Calculation for Akron (24-11)


Akron's opponents in order of rating:
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Kent State         715.2 LOSS   69-75    -    28- 7 Division I
   Kent State         715.2 LOSS   58-61    -    28- 7 Division I
   Kent State         715.2 LOSS   55-74    -    28- 7 Division I
   Dayton             707.1 LOSS   81-83    -    23-11 Division I
   Massachusetts      707.0 LOSS   63-68    -    25-11 Division I
   VA Commonwealth    687.1 LOSS   52-57    -    24- 8 Division I
   W. Michigan        663.0 LOSS   66-86   --    20-12 Division I
   Portland St.       660.0 LOSS   63-66   --    23-10 Division I
   Winthrop           654.1 LOSS   58-68   --    22-12 Division I
   Cent. Michigan     628.2 LOSS   64-65   --    14-17 Division I
   N. Illinois        588.9 LOSS   78-88   --     6-22 Division I
>> Akron              682.1 <<                   24-11 Division I
   Florida St.        698.5 WIN    65-60   ++    19-15 Division I
   Temple             694.8 WIN    67-65   ++    21-13 Division I
   Ohio University    672.5 WIN    55-54    +    20-13 Division I
   Ohio University    672.5 WIN    80-77    +    20-13 Division I
   Miami (OH)         672.0 WIN    69-54    +    17-16 Division I
   Miami (OH)         672.0 WIN    56-52    +    17-16 Division I
   Illinois Chicago   663.9 WIN    79-73    +    18-15 Division I
   W. Michigan        663.0 WIN    73-62    +    20-12 Division I
   Austin Peay        646.7 WIN    64-55    +    24-11 Division I
   Cent. Michigan     628.2 WIN    81-60    +    14-17 Division I
   Toledo             628.0 WIN    68-52    +    11-19 Division I
   Bowling Green      626.7 WIN    80-44    +    13-17 Division I
   Bowling Green      626.7 WIN    65-56    +    13-17 Division I
   E. Michigan        622.6 WIN    80-61    +    14-17 Division I
   Wyoming            613.5 WIN    96-71    +    12-18 Division I
   Buffalo            604.9 WIN    76-68    +    10-20 Division I
   Buffalo            604.9 WIN    76-56    +    10-20 Division I
   Youngstown St.     604.3 WIN    79-59    +     9-21 Division I
   Binghamton         595.5 WIN    71-51    +    14-16 Division I
   Tennessee St.      589.5 WIN    74-72         15-17 Division I
   N. Carolina A&T    589.1 WIN    88-70         15-16 Division I
   Ball St.           583.1 WIN    70-61          6-24 Division I
   SC Upstate         551.9 WIN    64-60          7-23 Division I
   N.C. Central       530.5 WIN    96-49          4-26 Division I

Games against teams within about 100 rating points are often the best indicators of a team's actual strength.

"Effect" ranges from "---", a game that caused a large decrease in the team rating, to "+++", a game that produced a large increase in rating.

Note that wins over very weak teams may actually hurt a team's rating (the opposite is true for losses to very good teams).