Calculation for Alabama (17-16)

Alabama's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Tennessee          776.7 LOSS   86-93         31- 5 Division I
   Georgetown         758.0 LOSS   60-70    -    28- 6 Division I
   Clemson            734.8 LOSS   61-87    -    24-10 Division I
   Texas A&M          731.2 LOSS   63-76    -    25-11 Division I
   Arkansas           718.1 LOSS   67-71    -    23-12 Division I
   Mississippi St.    715.3 LOSS   56-66    -    23-11 Division I
   Mississippi St.    715.3 LOSS   66-73    -    23-11 Division I
   Mississippi St.    715.3 LOSS   67-69    -    23-11 Division I
   Mississippi        713.6 LOSS   88-91    -    24-11 Division I
   Florida            705.3 LOSS   83-90    -    24-12 Division I
   Kentucky           700.5 LOSS   52-62    -    18-13 Division I
   Georgia            682.8 LOSS   54-61    -    17-17 Division I
   South Carolina     669.3 LOSS   65-67   --    14-18 Division I
   Belmont            659.7 LOSS   83-85   --    25- 9 Division I
   Louisiana St.      657.2 LOSS   74-80   --    13-18 Division I
   Auburn             654.5 LOSS   76-88   --    14-16 Division I
>> Alabama            678.9 <<                   17-16 Division I
   Vanderbilt         734.0 WIN    78-73   ++    26- 8 Division I
   Arkansas           718.1 WIN    59-56   ++    23-12 Division I
   Mississippi        713.6 WIN    76-67   ++    24-11 Division I
   Florida            705.3 WIN    80-69   ++    24-12 Division I
   Missouri St.       667.5 WIN    81-73    +    17-16 Division I
   Iowa St.           659.2 WIN    83-68    +    14-18 Division I
   Louisiana St.      657.2 WIN    81-72    +    13-18 Division I
   Auburn             654.5 WIN    97-77    +    14-16 Division I
   Southern Miss.     653.5 WIN    79-77    +    19-14 Division I
   George Washington  628.5 WIN    93-57    +     9-17 Division I
   SE Louisiana       618.5 WIN    63-61    +    17-13 Division I
   Wofford            617.0 WIN    80-73    +    16-16 Division I
   Troy St.           603.4 WIN    84-72    +    12-19 Division I
   Chicago State      601.4 WIN    93-79    +    11-17 Division I
   Texas PanAm        594.6 WIN    75-65    +    18-13 Division I
   Nicholls St.       592.6 WIN    91-53    +    10-21 Division I
   Mercer             564.0 WIN    90-83         11-19 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).