Calculation for Amherst (27-4)

Amherst's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Washington StL     602.4 LOSS   68-90    -    25- 6 Division III
   Brandeis           592.2 LOSS   62-72   --    23- 6 Division III
   Bowdoin            551.2 LOSS   64-65   --    22- 7 Division III
   Florida Memorial   530.1 LOSS   79-86   --     2- 3 NAIA II
>> Amherst            596.4 <<                   27- 4 Division III
   Brandeis           592.2 WIN    65-55    +    23- 6 Division III
   Ursinus            585.1 WIN    84-58    +    29- 4 Division III
   Trinity Coll (CT)  559.2 WIN    69-58    +    21- 7 Division III
   Bowdoin            551.2 WIN    85-79    +    22- 7 Division III
   Middlebury         540.5 WIN    83-66    +    19- 8 Division III
   Rhode Island Coll  538.4 WIN    97-63    +    23- 7 Division III
   Williams           526.1 WIN    87-80    +    17- 8 Division III
   Williams           526.1 WIN    86-70    +    17- 8 Division III
   Connecticut Coll   525.2 WIN    80-62    +    17- 8 Division III
   Bates              522.3 WIN    77-76    +    17- 8 Division III
   Richard Stockton   522.0 WIN    85-77    +    22- 7 Division III
   Elms               509.5 WIN    73-67    +    23- 7 Division III
   Babson             499.0 WIN    60-55         10-16 Division III
   Colby              489.1 WIN    72-66         13-12 Division III
   Colby              489.1 WIN    86-69         13-12 Division III
   Tufts              488.3 WIN    79-68         11-13 Division III
   MIT                485.3 WIN    66-60         12-14 Division III
   Lasell             484.2 WIN    73-66         20- 9 Division III
   Westfield St.      482.0 WIN    98-49         19- 9 Division III
   W. New England     466.3 WIN    63-51         16-11 Division III
   Emmanuel (MA)      460.6 WIN    99-49         17-12 Division III
   Hunter             436.3 WIN   103-79         13-14 Division III
   Wesleyan           434.8 WIN    85-63          8-16 Division III
   Wesleyan           434.8 WIN    78-67          8-16 Division III
   John Jay           433.1 WIN    96-74         14-16 Division III
   Southern Vermont   352.0 WIN    99-54          5-19 Division III
   Southern Vermont   352.0 WIN   113-87          5-19 Division III
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).