This ranking is based on a conference's Top 33% teams in each age group (based on highest PTS-G). Our thesis: the most-competitive conference will have the lowest GD-G (and PTS-G) because the top teams are less-likely to produce high goal-margin wins.
4 different rankings - By Points PTS-G, GF-G, GA-G and GD-G.
| Southwest | 1.73 | 1 | 2.15 | 2 | 1.37 | 12 | 0.82 | 1 |
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| Midwest | 1.75 | 2 | 2.43 | 8 | 1.32 | 10 | 1.11 | 5 |
| Heartland | 1.81 | 3 | 2.33 | 4 | 1.53 | 14 | 0.80 | 2 |
| Southeast | 1.89 | 4 | 2.22 | 3 | 1.31 | 9 | 0.91 | 3 |
| Mid-Atlantic | 1.92 | 5 | 2.47 | 9 | 1.27 | 8 | 1.20 | 8 |
| Ohio Valley | 1.93 | 6 | 2.37 | 6 | 1.24 | 6 | 1.13 | 6 |
| Texas | 1.94 | 7 | 2.43 | 7 | 1.24 | 7 | 1.18 | 7 |
| Mountain | 1.95 | 8 | 2.82 | 12 | 1.38 | 13 | 1.44 | 10 |
| Northern Cal | 1.96 | 9 | 2.59 | 10 | 1.34 | 11 | 1.25 | 9 |
| New England | 2.04 | 10 | 1.97 | 1 | 0.90 | 2 | 1.07 | 4 |
| Florida | 2.15 | 11 | 2.80 | 11 | 0.98 | 3 | 1.82 | 12 |
| Mid-America | 2.16 | 12 | 3.31 | 13 | 1.18 | 5 | 2.13 | 13 |
| North Atlantic | 2.21 | 13 | 2.35 | 5 | 0.73 | 1 | 1.62 | 11 |
| Northwest | 2.37 | 14 | 3.90 | 14 | 1.00 | 4 | 2.90 | 14 |