to easily find your opponent's AGL ID.
    • Enter the opponent's ALLIANCE ID if they do not have an AGL ID.

 

  • TIE BREAKER (for teams facing off with the same rating):
    Strength of Schedule > Strength of Victory > Runs Against > Runs Scored

 

  • The amount of points awarded for each game is based on the win probability of the game. If you are expected to win (i.e. your team has a higher rating than your opponent) you will receive less points for a win. If you are expected to lose, but end up winning, you will receive more points for a win.
Alliance Power Points
  • Alliance Power Points (APP) will be awarded when traveling to a different League’s territory or when playing a traveling team from a different League in an Alliance endorsed event. 
  • Alliance Power Points will be awarded based on the following:
3
Travelling Team Tie 2 Neutral Ground Tie 2
Traveling Team Loss 1 Neutral Ground Loss 1
Local Team Wins 2
Local Team Tie 1
Questions?

Please contact info@thealliancefastpitch.com with any questions about Alliance Rating System.