Calculation for Bates (17-8)

Bates's opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Amherst            596.4 LOSS   76-77    -    27- 4 Division III
   Trinity Coll (CT)  559.2 LOSS   68-85    -    21- 7 Division III
   Bowdoin            551.2 LOSS   50-83    -    22- 7 Division III
   Middlebury         540.5 LOSS   71-92    -    19- 8 Division III
   St. Lawrence       506.4 LOSS   63-72   --    17- 9 Division III
   Babson             499.0 LOSS   60-69   --    10-16 Division III
   Colby              489.1 LOSS   65-68   --    13-12 Division III
   Southern Maine     486.9 LOSS   59-62   --    14-13 Division III
>> Bates              522.3 <<                   17- 8 Division III
   Bowdoin            551.2 WIN    66-65   ++    22- 7 Division III
   Bowdoin            551.2 WIN    65-62   ++    22- 7 Division III
   Williams           526.1 WIN    78-71   ++    17- 8 Division III
   Connecticut Coll   525.2 WIN    73-67   ++    17- 8 Division III
   Colby              489.1 WIN    71-69    +    13-12 Division III
   Tufts              488.3 WIN    72-68    +    11-13 Division III
   Gordon             474.4 WIN    66-61    +    18- 9 Division III
   Husson             458.3 WIN    86-77    +    18-11 Division III
   New England U.     451.5 WIN    83-66    +    17-12 Division III
   St. Joseph's (ME)  440.6 WIN    84-69    +    14-13 (null)
   Wesleyan           434.8 WIN    85-60    +     8-16 Division III
   Endicott           433.6 WIN    63-62    +    11-15 Division III
   Catholic U.        424.3 WIN    67-59         10-15 Division III
   Maine-Farmington   417.3 WIN    85-69         11-15 Division III
   Mass.-Boston       381.3 WIN    76-62          2-24 Division III
   Thomas (Maine)     354.9 WIN    84-43          9-16 Division III
   City College NY    354.1 WIN    69-53          4-21 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).